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Council calls city-wide consultation
Mandaue City shoppers have shifted to the use of Eco and paper bag with the plastic ban implementation in the city.CDN FILE PHOTO Operators of shopping malls and grocery stores have been asked by the...
View ArticleCouncil okays LRT study
The Cebu City Council approved a resolution authorizing Mayor Tomas Osmeña to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a pre-investment study on a proposed Light Railway Transit (LRT) in the...
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LRT STUDY The Cebu City Council’s decision to authorize the mayor into signing an agreement for a pre-investment study on a proposed Light Rail Transit (LRT) project was met with skepticism from...
View ArticleCommittee disapproves gratuity benefits of Cebu City barangay officials
A proposed ordinance to grant retirement gratuity benefits to retired barangay officials in Cebu City was turned down by the city council’s committee on laws. Councilor Sisinio Andales, head of the...
View ArticleCity Council okays P6.29B budget
Cebu City GAA FOR 2018 After a series of deliberations, the Cebu City Council has finally approved the P6.29-billion annual budget for 2018 proposed by Mayor Tomas Osmeña. There were hardly any changes...
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Mayors Osmeña and Gomez
BAÑOC To refuse an offer is a great insult,” says a popular quote. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, according to a Cebu Daily News report, said he is insulted with the disinterest of Ormoc City and San...
View ArticleReconsider incentives for tanods, Tom urged
The Barug Team Rama bloc in the Cebu City Council called on Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to consider giving incentives to barangay tanods every two months instead of six. During a press conference,...
View ArticleCouncil votes to endorse SRP casino resort project
Amid concerns over “favoritism” and “undue advantage,” the Cebu City Council endorsed the application of Universal Hotels and Resorts, Inc. (UHRI) to develop and operate an “integrated resort and...
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Osmeña Jr. to deliver privilege speech in his first council session
Junjun Osmeña THE appointment of Renato “Junjun” Osmeña Jr. to the Cebu City Council would mean proper representation of the south district of Cebu City, said Councilor Joel Garganera. Junjun Osmeña,...
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Junjun Osmeña wants to unite council, executive
Court of Appeals Executive Justice Gabriel Ingles (left) administers the oath of office of Renato “Junjun” Osmeña Jr. as Cebu City councilor replacing Nendel Hanz Abella. With him is his mother Marivic...
View ArticleRats, roaches hound council
OF the hundred or so priorities in their legislative agenda, pest control and lighting problems are not the least of the Cebu City Council’s concerns. In yesterday’s session, the City Council passed a...
View ArticleCity Council seeks list of firefighting equipment
AS THEY commended all the fire departments, firefighters and government agencies that helped in putting out the Metro Ayala fire, members of Cebu City Council are also requesting the Cebu City Fire...
View ArticleOpposition council bloc shoots down renewal of admin consultants
THE opposition bloc in the Cebu City Council blocked two proposed resolutions that would allow the mayor’s office to hire consultants during Tuesday’s session. Councilor Joy Pesquera said this year’s...
View ArticleTomas willing to face plaint on dispute in court
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he is ready to face any complaint to be filed against him in relation to his confrontation with court sheriff El Cid Caballes in Barangay Capitol Site last week....
View ArticleCebu City Council urged to hasten OK of 93-1 proposal
Beneficiaries of the 93-1 lot ordinance are calling on the Cebu City Council to hasten the approval of the deed of donation and acceptance of the land swap deal that the Cebu City government and the...
View ArticleCouncil to map traffic plans with LGUs
AN inter-agency council on traffic (I-ACT) will coordinate with local governments in Cebu to map out traffic management plans for them, a first outside of Metro Manila. “(What we are doing) is to...
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Deferment
The Regional Development Council (RDC) plan to defer the P711.8 million underpass project along UN Avenue in Mandaue City may carry some weight but it’[s ultimately public sentiment and the Mandaue...
View ArticleCouncil to scrutinize P18-B Kawit Island project
THE Cebu City Council created an ad hoc committee that will scrutinize the P18-billion development project for Kawit Island in the South Road Properties (SRP) that is proposed to be undertaken the city...
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Bacallo: Labella is not PDP-Laban council president
CDN PHOTO / DORIS MONDRAGON Lorna Bacallo clarified that she remains to sit as the legitimate president of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) Cebu City Council. Together with her...
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HOSPITAL NIGHTMARE
Nurse Jum Kenneth Alcover posted on his Facebook page on Saturday, March 10, the photos of the empty hallways and information area of the Toledo City Hospital after the Toledo City Council ordered the...
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