Tommy Osmeña~ All About Him.

[fingolfin]

.. there you go, part II of the SRP battle, hehehehe. I think Mayor Tom hates Talisay so much because it delayed or hindered his plans for SRP and now he's trying to take back Talisay as part of Cebu City. In the first place, it was wrong for the Talisay mayor to make that claim on SRP. I wonder what would happen is Mayor Tom is successful with this crusade, maybe one day we'll see it on the newspapers................

TALISAY NO LONGER A CITY

.. that would be something, right ??


.. But then again, this move of our Mayor Tom is bad; i mean, he is always promoting UNITY but he can't even make friends with our neighbor city. hahayz, lingaw mga tiguwang na bata. hehe

[deathstar0818]

.. there you go, part II of the SRP battle, hehehehe. I think Mayor Tom hates Talisay so much because it delayed or hindered his plans for SRP and now he's trying to take back Talisay as part of Cebu City. In the first place, it was wrong for the Talisay mayor to make that claim on SRP. I wonder what would happen is Mayor Tom is successful with this crusade, maybe one day we'll see it on the newspapers................

TALISAY NO LONGER A CITY

Nyhahahaha! makalagot na Tomas!! Forgive me sa katong mga taw na laban ni Osmeña pero dili nako matake iyang pagkagamay ug utok..tsk tsk tsk..

.. that would be something, right ??


.. But then again, this move of our Mayor Tom is bad; i mean, he is always promoting UNITY but he can't even make friends with our neighbor city. hahayz, lingaw mga tiguwang na bata. hehe

[LytSlpr]

ngano i question pa man ang cityhood sa toledo nga dugay naman na nahimo syudad..as far as i know wa pa koy nahibaw.an gi bawian ug title as a city kay naglisod ang finances. nag hinay hinay na ug start balik ang ATLAS, and when its fully operational you can just imagine how much income the government can generate for taxes...

i agree but IDEALLY that is not the only consideration in converting a town into a city. probably, long before mas lax ang pag grant ug cityhood.

[lloydjon]

mayor tom. ask lang ko dagan ka ug governor or vice persident 2010? kai qualified kaau ka for that position.

[edgeknife]

tommy osmena is the guy for cebu city. BO-PK rules!!!

[eax]

I have no comments on Mayor Tommy. He is a good mayor for the city.

I think he is strict so that Cebuanos will be like a little Singapore.

Just like the Singaporeans ni-reklamo ba sila katong under pa sila sa usa strict leader?

Iyang prinsipyo kay kunga nabuhat na sa Singapore na mas dako pa sa Cebu City, why not dili pud mabuhat sa atoa diri sa Cebu City.

[lloydjon]

For his unwavering commitment to Cebu City’s advancement Hon. Mayor Tomas R. Osmeña bagged the year 2002’s Most Outstanding Mayor Award for Local Government Leadership after topping 155 other mayors.

Osmeña was chosen by a consortium of government agencies and educational institutions, among these are: the University of the Philippines, De La Salle University, National College of Public Administration and Governance, Center for Local and Regional Governance, Local Government Academy, and the Center for Leadership, Citizenship and Democracy.

Osmeña personally received the award last October 17, 2002 at the Philippine Senate in Manila. The prestigious award then again adds to the Mayor’s long list of national and international accomplishment citations and recognitions.

Tomas or “Tommy�, as he is fondly called, is the son of the late Senator Sergio Osmeña Jr. and Lourdes dela Rama Osmeña, the grandson of former Philippine President Sergio Osmeña Sr. and the younger sibling of Senator Sergio Osmeña III. Married to Margarita Lim Vargas, their union is blessed with their son Miguel.

Tommy spent his high school years in Sacred Heart School for Boys and earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Agro-Economics from Xavier University, Cagayan De Oro City. He went on for further graduate studies in Finance, Management and International Trade in the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA.

Osmeña not only excelled in the realm of public service but practically in all his endeavors. Coming from a family where Politics and Leadership is a natural dominion, his management and leadership skills were honed at a very young age.

