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Osmeña files suit vs Cebu City government, real estate conglomerates over SRP deal
The ex-mayor also seeks to stop the city from using proceeds from the SRP to fund the local government's P2.5-billion supplemental budget
Cebu City Public Library resumes 24-hour operations
The library limited its hours for a month while the administration of new Mayor Edgar Labella looked for new staff to man the round-the-clock operations
Osmeña says he was prevented from restoring office to ‘2016 state’
In his letter, the former mayor says the incident became a 'media spectacle' and he asks Labella to allow the contractors to finish restoring the office
Outgoing Cebu City top cop Garma takes one last jab at Osmeña
Stripping her office bare isn't one of the things police colonel Royina Garma will do before stepping down as Cebu City police director
Osmeña’s lawyer says 'not true' mayor's seal removed from office
Amanda Virgil Ligutan, Osmeña’s legal counsel, says it was City Engineer Mejilito Cajes – a complainant in the case against Osmeña – who took the seal out of the mayor’s office on June 25
DILG to probe Osmeña, says stripping mayor’s office 'uncalled for'
'The act of even removing what are considered immovable objects like ceiling, walls, and the tiles is already bad faith,' says DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya
Osmeña’s running mate also leaves Cebu City councilor’s office bare
Former councilor Mary Ann delos Santos, who ran for vice mayor but lost, allegedly removes partition walls, cuts electrical wirings, and saws the newel caps of the railings leading to her former office
Labella assures Cebuanos city library will resume 24-hour services
The Cebu City Public Library stops its 24-hour services – an initiative of former mayor Tomas Osmeña – citing manpower shortage
Labella vows to solve flooding, waste disposal, traffic in Cebu City
The new mayor says he will hold office in his old room as vice mayor after his predecessor, Tomas Osmeña, stripped bare the mayor's office before leaving
LOOK: Osmeña strips mayor’s office bare before stepping down
(UPDATED) The outgoing mayor of Cebu says he spent P2 million of his personal money to have a functional office when he assumed the post in 2016 because the city council rejected his request for funds
With Osmeña on way out, Rico’s Lechon eyes return to Cebu City
'With the new political landscape, the Cebuanos expect you back in Cebu City, Rico's!' the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas' page says in a Facebook post
Osmeña council allies move to invalidate sale of South Road Properties
Outgoing Mayor Tomas Osmeña insists these properties were sold during the time of mayor Michael Rama for prices below their market value
Copy-pasting concession posts on Facebook? Tomas Osmeña won't have it
Outgoing Cebu City Mayor Tommy Osmeña calls out a losing city councilor candidate from Zamboanga City for copying his Facebook message
Labella unseats incumbent Osmeña in Cebu City
(UPDATED) While Osmeña remains a popular personality in Cebu politics, Edgar Labella had the backing of President Rodrigo Duterte and his local allies
Cebu City at the crossroads: Keep or replace Tomas Osmeña?
His challenger, Vice Mayor Edgar Labella, is endorsed by President Duterte. Is that enough to topple someone who's been entrenched in the city for decades?
Osmeña, police clash anew: Why a checkpoint outside Cebu mayor’s house?
Reelectionist Cebu City Mayor Osmeña, who is being challenged by President Duterte's bet, says his house is not even on a main thoroughfare, and the cops manning the checkpoint leave when he leaves
Duterte's tirades won't stop Tommy Osmeña from supporting Bong Go
The Cebu City mayor denies his endorsement of the former presidential aide is a concession to Chief Executive Rodrigo Duterte
'Builders' vs 'destroyers'? Cebu City's Osmeña, Labella trade barbs
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Vice Mayor Edgar Labella remain at odds over the Isla dela Victoria project
Poe courts vote-rich Cebu: Ensure Senate is balanced, well-represented
'Ang Senado...hindi pwedeng galing sa isang partido lang. Kung hindi, walang mangyayari dahil puro approve-approve lang o kaya puro disapprove,' reelectionist Senator Grace Poe tells voters in Cebu
LOOK: Cebu City Mayor Tommy Osmeña takes down Imee Marcos tarp
‘Cebuanos do not appreciate the politicization of Sinulog,’ says the mayor, who has ordered a team to take down other such tarpaulins along the parade route
Tommy Osmeña: Cebu City's own
The mayor is unfazed by critics calling him names and invoking links to President Duterte. He only has one question for them: how come people vote for me?
