Comelec: Require biometrics
TO HELP it clean up the list of voters, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is asking Congress to pass a law requiring every registered voter to have their biometric data taken.
Lahug, Luz agree to defer hearings on boundary feud
BECAUSE all of them, including the Cebu City councilors, are busy on the campaign trail, Lahug and Luz officials agreed to put off the hearing on their boundary dispute until after the May 10, 2010 el
FLI to spend for services of water psychic
SINCE employing a person with paranormal abilities might be difficult to justify before state auditors, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña decided to use his and a private donor’s money to pay a water di
Rama remarks upset Tomas
CEBU City Vice Mayor Michael Rama appears to be in a precarious situation once more, after he irked Mayor Tomas Osmeña with reported statements that he is willing to cooperate with the governor if it
‘I’m neither sick nor dying:’ Tomas to Atan
FOR Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, political opponent Jonathan Guardo is “too presumptuous” and thinks Cebuanos are “bogo” (stupid) by making promises he’ll be in “no position to fulfill
City Hall to skip longest barbecue line
THE Cebu City Government will no longer attempt to break the Guinness world record for the longest barbecue line during the launching of the South Road Properties (SRP) a week before the May 10 electi
City to get ‘last laugh’ on CICC issue: Tomas
CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña yesterday gave a sarcastic comment on the court’s decision to allow Capitol to give over P250 million as additional payment to build the Cebu International Convention C
Tom warns leader against tampering with ball boards
CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña yesterday warned he will sue Buot Taup Barangay Captain Richie Sibla and possibly opposition leader Jonathan Guar-do if basketball boards in the barangay that the City Go
Tomas to Manny: retire
CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, too, wants Manny Pacquiao, whom he considers a personal friend, to retire, but for a different reason.
Tomas, Mike mum on ally’s ‘marital problem’
CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Vice Mayor Michael Rama agreed there is no need, for now, for City Hall to intervene in the “domestic matter” involving a councilor and his wife.
Council asks OSG to recover lot
THE Cebu City Council last week asked the Office of the Solicitor General to take all legal steps necessary for the recovery from Capitol of the lot where the Department of Agriculture (DA) used to b
Banawa-Englis folk want TRO dissolved
RESIDENTS of Banawa-Englis will ask the court tomorrow to dissolve the temporary restraining order (TRO) it issued against the holding of the plebiscite creating a new barangay.
Kusug volunteers say tanod pointed handgun at them
TWO Kugi Uswag Sugbu (Kusug) volunteers have complained that a Basak San Nicolas, Cebu City “barangay tanod” allegedly threatened and pointed a gun at them while they were on their way to post cam
Kusug volunteers say tanod pointed handgun at them
TWO Kugi Uswag Sugbu (Kusug) volunteers have complained that a Basak San Nicolas, Cebu City “barangay tanod” allegedly threatened and pointed a gun at them while they were on their way to post cam
Plebiscite moved
THE March 13 plebiscite for the creation of Barangay Banawa-Englis will not push through.
Comelec to proceed with plebiscite
THE court is set to hear today the petition filed by a Labangon barangay councilor for it to stop the conduct of the plebiscite in Barangay Guadalupe this Saturday.
More than money, ‘use will’ to fix city drainage
A CEBU City Hall consultant said that although hundreds of millions will be needed, implementing the comprehensive drainage master plan will also require political will among government officials in c
Spend P30M on aid, not lot for P4M gym
ACCUSED of blocking a sports complex project because of politics, Tinago Barangay Councilor Joel Garganera said that Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, his accuser, may be suffering from “selective amne
Enough power in Cebu: GMA
PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo yesterday switched on in Toledo City a 72-megawatt (mw) power plant, the first of three units the Cebu Energy Development Corp. (CEDC) will complete within the year.
Tomas fires 31 ‘kotong’ Citom enforcers
CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña yesterday fired 31 traffic enforcers accused of extorting money from motorists committing traffic violations.
Georgia says she’ll show Tom what proper management is
CEBU City mayoral candidate Georgia Osme-ña has vowed to show her brother, incumbent Mayor Tomas Osmeña, what proper management is if she is elected mayor.
48 Citom men may be fired
CRACKING down on corruption in the streets, the Cebu City Government is set to fire 48 traffic enforcers accused of mulcting motorists.
Ombud accused of ‘being biased, inutile, inefficient’
FOLLOWING the report that the Office of the Ombudsman lost more cases than what it won in 2009, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña yesterday expressed concern for city cases being handled by the anti-graft
No border conflict in Guadalupe, says Council
THE Cebu City Sangguniang Pan-lungsod (SP) has certified that no boundary conflict involving Barangay Gua-dalupe and any of its neighbors has been brought and is pending for resolution before the City
Recto addresses rally, but stays off BOPK’s list
EVEN if the Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK) is junking him, Senate aspirant Ralph Recto got the chance to address Cebu City voters during the Liberal Party (LP) rally Saturday night.
