CEBU CITY’s MAIN MEN. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama (rightmost) shakes the hand of new Vice Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia after the latter took his oath during the city’s oath-taking ceremony on Thursday, June 30, 2022. Beside Garcia is his wife, Julienne; followed by his mother, Ninette; his father, former Cebu City Mayor Alvin Garcia; and his brother, Jerald.GOVERNOR FOR FIFTH TIME. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia (center) takes her oath before Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Geraldine Faith Econg during One Cebu Party’s mass oath-taking ceremony in Cebu City on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, having received the mandate to serve a fifth term as governor. With Garcia are her siblings, children and in-laws.HOUSE REPS. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia (center) poses for a photo with Cebu’s congressional and party-list representatives before One Cebu’s mass oath-taking ceremony in Cebu City on Tuesday, June 28. 2022. With Garcia are (front row, from left) her brother and Deputy Speaker Pablo John Garcia (Cebu, Third), Rep. Emmarie Ouano-Dizon (Mandaue City), Rep. Janice Salimbangon (Cebu, Fourth), Rep. Rhea Mae Aquino-Gullas (Cebu, First); (back row, from left) Ako Bisdak Party-list Rep. Sonny Lagon, Rep. Daphne Lagon (Cebu, Sixth) and Rep. Peter John Calderon (Cebu, Seventh).
New, old leaders take oath of office
Here are some highlights of the oath-taking ceremonies organized by incoming officials in Cebu just before they formally assumed office on July 1, 2022:NEW LAPU REP. Lapu-Lapu City Lone District Rep. Maria Cynthia “Cindi” Chan (center) says her oath of office before Regional Trial Court Lapu-Lapu City Executive Judge Joseph Stephen Ignacio during the city’s oathtaking ceremony at the Jpark Resort & Waterpark in Barangay Maribago on Monday, June 27, 2022. Chan’s bible bearer is Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan.