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The fire that broke out at the Inayawan landfill emphasized anew the urgency for the Cebu City government to relocate its overfilled waste site or get serious about reducing the daily truckloads of garbage being discharged there. When sought for an explanation, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña could only say there wasn't sufficient soil cover being spread to keep fires from rekindling. It has been nine months since the accumulated garbage ignited a series of wildfires in the landfill.  

CEBU City barangay captains who want to run for city councilor but will not be carried in the Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK) lineup can expect to get more projects before the elections. Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he can make it up to them by giving additional projects, especially to those who already expected to be part of BOPK's councilorial slate. He explained that he wants to refrain from getting barangay captains to run for councilors to ensure BOPK's victory in their respective barangays.

I can give them more projects. There are always ways of making up for something   -Tomas Osmena

 

Smiles and not "bolos" met Capitol officials led by Gov. Gwen Garcia yesterday as she gave out 177 deeds of sale to barangay Luz residents in Cebu City. The beneficiaries are occupants of the lots included in the provincial ordinance 93-1who have paid in full the amortization for their province-owned lots. The distribution followed a similar activity in barangay Lahug for qualified beneficiaries. Garcia said she was pleased that she was met with warm smiles when she visited the barangay before noon

She (Garcia) had no choice. They (occupants) were going to take legal action (if she would not release the deeds of sale)   -Tomas Osmena

 

Despite being in the opposition, Tinago barangay Councilor Joel Garganera said he could not help but admire the administration's new possible prospects for councilors in 2010. Garganera said that among those in the shortlist of Bando Osmeña – Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK), he was most impressed with barangay captains Nida Cabrera of Luz and Jose Marino Benedicto of Zapatera, Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) information officer Jaybee Binghay-Carillo, and Alvin Dizon, wh