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Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia (Cong. Gwen Garcia Facebook page / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Garcia said she is more needed by Cebu especially that the province is still trying to recover from the ill-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In rejecting the call of the “Gwen for Senator: Ang Probinsyana, Run Gwen Run” movement, Garcia announced that she will seek reelection in next year’s elections. “I have no intentions whatsoever of seeking national office. Read my lips, I’m running for governor again because I feel I am more needed here in the province of Cebu at this time and in th...

SunStar Group urges Gwen to run for Senate NO THANKS. In a press conference Thursday, April 29, 2021, Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia (left) says she has no plans to run for senator in next year’s elections, despite the endorsement of a multi-sectoral group. Her brother, Deputy Speaker Pablo John Garcia, also questions the sincerity of the group endorsing his sister’s candidacy for the Senate. / Arvie Veloso + April 29, 2021 A MULTI-sectoral group in Cebu has launched a private initiative urging Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia to run for senator in the May 2...

SunStar It’s still Mactan Cebu International Airport, says PJ. (File photo) + IT WILL still be named Mactan- Cebu International Airport. Rep. Pablo John “PJ” Garcia (Cebu, 3rd) clarified this after news items in some local dailies claimed that House Bill 8986, approved on third reading before Congress went on recess on March 18, seeks to rename the airport to Lapulapu International Airport. Garcia said the bill merely seeks to name the domestic and international terminals of the airport to Lapulapu Domestic Terminal and Lapulapu International Terminal, while retaining the name Mact...

SunStar File photo March 06, 2021 CEBUANO farmers and fisherfolk get another opportunity to bring their livelihoods back, even expand their businesses further, now that the Capitol’s Enhanced Countryside Development (ECD) Program will finally roll out in the entire Province. The Cebu Provincial Government, represented by Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, signed a memorandum of agreement with three government banks Friday, March 5, 2021 in Pinamungajan town for the program’s implementation. Through the ECD, farmers and fisherfolk will be provided with funds for their needed capital to re...

SunStar + February 03, 2021 THREE weeks ago, I wrote about the joke that Sonny Osmeña cracked after he was discharged from confinement in a local hospital for Covid-19. It was difficult to kill him because he was bad grass, Sonny said in typical self-deprecation. The end of his journey came Tuesday, Feb. 2. He was 86. Cebu lost another leader who, during his prime, cast a giant shadow in local — and national — politics. Sonny Osmeña was already a congressman when he and Fr. Francisco Silva appeared in a forum of student activists that I attended in the early seventies. Befo...