Village chief finally serves suspension

Nestle L. Semilla 01/21/2017

LABANGON Barangay Chairman Victor Buendia and three barangay officials started serving their suspension last Friday nearly a year after the order was issued against them by Ombudsman-Visayas. The order took effect after Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña…

Ombud suspends Labangon village chief, three other barangay execs

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/15/2016

THE Ombudsman-Visayas issued a six-month suspension order against Labangon barangay chairman Victor Buendia and three other barangay workers for the demolition of a stall owned by a vendor in the Labangon Public Market in 2014. The anti-graft…

Labangon center median has permits – contractor

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/04/2016

The center median in Labangon that was ordered removed by suspended Cebu City mayor Michael Rama was covered by all the required permits. This was the testimony of Gil Hamoy of Falco Construction, the contractor of the…

DILG junks motion to defer hearings of Rama’s admin case

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/02/2016

THE Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has junked the motion filed by the lawyers of suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama asking for the deferment of the ongoing hearings of the administrative complaint filed by…

Rama’s lawyers want Labangon case dismissed

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/21/2016

SUSPENDED Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama’s legal counsel wants the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to dismiss outright the administrative case filed by Labangon barangay captain Victor Buendia on the clearing of a center barrier…

Castillo asked to inhibit from Rama case

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/19/2016

Cebu City Legal Officer Jerone Castillo has been asked to inhibit himself from the investigation of the case that led to the 60-day preventive suspension of Mayor Michael Rama. Lawyers Kirk Bryan Repollo and Benjamin Militar, who…

Sucker punched

Editorial 12/15/2015

In boxing, a sucker punch is defined as a blow made without warning. It can be legal, i.e. made during the fight, or illegal, as in delivered as a low blow by either fighters while the referee…

DILG to issue statement on Rama suspension

Eileen G. Mangubat 12/09/2015

Communications Secretary Herminio B. Coloma told Cebu Daily News in a text message that the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) will issue a statement on Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama’s suspension shortly. Cebu Daily News…

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