Long weekend as Cebuanos mark Osmeña’s birthday
CEBUANOS will have a long weekend starting today, which is a special holiday in Cebu City to commemorate the 133rd birthday of Cebu’s Great Old Man, Don Sergio Osmeña.
Republic Act 06953, which former president Corazon Aquino signed on May 22, 1990, declared every Sept. 9 a special nonworking holiday in Cebu City.
Osmeña family members will offer flowers at the late president’s statue behind SM City. Margarita Osmeña Gonzales Larrañaga wil give a message on behalf of the family.
Rep. Tomas Osmeña won’t be present because he’s attendeing budget hearings in Congress.
His wife Cebu City Councilor Margot Osmeña and son Miguel will represent the family.
City Hall employees will attend the 7:30 a.m. mass and floral offering. Chief of Reporters Doris C. Bongcac
