Tomas, Margot off to US for checkup, vacation

FORMER Cebu City congressman Tomas Osmeña and his wife Councilor Margot Osmeña left for Texas last Thursday for his bi-annual checkup.

Margot announced their 10-day travel to dispel speculation that her husband’s health was declining.

Tomas, a cancer survivor, had to deal with public doubts about his condition during the campaign season.

The councilor said she plans to rest and prepare for a meeting to be called by Mayor Michael Rama who will define the policies of his administration.

Rama called department employees to a meeting at the legislative building social hall so he could speak with them.

“I don’t think we have a choice (but heed the invitation,” Osmeña said.

She said contrary to Rama’s claims, the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) members have not been obstructionists.

“We are always willing to listen but when you speak of cooperation, it means meeting both ways,” she said.

Rama said in a separate interview that he still has to schedule a meeting with Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella and the council.

In his inaugural address, the mayor called on the BO-PK bloc to forget the animosity of the recent campaign and focus on work.

“I am happy that I have been able to communicate our policy directions with the employees but there is no more need for a presentation when I speak with the councilors,” he said. /Chief Of Reporters Doris C. Bongcac