One Mactan Congressional District

[noy.juan]

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One Mactan Congressional District, there should be one mactan congressional district instead on lone lapu2x district, we need new blood... the only one that stand against radaza are the sitoys... we are feed up with the radazas....

[brutuz]

this is good but not for the same reason...it should be done due to the need to unite both for the benefit of the people...

[cirext]

another clever move by Radaza

[666satan]

ask adto ni @hdr nga istorya ay...

[noy.juan]

another clever move by Radaza

its my move not radaza, beside radaza and sitoy are enemies...

kay ug ma push thru nga mobuwag ang olango mag form silag another municipality, usa ra kaisla pero dili magkahiusa... saonz

[trollaccount]

its my move not radaza, beside radaza and sitoy are enemies...

kay ug ma push thru nga mobuwag ang olango mag form silag another municipality, usa ra kaisla pero dili magkahiusa... saonz

You are misinformed. Radaza and Sitoy are not enemies.

[noy.juan]

You are misinformed. Radaza and Sitoy are not enemies.

aw wala diay ka nakabalo as incident nga hapit nag pinusilay ang mga body guard ni sitoy ug mga pulis sa opon, unya ang istorya kay gisugo ni radaza

[yacky2006]

One Mactan Congressional District, there should be one mactan congressional district instead on lone lapu2x district, we need new blood... the only one that stand against radaza are the sitoys... we are feed up with the radazas....

Mas maayo cguro himoon Mactan Island Province instead district.

Parehas sa Dinagat Island Province with only 7 munipacilties then nahimong province bisan walay city.

[noy.juan]

Mas maayo cguro himoon Mactan Island Province instead district.

Parehas sa Dinagat Island Province with only 7 munipacilties then nahimong province bisan walay city.

i dont want it to be a province, i opposed sugbuak before... a congressional district would do...

[isaac95]

i dont want it to be a province, i opposed sugbuak before... a congressional district would do...

lisud na kay walay nagplan ana didto sa congress...

naa hinuon plan Si Cong. Tommy Osmena nga mahimong annex ang Cordova sa Cebu City..


Cordova to stick with Province, town officials assure Capitol

CORDOVA Mayor Ade-lino Sitoy, town councilors, and barangay officials went
to the governor’s office yesterday to signify their intention to remain with Cebu
Province if a referendum is called for the town to join Cebu City. The move came
after Rep. Tomas Osmeña (Cebu City, south) said he will file a bill creating the
city’s third district, which will include Cordova.

But Sitoy said there are conditions before the issue on Cebu City’s annexation
of Cordova can be discussed. The first condition is that Rep. Luigi Quisum-bing
(Cebu, sixth district) must file a bill making Mandaue City a lone district.

After that, Cordova and Consolacion will need to discuss their fate and plan, Sitoy said.
But as of now, the mayor said, “Wa pa mi mahimo (We can’t do anything yet).”

Issues

Only after the discussion can Osmeña file a bill creating the city’s third district, a
move that will require a referendum among the residents of Cordova.
Garcia said Cebu City’s south representative issues “out-of-time” statements.
“Naa pa may mag-una, gihimo na niyang isyu ang (There’s still a requirement, but he’s
making an issue of the) third and fourth steps,” Garcia said referring to Osmeña’s proposal.
Mayor Sitoy, along with four town council members and 12 barangay captains, said they
visited the governor yesterday to discuss the Province’s 120-hectare reclamation project in
their town.

Sitoy said the Province will own the reclamation area, and the town will sign a memorandum
of agreement with the Province on how to use the project.

As to the move to make Mandaue City a lone district, Quisumbing earlier expressed concern
that Consolacion and Cordova will be left out if he files rhe bill. Mandaue City Mayor Jonas
Cortes, however, said these two towns will be merged with other districts, as Cebu must undergo
redistricting.

Association of Bara-ngay Councils president Celedonio Sitoy said the Province already gave
10 multicabs to 10 of the town’s 13 barangays. Hilutungan Barangay Captain Melchor Ompad
said the island barangay now has a pumpboat.

Only Barangay Gabi, where Celedonio sits as barangay captain, and Barangay Day-as have no
multicabs, although Garcia promised to include them as recipients of the next batch of vehicles.

The Province also gave five school buildings worth P3.5 million, while the Senior Citizens’ building
is up for bidding, said Provincial Engineer Eulogio Pelayre. But Osmeña belittled the Province’s
assistance to Cordova. What are multicabs and a pump boat compared to P4,000 for every senior
citizen and P10,000 to P20,000 for every public high school graduate, the representative said.

“I will multiply that to 20 if that's what they need,” Osmeña told Sun.Star Cebu in a mobile phone
interview yesterday.

“The people of Cordova are being fooled,” said Osmeña.

Both Osmeña and Cebu City Vice Mayor Joy Augustus Young agree the people of Cordova should
make the choice on whether it should be part of Cebu City or not. Young said it doesn’t really matter
if Cordova will be part of Cebu City, but if it does, it will be mutually beneficial. Young said Cordova
will gain popularity because “everything starts and stops in Cebu City.”

On the City's end, it will have beaches that would entice tourists.
“But it is up to Cordovahanons. There should be an honest to goodness informal plebiscite to get the
sentiment of the people without anybody campaigning for or against it,” said Young.

Osmeña agreed, saying the people should be able to decide, not just the officials who went to Garcia.
Mayor Sitoy, who remains loyal to Garcia, said he would abide by the result of a referendum, if the time
comes.

But Sitoy said Osmeña’s pronouncements are “unfair,” as these destroy the town’s good relationship
with the Province. Garcia said the statement is “divisive.”

Garcia also was irked when Osmeña called the province a “bully” and that “the Province has done
nothing for Cordova.”

The governor said Osmeña is only good with his “brilliant ideas” in front of reporters.
“When will he gather the guts to stand up in the session and deliver a privilege speech?” the governor said.

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on March 15, 2011.