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RAYMOND GARCIA WINS!
The Freeman
|May 10, 2025
Cebu City deserves a young, energetic, and genuine leader who can address issues through diplomacy, decisive action, visionary planning, collaborative spirit, and commitment to public service.
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These qualities of a public servant can only be seen in the person of Mayor Raymond Alvin Neri Garcia.
Mayor Raymond is a lawyer, civic leader, and public servant.
On October 9, 2024, Mayor Raymond took his oath as full-fledged Mayor in compliance with a DILG order after serving as Acting Mayor since May 13 of the same year.
Prior to winning his first term as Vice Mayor, and his ascension to the mayorship, Mayor Raymond was presiding officer of the 16th Sangguniang Panlungsod and majority floor leader of the 15th Sanggunian.
He is credited as having authored the greatest number of approved ordinances at 43, and the most number of resolutions at 3,320, as well as the most number of committee reports - 333 - all in one term.
Among the approved local laws he authored as councilor are: ⚫ Ordinance providing gratuity pay as retirement benefits of elected barangay officials; • Ordinance that mandates the provision of free school supplies to public elementary pupils of the city every year; • Ordinances that provided financial assistance to barangays for their COVID-19 response; • Ordinance that provides amnesty for Cebu City business owners and residents who were unable to pay their taxes as a result of the pandemic; • Ordinance that extended the validity of business permits to two years; and, ⚫ Cebu City Anti-Noise Ordinance; and, Cebu City Anti-Speeding ordinances.
This story is from the May 10, 2025 edition of The Freeman.
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