Tomas on delay in aid: What gives?

Inna Gian Mejia 07/31/2017

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is disappointed over the delays in the distribution of P2 million assistance to families of slain soldiers in Bohol province and the aid for earthquake stricken Ormoc City. Osmeña said he will…

Downtown consolation

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 07/27/2017

While there are some rumblings over Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s plan to ban private vehicles in the downtown area, which I think comprises Colon Street and its neighboring environs, the rationale behind it sounds feasible enough.…

Tomas: Failure of intel caused martial law in Mindanao

Inna Gian Mejia 07/24/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the government’s failure to set up an effective intelligence system is the reason why martial law is imposed in Mindanao. He said while he personally doesn’t approve of martial law, he…

Tomas asks business community support for Uber, Grab

Patricia Erlaine N. Luardo 07/24/2017

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he wrote the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. seeking their support for transport networks Uber and Grab He said while the chamber voiced their support to his stance they…

Tomas: Pagcor oks use of P26.8M for garbage disposal

Inna Gian Mejia, JOSE SANTINO BUNACHITA 07/21/2017

  Pending approval of the P151.2 million that Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña is asking for, City Hall is turning to its share of Pagcor funds to take care of its garbage expenses for at least a…

Tomas confident Duterte won’t cancel BRT for LRT

Inna Gian Mejia 07/13/2017

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is confident that President Rodrigo Duterte won’t heed a request by Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino to cancel the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in favor of the Light Railway…

Tomas asks P697M from council

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/11/2017

Bulk of supplemental budget to go to garbage disposal; another P28M for hauling Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña submitted a P697.8-million supplemental budget request to the City Council, which deliberated on it during yesterday’s regular session. The…

SOCA drama

Nestle L. Semilla 07/04/2017

THE State of the City Address of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña yesterday was not without some drama. As he once again lambasted his political enemies, Osmeña questioned a trip to the United States by then mayor…

Tomas asks hotels, malls: Issue IDs to armed civilians

Calvin Cordova, Inna Gian Mejia 06/06/2017

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña proposed that civilians with permits to carry guns be issued ID cards to allow them to carry their firearms inside malls and hotels. Osmeña earlier met with the heads of security of…

BO-PK GAINS

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/27/2017

Tumulak sets the record straight: He is no longer  ‘independent’ CEBU City Councilor Dave Tumulak has confirmed that he plans to join the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) party yesterday, months after he left Team Rama to become…

Brat wars

Gerard Pareja 03/26/2017

Well, well, well. What do we have here? Throwback feeling to when your brat shot my kabarkada’s digi cam, hung it on her gate, and threatened us with a text message (that read) ‘The next time this…

City eyes to convert Compania Maritima into an aviary park

Inna Mejia 03/23/2017

The Cebu City government is willing to settle a case with the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) concerning the ownership of the six-hectare lot where the old Compania Maritima building is located. A formal proposal is on the…

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