THE suspension of a mayor of a small town in another province would on any other day not attract much attention in Cebu. However, when SunStar Cebu on May 16 reported that Siaton Mayor Cezanne Fritz Diaz had yet to serve a three-month suspension, the penalty imposed by the Ombudsman eight months ago after finding Diaz guilty of simple neglect of duty, it raised eyebrows. After all, only a few days earlier, Michael Rama, the mayor of the most populous city in the Visayas, had been preventively suspended. A little over a week after Ombudsman Samuel Martires signed the suspension order and only a few days after the shocking news hit Cebu City, Vice Mayor Raymond Garcia was instructed to assume as acting mayor. The difference in the enforcement of the two suspension orders, one a penalty, the other preventive, was striking, to say the least. Both Cebu City and Siaton, a municipality of about 83,000 in Negros Oriental, are located in Region 7, Central Visayas.
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PRESIDENTIAL sister and lawmaker Maria Imelda "Imee" Marcos has a message for both Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, who are currently in disagreement over the latter's call to stop the city's Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) project.
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio and Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama signed on Friday, February 2, 2024, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the Palarong Pambansa 2024.
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