In 1972, he worked as the Vice-President in a Los Angeles-based company, SEROS, Inc. He also became a financial analyst for Foreign Credit Insurance Association, the exclusive operating arm of the Export-Import bank of United States wherein he was engaged in the political and economic play of the export credit accounts of a number of major US banks and exporters across 12 western states. For years Osmeña also served as the Vice-President of the Apex Realty and Developers in California. His hectic work schedule, however, did not prevent him from participating in the activities of various civic organizations in Los Angeles. In fact he was even once selected as Vice-President of the “Club Filipino� in Los Angeles California. He also became the moral fiber of numerous activities and programs of Cebuano organizations in LA.

When he came back to Cebu in the year 1988, Osmeña vied for the Mayoralty and was hailed to office even without the backing of a party or endorsement by a national office. In his first term, Osmeña took the challenge of bringing Cebu to its grandeur by becoming the chairman of the Metro Cebu Development Project (MCDP). As was expected of a natural winner, he was again applauded for acquiring over P2 billion worth of foreign assisted projects for Metro Cebu.
In 1990, he was elected as the National Executive Vice-President of the League of City Mayors of the Philippines. On that same year, he was chosen as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) in the Philippines by the Philippine Jaycees and the Gerry Roxas Foundation, Inc.
In the 1992 elections, Osmeña again won and was hailed to office together with his Vice-Mayoralty candidate and fifteen of his sixteen party mates for the council seats. He was also elected on a mass motion as President of the League of City Mayors of the Philippines to serve until the year 1995. The mayor also showed his willingness to shoulder and help out in added responsibility when he accepted the challenge of being the Chairman of the Regional Development Council for Central Visayas.

Osmeña championed numerous innovative endeavors for development and advancement; proof worth noting is the South Reclamation Project- the largest multi-billion project in the history of local governance. Indeed, Osmeña’s way of running the city government proved to be worth emulating as this has won him several Galing Pook Awards.

Osmeña indeed has the right to claim to have laid the foundation for a strong, dynamic and responsive city government as he remains consistent with his pre-determined goals and continues to employ an open minded policy in governance that impresses “There is always a better way in doing things.� A policy founding the basis for hailing Cebu City as today’s focal point for education, tourism and trade and commerce! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[lloydjon]

Metro Cebu (The Latest Boomtown) Projects and Proposals Rundown


METRO CEBU PROPOSALS Cebu City, Mandaue City and Lapu-Lapu City (Mactan Island) only
Above 5-storey structures ∙ as of September 2006

+ = Under Construction
++ = U/C, Topped-off

Bigfoot Media Center - Tower I, Cebu Business Park - 48 floors. J Kings Office Tower - Maxilom Ave., Cebu City - 42 floors
+Crown Regency Hotel - Fuente Tower II, Cebu City - 38 floors
Bigfoot Media Center - Tower II, Cebu Business Park - 38 floors
Park City Central Hotel - Tower I, Lahug Cebu City - 34 floors
Park City Central Hotel - Tower II, Lahug Cebu City - 34 floors
J Kings Ramos Condominium - Ramos St., Cebu City - 30 floors
Bigfoot Media Center - Tower III, Cebu Business Park - 28 floors. +Winland Condominium - Tower III, Cebu City - 25 floors
++SM Hotel (Former Sheraton) - SM City Cebu Complex - 22 floors
. +Citylights Garden Complex - Tower III, Lahug Cebu City - 22 floors. +Citylights Garden Complex - Tower IV, Lahug Cebu City - 22 floors
. +Lexmark Asia Headquarters - Cebu Business Park - 22 floors
. Hotel Complex by Phil-Beijing Motors - Banilad, Cebu City - 21 floors
Office Tower - South Road Properties, Cebu City - 20 floors
+Tower Palace Condominium I - Cebu Business Park - 20 floors
+Tower Palace Condominium II - Cebu Business Park - 20 floors
. PIPC III - Asiatown I.T. Park, Lahug Cebu City - 18 floors
+Cebu Towers Commercial Center - Cebu Business Park - 15 floors
. +Park Terrace Condominium - Phase 4, Talamban Cebu City - 15 floors

