Tom: No Miss Cebu, Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan next year

Inna Mejia 01/09/2017

THERE will still be no Miss Cebu pageant and Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan in next year’s Sinulog festivities. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said that he was not considering the holding of the Miss Cebu next…

Tom to cancel bldg. permits of Filinvest, SM properties

Inna Mejia 01/09/2017

Non-correction of setback violations at Il Corso and SM Seaside at SRP prompts mayor’s action Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña yesterday announced that he would cancel the building permits of properties owned by Filinvest Land Inc. (FLI)…

Personal accounting

Editorial 01/09/2017

To be sure, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s crackdown on institutions he suspects have skipped on paying taxes to the city isn’t a new thing especially to those familiar with his decades-long rule. There is that tax…

SRP expected to be clear of garbage next week

Morexette Erram 01/07/2017

HEAVY equipment and dump trucks were immediately deployed by Jomara Konstruckt Corp. to the transfer station at the South Road Projects (SRP) in order to clear the area of garbage left there after the lapse of the…

Steering the path

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/07/2017

(CONCLUSION) The P10.6 billion Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, a planned mass transit system for Cebu City located within the greater Cebu metropolitan area, had its ups and downs in 2016. While its implementing office was…

Tom to investigate business permit applications himself

Inna Mejia 01/07/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is personally reviewing the business permit applications of three banks in Cebu City as he ordered the City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) not to process their renewals. He said East West Bank, Bank…

Debating Cebu City

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/05/2017

(PART 1) The year 2016 saw several changes in the City of Cebu — the biggest of which was the changing of guards at City Hall. After being dealt his first ever political loss in the 2013…

Cebu City Council resets special session to tackle garbage

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/04/2017

THE special session of the Cebu City Council which was called to tackle the city’s garbage woes was reset to Friday morning because of lack of quorum. Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella said yesterday that upon consultation with…

Capitol gives P3M for Sinulog

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/04/2017

WITH the Sinulog Festival barely two weeks away, the Cebu provincial government forwarded its financial assistance to the Sinulog Foundation Inc. as of December of last year, after receiving the foundation’s request. Provincial treasurer Emmanuel Guial said…

Osmeña files ‘tax fraud’ complaint vs BDO-Magallanes

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/04/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has lodged a complaint before the Office of the City Prosecutor against the Magallanes branch of Banco de Oro (BDO) for alleged tax fraud after the branch declared a gross annual revenue…

Tom O. charges BDO for alleged tax fraud

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/04/2017

Cebu Mayor Tomas Osmeña has filed a complaint before the Office of the City Prosecutor, claiming that Banco de Oro – Magallanes Branch has committed “tax fraud”. Osmeña said that BDO-Magallanes declared a gross annual revenue of…

Osmeña: Be vigilant, aware of surroundings during Sinulog

Inna Mejia 01/03/2017

As millions of spectators are expected to visit Cebu City for the Sinulog Festival, Mayor Tomas Osmeña advised the public to be vigilant and be aware of their surroundings. Osmeña made this call during his press conference…

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