Labella to take over as acting mayor

Nestle L. Semilla 07/22/2016

Osmeña goes on vacation; vice mayor says he does not need Tom O.’s appointment to be Cebu City’s top exec EVEN without being appointed by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella will take over…

Labella: local govt code provides that vice mayor will act as mayor in the absence of the latter

Nestle L. Semilla 07/22/2016

Even without any appointment made by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella will take over as acting mayor from July 23 to July 28. In an interview Friday morning, Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo…

Outgoing city dads honored

06/29/2016

The Cebu City Council gave tribute to outgoing councilors, including those suspended, in its last regular session yesterday. In a privilege speech, Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella acknowledged the 13th Sangguniang Panlungsod as one of the most prolific,…

Mike rallies supporters, finds suspension order ‘appalling’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/10/2016

“Amazing, appalling and condemnable.” These were the words Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama used to describe the recent suspension order against him, Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella and 12 city councilors over the P20,000 calamity aid case in…

In the calendar

Jaime Picornell 02/25/2016

Yestesterday was a holiday Cebu City as it celebrated its Charter Day with numerous activities led by City Mayor Michael Rama and Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella. Capping the festivities was a formal dinner yesterday evening at the…

Councilor Dizon slams Labella, pals

Marc Eric Cosep 02/11/2016

CEBU City Councilor Alvin Dizon said he felt he let the urban poor groups down when the City Council failed to override the veto of then-acting Mayor Edgardo Labella on the one-year demolition moratorium ordinance. After he…

Archival’s time

Editorial 12/22/2015

Councilor Nestor Archival of Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) got a chance to sample the authority that comes with being the city’s No. 2 man after the Office of the President issued a preventive suspension against Cebu City…

DILG serves Rama’s suspension order

Jose Santino S. Bunachita and Doris C. Bongcac 12/10/2015

The 60-day suspension order for Cebu City Mayor Mike Rama was served past 10 a.m. today in City Hall. A copy was taped outside the glass door of his office by Regional Director Rene Burdeos of the…

DILG to conclude hearings on P20K calamity aid case today

Nestle L. Semilla 12/04/2015

THE lawyers for City Hall officials facing administrative charges in relation to the P20,000 calamity aid case filed at the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) reduced their number of witnesses from 100 to 30. One…

Chinese forensic team asks for turnover of gun, police report

Apple Ta-as, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/27/2015

A team of Chinese forensic experts and representatives from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday visited the police regional office in Cebu City to check on the progress of the investigation of the Oct. 21 shooting…

Mayor Rama: It’s a local crime; charge them here

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/24/2015

IF Cebu city government officials had their way, the two Chinese suspects in the shooting of three Chinese diplomats in a local restaurant would be charged by the police and tried in a Philippine court. In a…

City officials stop Guadalupe demolition

Nestle Semilla 10/20/2015

More than 100 families in sitio ESCO-Englis, barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City will be displaced after the court ordered the demolition of 46 structures in the 2,000-square-meter property of lawyer Makilito Mahinay. The sheriff served the demolition order…

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