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ASEAN Summit organizers seek holiday exemptions for some sectors
by Cristina Birondo - November 24, 2006 - 12:00am
CEBU — The organizing committee of the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit has recommended to Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita exemptions for certain sectors from the four-day...
Cebu Plaza to reopen
by Cristina Birondo - July 31, 2005 - 12:00am
CEBU CITY — The Marco Polo Company of Hong Kong and the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. will reopen next year the Cebu Plaza Hotel, which will be renamed the Marco Polo Plaza Hotel. Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and...
Osmeña admits he’s after Talisay City’s ‘wrong leaders’
by Cristina Birondo - June 8, 2005 - 12:00am
CEBU CITY — The attacks of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña against Talisay City have finally assumed political color. In his regular press conference Monday afternoon, Osmeña admitted that the only...
Some Cebu City cops coddling criminals — dad
by Cristina Birondo - May 19, 2005 - 12:00am
CEBU CITY — City councilor Hilario Davide III has sought the help of the regional police to investigate some officials and members of the Cebu City police who are colluding with criminals. Davide said he has...
Gullas urges Talisay execs to abide by DOJ opinion
by Cristina Birondo - May 1, 2005 - 12:00am
CEBU — Cebu first district Rep. Eduardo Gullas advised Talisay City officials to abide by the opinion of the Department of Justice (DOJ) over the possible issuance of a special patent in favor of Cebu City. In...
Osmeña to snub House inquiry
by Cristina Birondo - April 24, 2005 - 12:00am
CEBU CITY — Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he would not cooperate with the proposed inquiry of the House of Representatives into the controversy surrounding the south reclamation project (SRP). In a brief interview...
Text messages stir up Cebu City: Osmeña undergoes toe surgery
by Cristina Birondo - March 14, 2005 - 12:00am
CEBU CITY — The city was on tenterhooks the other day when word spread by text messages that Mayor Tomas Osmeña was taken to the hospital. But any dire forebodings anyone had were quickly doused when,...
Cebu City rejects lawmaker’s suggestion on SRP patent bid
by Cristina Birondo - March 12, 2005 - 12:00am
CEBU — The Cebu City government has rejected the suggestion of Cebu first district Rep. Eduardo Gullas that it applies for special patent only on the uncontested portion of the south reclamation project (S...
Despite rift, Osmeña grants IBP request
by Cristina Birondo - March 5, 2005 - 12:00am
CEBU CITY — Mayor Tomas Osmeña temporarily set aside his rift with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Cebu City chapter as he expressed willingness to grant its request for P50,000 financial aid for...
Despite rift, Osmeña grants IBP request
by Cristina Birondo - March 5, 2005 - 12:00am
CEBU CITY — Mayor Tomas Osmeña temporarily set aside his rift with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Cebu City chapter as he expressed willingness to grant its request for P50,000 financial aid for...
Osmeña sacks city social welfare head
by Cristina Birondo - February 14, 2005 - 12:00am
CEBU CITY — Almost six months since the controversy over the stocks of rotten sardines erupted, Mayor Tomas Osmeña finally sacked the head of the city’ department of social welfare and services,...
Osmeña ready to face House probe of vigilante slays if...
by Cristina Birondo - February 13, 2005 - 12:00am
CEBU CITY —Mayor Tomas Osmeña has imposed certain conditions for him to cooperate and appear in a planned congressional inquiry into the rash of vigilante-style killings here. Osmeña said he...
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