Duterte warns Tommy Osmeña: Don't mess with me
(UPDATED) 'If I have to be the bad guy for mentioning that there is a problem, so be it. No problem, this is what I signed up for,' says Cebu City Mayor Tommy Osmeña in response to President Duterte
Duterte can't just rely on cops to end drugs – Mayor Osmeña
'We're very poor in rehabilitation,' says Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña
Next on kill list? Mayor Osmeña shrugs off death threats
'I’m like a security guard – that’s all I am, okay? When there’s a robbery, I have to stay there,' says Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña
Cebu killings rose after new police chiefs came – Mayor Osmeña
Osmeña is referring to Cebu and Central Visayas top cops Royina Garma and Debold Sinas
Rappler Talk: Tommy Osmeña on governing as a mayor under Duterte
Rappler sits down with Cebu City Mayor Tomas 'Tommy' Osmeña
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#ThewRap: Things you need to know, March 21, 2018
Hello! Here's a roundup of news you need to know this Wednesday.
Should LGUs regulate habal-habal, motorcycle ride-sharing apps?
A technical working group is formed to deliberate on possible amendments to the law to make way for the services provided by apps like Angkas and GrabBike
Cebu City uses TNVS system to stop misuse of gov't vehicles
'The days of government employees abusing taxpayer-owned vehicles are finally Uber,' Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña says
Cebu City mayor to BDO: You can't fool us
A janitor in city hall pays about P5 000 a year in taxes this BDO branch pays city hall P2 000 a year One guesses: Who is richer? asks Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña
Cebu to shut down cellular signals during Sinulog
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña says the network shutdown is necessary for security and gives assurances that police and medical personnel will remain easily reachable
Over 300 Cebu politicians join PDP-Laban
Majority of ex Cebu City mayor Mike Rama s local allies join PDP Laban but Rama who was on President Rodrigo Duterte s drug list does not switch parties
Osmeña challenges Dela Rosa: Name the 'trusted police colonel'
PNP Director General Ronald Bato Dela Rosa accuses one of Osmeña s trusted police colonels of accepting money from drug lords But Dela Rosa wouldn t name names
Osmeña's police escorts moved to Bohol
UPDATED PNP Central Visayas Director Chief Superintendent Noli Taliño says Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña s police escorts will start reporting to the Bohol provincial police office on Friday August 12
Cebu City's Osmeña defends record fighting drugs, crime
The mayor cites the arrest of most wanted pushers in Cebu City the building of rehab facility the allowances of cops and provision of vehicles They don t consider that support?
Cebu City mayor stripped of supervision powers over police
3rd UPDATE The National Police Commission revokes Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña s supervision powers over police after he withdraws support for his city s police officers
Is he top 'drug lord' Peter Lim? 9 things about the Cebu businessman
There are hundreds of Peter Lims in Cebu but there is only one who had been accused of being a drug lord in the Visayas and the subject of a congressional inquiry in 2001 Here are 9 things we know about him
Associates, brothers of alleged Cebu drug lord 'Yawa' surrender
According to Osmeña the 5 are wanted for allegedly killing witnesses who cooperated with police in finding Rowen Yawa Secretaria allegedly among Cebu s top drug lords
Robredo swears in Osmeña as Cebu City mayor
Tommy never abandoned me Vice President elect Leni Robredo says in her speech after administering the oath to incoming Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña
Hundreds attend funeral of alleged top Cebu drug lord
Central Visayas alleged top drug lord is killed in a police operation in Las Piñas in Metro Manila on June 18
Cebu's top drug lord killed in Las Piñas
Cebu City mayor elect Tomas Osmeña makes the announcement on Facebook He congratulates Cebu police for tracking down Jeffrey Jaguar Diaz
Leni Robredo to swear in Cebu mayor-elect Osmeña
Cebu City Mayor elect Tomas Osmeña has remained loyal to his party even as many of his local party mates have switched to President elect Rodrigo Duterte
Cebu City: Mayor Osmeña, who 'inspired' vigilante killings, is back
The returning mayor praises cops who killed robbers in Cebu then tells Davao s Rodrigo Duterte: Duterte 0; Osmeña 1 Mr President your turn old friend
Acting Cebu City mayor Margot Osmeña stops fund releases
Osmeña stopped all check payments and told barangay captains and department heads to return all vehicles issued by the City Government
Cebu City polls: Rama to file petition vs Osmeña's win
Michael Rama plans to question Tomas Osmeña s win in the Cebu City mayoral race saying it is unbelievable
Osmeña is Cebu City's mayor-elect
Osmeña makes a comeback after he lost to Michael Rama in the May 2013 mayoral race
In Cebu, barangay chiefs who are LP allies back Duterte
The Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan to which the barangay chiefs belong is officially supporting Liberal Party standard bearer Mar Roxas
Memorable quotes on the Cebu campaign trail
Here are some of the craziest funniest and strangest but most memorable lines said in Cebu by national and local candidates
Tommy Osmeña's birthday message to Cebu: 'Think of your future'
Is the former mayor eyeing his old seat again?
