Rama tested negative because he had a haircut – Osmeña

Inna Mejia 12/22/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña downplayed the results of the drug test that showed his arch nemesis, former mayor Mike Rama, was negative of drug use. He claimed that Rama tested negative on the hair follicle samples…

Rama tests negative for illegal drug use

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Lesley Cara Delos Santos 12/22/2016

Former Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama announced on Thursday that he was tested negative for illegal drugs. He made the announcement in a news conference conducted in his ancestral house in Barangay Basak San Nicolas in Cebu…

City Hall eyes emergency measures on SRP trash dump

Edison Delos Angeles, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/21/2016

While Cebu City’s garbage dump is getting larger out there at the South Road Properties (SRP), officials have finally found a way to address the rising problem which entered its fifth day on Wednesday. City Hall has…

Cebu City to open a business permit office in Robinsons Galleria Cebu in 2017

John Carlo Villaruel 12/21/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Robinsons Land Regional operations manager Floramie Vega signed today a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that will allow the city government to operate a business permit office at Robinsons Galleria Cebu. Under…

Cebu City Council approves 93-1 land swap agreement

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/20/2016

It will be a merry Christmas for beneficiaries of the 93-1 lot dispute. The Cebu City Council, on mass motion, approved on Tuesday, a resolution authorizing Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to sign the land swap deal…

Homeless

Raymund Fernandez 12/20/2016

This column endorses the land swap deal between City Hall and the Cebu Provincial Capitol. This is a plan that has been too long in coming. It will give government greater leverage to solve the problem of…

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

John Carlo Villaruel, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/19/2016

A dumpsite by any other name would still smell as awful. Cebu City continues to dump garbage at the SRP lot It’s been three days since Cebu City started dumping its garbage, averaging 500 tons per day,…

New dumpsite

Editorial 12/19/2016

If anything, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña brought it upon himself when he reopened the Inayawan landfill despite an order from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to shut down landfills that have outlived its…

The SRP as a dumpsite

Ricky Poca 12/19/2016

The issuance of a Writ of Kalikasan by the Court of Appeals against the Cebu City government that effectively ordered the closure of the Inayawan landfill came weeks after Environment Secretary Gina Lopez wanted it closed due…

‘THIS IS NOT A DUMPSITE’

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/18/2016

It will only be temporary. One month at most. By then, however, at least 5,000 tons of garbage will be sitting in open dumpsites, the size of a small subdivision, at the South Road Properties (SRP). The…

The worrying trash at SRP

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/18/2016

When John (not his real name) bought his condominium unit at the South Road Properties (SRP) in 2010, he had high hopes for the area, believing that it would soon be the next big real estate destination…

Officials inspect Sinulog parade route

Inna Mejia, Nestle L. Semilla 12/18/2016

Officials of the Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI), the police and staff of the Cebu City mayor’s office held a walk-through inspection along the Sinulog Grand Parade route yesterday, barely a month before the event. SFI Executive Director…

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