May 11, 2021 BZZZZZ asked insiders of Cebu s rival parties in Cebu City on probable candidates in the 2022 elections. Here are some names floated around:
Tomas, Margot dark horses
At Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK), for mayor: Representative Rodrigo Bebot Abellanosa, who is completing his third and last consecutive term as congressman in the south district; or Franklyn Ong, ABC president and councilor representing the federation of barangay councils in the city.
There may be ready replacement bets if conditions change. Or contenders may hide their plan until the last chance for substitution. Under either category are former mayor Tomas Osmeña and his wife former councilor Margot Osmeña.
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+ April 20, 2021 THE Cebu City Government is most likely to buy as its third vaccine of choice Covaxin, which the country s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Monday, April 19.
The City Council though has not yet decided to approve the purchase. During its special session on the same day, Councilor Alvin Dizon or anyone else in the consultation platform didn t know yet about the grant of EUA to Covaxin and Janssen vaccines. Dizon had asked for deferring its choice of Covaxin pending the completion of its questioned trials in India and the local FDA s action on its EUA.
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+ April 10, 2021 THE Cebu City Council has urged the Vaccine Advisory Board (VAB) to conduct a feasibility study on a drive through vaccination program against coronavirus disease 2019 ( Covid-19).
In a resolution authored by City Councilor Alvin Dizon, which was passed by the council during its regular session on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, Dizon said this may help speed up the vaccine rollout in the city.
“Drive through clinics may offer a safer, more convenient and less contagious way of getting the jab as well as offering an alternative for those who have vehicles, thus cutting the lines in our onsite vaccination centers,” Dizon said.
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APOLOGY: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 7 has put up huge signboards (inset) on both sides of the road to apologize for the flooding of the Mambaling underpass that happened on March 31, 2021. It said its suction pumps had failed to work, with one even burning out. Heavy rains in the early morning of March 31 inundated the underpass, which was opened for public use in June 2019 and built for P800 million, making it impassable for hours. DPWH blamed the indiscriminate throwing of plastic waste, which clogged the drainage of the underpass. Photo above shows the condition of the Mambaling underpass in Cebu City on April 8, 2021. (Photo by Amper Campaña)