Alexa LCP

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Thursday, September 28, 2023
Pachico A. Seares
Pachico A. Seares
CEBU. Cebu City Councilor Jerry Guardo and the Sinulog 2023 Carousel Route at the South Road Properties. (SunStar File/Sinulog Foundation)
Cebu
Seares: 'All systems go,' says Cebu City Hall. Move Sinulog from SRP or no province contingents, insists Capitol. Kons Jerry Guardo promises dance route won't be muddy. Mayor Mike-Guv Gwen talk Friday night didn't work. Province withdrawal also seen as 'final.'
January 14, 2023
CEBU. Cebu City Mayor Mike Rama and Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, with a copy of the announcement posted by the Sinulog Foundation Inc. (Photos from Cebu City PIO/SunStar File)
Cebu
Seares: Mayor Mike Rama didn't blink in dispute with Guv Gwen over choice of Sinulog parade site? That may lend more weight to the blame or praise he'll get, depending on how Sunday's festival at SRP Grounds will turn out.
January 13, 2023
CEBU. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama (left), Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia and a Sinulog sa Kabataan 2023 contingent. (Photos from Cebu City PIO and SunStar File)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Disagreement on Sinulog parade site threatens 'One Cebu Island' theme of festivity. Guv Gwen says Mayor Mike's SRP choice is ill-timed and may cause serious problems, notes that the mayor hadn't consulted other LGUs.
January 12, 2023
(From left) Screenshot of Fr. Dennis Boltron and acolytes dancing to the tune of “Ting Ting Tang Tang”; Fr. Dennis Boltron, Msgr. Joseph Tan and Fr. Glenn Guanzon. (Photos from Facebook pages og Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish-Danao and Archdiocese of Cebu)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: 'Liturgical' dancing banned by Vatican as a rule. Would that ala-TikTok show in Danao City church fall under exception? Two Archdiocese officials split on whether priest must be sanctioned.
January 02, 2023
SunStar File
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Lapu-Lapu ex-mayor Arturo Radaza argued he had no part in awarding P83.9M streetlamps contract and the government didn't suffer loss or injury. Sandiganbayan struck down his defenses.
December 19, 2022
CEBU. (From left) Atty. Jerone Castillo, Cebu City Vice Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia, and Councilors Noel Wenceslao, Mary Ann de los Santos, Joy Pesquera and Nestor Archival. (File photos)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Public hearing on Cebu City budget spotlights Sanggunian dilemma: screen expenses or raise taxes first. On P50 billion 2023 outlay, Vice Mayor Garcia says, 'So what?' Risky for treasurer, bad for City Council, say Councilors Pesquera, Archival.
December 06, 2022
CEBU. Former congresswoman Clavel Martinez (top left), her son ex-Bogo mayor Celestino III (top bottom), and former Lapu-Lapu City mayor Paz Radaza (right), with the logo of GSP Cebu Council. (Photos from Facebook/SunStar File)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: How Sandiganbayan shot down Tining Martinez's claim of inordinate delay, Paz Radaza's 'no conspiracy' argument. Ruling on motions for recon cites 'Bogo triumvirate' and paper trail that led to conviction of Clavel Martinez, seven others.
November 30, 2022
CEBU. (From left) Atty. Jerone Castillo and Cebu City Councilors Mary Ann de los Santos, Rey Gealon and Joy Pesquera. (Photos from Facebook)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Mayor Mike Rama's rep Jerone Castillo argues the huge realty tax increase won't exceed legal limit. But bulky tax burden all at once can be like sledgehammer on some taxpayers. Rama's mission to make the city 'Singapore-like' is the excuse. 'Hinay-hinay lang,' councilors caution.
November 22, 2022
(FROM LEFT) Cebu City Councilors Mary Ann de los Santos, Rey Gealon, James Cuenco and Phillip Zafra. (File photos)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Councilor de los Santos changes word 'punish' to 'charge' in proposed grant of contempt power to City Council. But ordinance seeks to punish disobedience to Sanggunian subpoenas, which Supreme Court ruling says local legislatures cannot do.
November 17, 2022
Sunstar
Cebu
Seares: So many plotters, brokers and killers just to take out one broadcaster, Percy Lapid. If it were a movie, it had multiple cast and complex narrative.
November 08, 2022
CEBU. Cebu City Councilor Rey Gealon proposes an ordinance that would create a Cebu City office of the LGBTQ Affairs Office. (File/Pexels Photos)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Cebu City ordinance, signed last August, punishes discrimination against, and creates a council for, LGBTQs. Pending ordinance seeks to create an office on gay rights. Opposers fear 'consequences' on non-gays.
November 07, 2022
CEBU. A man walks beside a damaged Korean Air plane after it overshot the runway at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport in Cebu early Monday, October 24, 2022. (AP)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: What Cebu may revisit after Mactan airport incident: response to emergency. Why Air Korea's plane was taking time to extract.
October 26, 2022
Contributed photos
Cebu
Media's Public: Would Tomas Osmeña and Miguel Osmeña be deemed 'public figures' under Court of Appeals standard in cyber-libel ruling against Rappler journalists? CA ruled that complainant businessman Wilfredo Cheng was a private person.
October 12, 2022
Contributed photos
Cebu
Media's Public: Court of Appeals rejects second plea of Rappler journalists, affirms RTC finding of cyber-libel. Unless set aside by Supreme Court or re-defined by Congress, rules on prescription and re-publication can be scary for media.
October 12, 2022
Photos from Facebook pages of Richard Yap and Niña Mabatid
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Richard Yap-vs-Niña Mabatid case is not your ordinary cyber-libel. Venue is major takeaway: Ex-city councilor sued in Taguig by entertainer-politician when offense was committed in Cebu. And alleged defamatory posts were done during political campaign.
October 10, 2022
(From left) Broadcaster Arnold Bustamante, Atty. Ruphil Banoc, and Brigadier General Joel Doria. (Photos from Facebook account of Bustamante and SunStar File)
Cebu
Media's Public: DYHP's Arnold Bustamante was 'ordered' by an advertiser to warn buyers about a retailer selling 'fake' herbal products. He did so, was charged, then arrested for cyber-libel. Side issues: whether police treated him like common criminal and he crossed the line as endorser.
September 29, 2022
CEBU. (Bottom, from left) Cebu City Councilors Noel Wenceslao, Joy Pesquera and Nestor Archival. (Photos from Facebook pages of Wenceslao, Pesquera and Archival)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Does Cebu City need bike lane patrollers? Sanggunian approves P1.7M back wages although councilors question the hiring. In 2021, CCTO asked, Where are the 120 marshals?
September 15, 2022
Sunstar
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Chances of 3 more Cebu towns becoming component cities and a congressional district being split. Bills filed in House by Lagon couple, Duke Frasco, PJ Garcia, Rhea Gullas. Requirements eased on population, land area but not income.
August 30, 2022
CEBU. Photos of Representative Cindi Chan, Representative Cutie del Mar, Mactan-Cebu International Airport and a reproduction of Chan’s bill. (Contributed photos/File)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: What’s wrong with ‘Lapu-Lapu’ having a hyphen? Must the international airport be named after the Mactan hero as well? Chan, Del Mar bills filed in new Congress raise the issue of disturbing 50-year-old names.
August 25, 2022
CEBU. Photos of Representatives Cutie del Mar, Edu Rama.and reproductions of Page 1 of House Bills 00961 and 00081. (Contributed/file)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Special coordinating body for Mega/Metro Cebu in separate bills of Cutie del Mar, Edu Rama. Who will lead? Legislated rules may remove old roadblock: Cebu City feeling superior to other LGUs.
August 24, 2022