+ACT and I.T. Mall - P. Del Rosario Cebu City - 12 floors
++PIPC Building - Asiatown I.T. Park, Lahug Cebu City - 12 floors
. Leisure Building Park City Central - Lahug Cebu City - 12 floors
. I.T. building I - Cebu City (no other infos yet) - 11 floors
I.T. building II - Cebu
City (no other infos yet) - 11 floors
37. Pioneer Insurance Building - Cebu Business Park - 11 floors
38. Guanzon Condominium - Tower I, Nivel Hills Cebu City - 11 floors
39. Guanzon Condominium - Tower II, Nivel Hills Cebu City - 10 floors
40. I.T. building - Mactan Marina Mall, Lapu-Lapu City - 10 floors
45. +Cebu Doctors' University - Boardwalk Campus Mandaue City - 8 floors
46. +Lexmark Research & Development Lab - Cebu Business Park - 8 floors
47. ++Golden Prince Suites - Gorordo Ave. Cebu City - 8 floors
51. +I.T. Building - JY Commercial Complex, Lahug Cebu City - 7 floors
52. I.T. Building - Asiatown I.T. Pak, Lahug Cebu City - 7 floors
55. ++Sykes Asia Building - Mabolo St., Cebu City - 6 floors
58. +Residential Condominium - Guadalupe, Cebu City
59. +Manros Plaza - Mango Avenue Cebu City
60. The Forum Residential Condominium - Tower I, Banilad Cebu City
61. The Forum Residential Condominium - Tower II, Banilad Cebu City
62. ChinaBanking Corporation Headquarters - Cebu City
64. Arcenas Estates Condominium, Cebu City

Low to Mid-rise Under constructions:
Mactan-Cebu International Airport Administration Building
Gaisano Mall of Cebu, Cebu City
5-level SM City Cebu Mall Annex Building
3-level Ayala Center Cebu Mall Annex Building
Expansion of Mango Square Mall, Cebu City
Expansion of Elizabeth Mall, South Terminal Cebu City
Expansion of Crossroads Mall, Banilad Cebu City
Expansion of Mactan Marina Mall, Lapu-Lapu City
The Village Leisure Center, Asiatown I.T. Park
The Venue, Mango Square Complex
Town Center, Banawa (Rustan’s Fresh Supermarket)


Proposed Hotels:
21-storey Banilad hotel and mall complex
Botique Hotel and Restaurant at Uptown Cebu City
Japanese Retirement Village and Hotel, South Road Properties
Legend Hotel
Traders Hotel
Kabayan Hotel

Proposed Shopping Centers:
Hypermarket, Banilad Cebu City
PriceSmart Cebu City
Ayala Mall, South Road Properties
Robinsons Mall, South Road Properties
SM Mall, South Road Properties
Cebu North Mall

South Road Properties, Cebu City Proposals:
Bigfoot IAFT SRP Campus Soundstage 1, 2, 3, 4
Bigfoot Inc. Yacht Club, world-class Marina and Restaurant
Singaporean Container Manufacturing Factory
Cardiovascular Hospitals of America
J Kings Inc. Water Theme Park
South Road Properties Sports Center
Entrepreneurs School of Asia

Other Proposals:
Cebu Cable Car System, Cebu City
Cebu Light Rail Transit System (Metro wide)
Cebu International Port Monorail System
Mactan-Cebu International Airport Terminal II
Mactan-Cebu International Airport Runway II
Business Convention Center, SM City Cebu Complex
Ayala Cebu Nature Park
Cloverleaf Interchange Link, Mandaue City South Reclamation Area
Undersea Tunnel from Cebu City to Lapu-Lapu City, House Bill No. 4857
Enchanted Kingdom Cebu
Major Metro Cebu Hotels to open in year 2007 onwards
5-star Crown Regency Hotel, Fuente Towers Complex - 368 rooms
5-star SM International Hotel (Former Sheraton) - 220 rooms
5-star Imperial Palace Hotel and Resort - 668 rooms
Banilad Hotel Complex - 250 rooms
Bigfoot IAFT Mactan Condotel
Club Ultima King's Island, Mactan

[mannyamador]

Well, the Singaporeans aren't allowed to complain. The get sued and jailed. So it's not too good to compare with Singapore.

[h23girl]

Unsa kaha kun si TOmas maoy modagan ug president next Presidential election, naa kahay possibilities?
I'm sure makadaug jud sya diri Cebu but I don't know sa uban areas but
I think it's a matter of publicity raman cguro para ma ilhan sa masa.