Cebu City mayoral candidate Michael Rama outlined his plans for the city in an exclusive interview on Beyond the Ballot 2025 today, discussing key issues, governance strategies, and his vision for the future.
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00:00Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, Cebu. Welcome to Sunstar Cebu's Beyond the
00:20Ballot 2025 series. I am Mildred Galarpe. And I'm DJ Moises. As we approach the 2025
00:28interim elections, this program offers voters an in-depth look at the candidates vying for
00:34the mayoral seat in Cebu City through a series of one-on-one interviews. Each episode will
00:40feature an interview. The first 30 minutes will be allocated for us to get to know the
00:45candidates and their vision for the city. And then the remaining time, they will answer
00:50the five core questions in two minutes and 30 seconds. To give you a better understanding
00:55of how these will unfold, let's take a look at the mechanics.
01:01Hello, viewers. Welcome to Sunstar Cebu's Beyond the Ballot series. This program is
01:08divided into two segments, the candidates' profile and the five core questions. Here
01:14are the mechanics. For candidate profile, each mayoral candidate will be interviewed
01:18for 30 minutes, during which they will discuss their past work, advocacies, and reasons for
01:24running. For five core questions, each candidate will have two minutes and 30 seconds to answer
01:29five key questions. This time limit ensures equal opportunity for all candidates while
01:35keeping responses concise and focused. Now, let's head back to the studio.
01:41To ensure fairness, we have provided the candidates the five core questions one day before the
01:46scheduled interview.
01:48And we're excited to announce our mayoral candidates have accepted our invitation to
01:53join us today.
02:04Today we are joined by our duly elected mayor, Michael Rama. Sir, good afternoon, sir.
02:14Good afternoon, Mayor Mike.
02:16Good afternoon, DJ. Thank you for referring me as DEM, duly elected mayor. Thank you
02:24very much.
02:25Okay, I think just as you said, you know, it's not that he's a malalas, he's the duly
02:30elected mayor. Okay, I agree that he's a malalas. But mayor, you were, you're in government
02:37for more than three decades. Counselor, vice mayor, mayor.
02:42Vice mayor, mayor.
02:44What do you consider your milestones in these years in government?
02:50Bringing dignity. And this is about the BBRC. I was able to bring 2,500 inmates being put
03:05in a 200 occupancy to a place that I work and put the building during my mentor's time.
03:16And that is something that I can really feel being fulfilled. Imagine congestion. They're
03:27spending their time. And that alone you could imagine a 200 occupancy, 2,500 ramp. So that
03:47I always look at it as very fulfilling. Every time I'm being asked, that's it. That is indeed
03:54gratifying.
03:57How big is the existing Cebu City Jail compared to the...
04:00Very huge. But still now I was told it's 7,000, 8,000 again. I do not know how this whole
04:11congestion of the jail will be attended to. And this is not Cebu. This is the whole country.
04:21And if the country's jail management is so, then this country really much is to be desired.
04:28The jail must be desired. And that is the picture of our country.
04:36You have served Cebu for over three decades, no?
04:41Exactly 30 years.
04:4430 years.
04:45I was in a... but still serving for three years.
04:51And how has your vision for the city evolved throughout your political career?
04:57It all started simply until it reaches Singapore-like with Melbourne pictures. Of course, bringing
05:07a focus of quality of life to all. Quality of life. And that brings employment, housing,
05:19the flooding, the matters of environment. And it's encompassing. It's encompassing.
05:32And that is the way we would like to address. And we have our own platform for that. Barug Cebu City.
05:42Barug. And that letter B stands for business. U, urban planning. Then R, resettlement.
05:53U, universal health. Then there is Barug, Cebu. Then C, children. Then E, education.
06:03B, business. Then the city, infrastructure, traffic. And the U. And that's Barug, Cebu City.
06:12It is the whole, what I call, the Sisi Lakes. We already have that. Sisi Lakes is there already.
06:20It's not even, as I said, gratifying for me because that is infrastructure.
06:28But I look back, that really was the one I really felt. And that was bringing dignity. And that was the jail.
06:43Okay. Sir, before joining politics, you were in private sector. So what motivated, I mean, you know, you're a lawyer.
06:51So life is good. So what was your main motivation in joining politics? Well, aside that you're a family.
06:58You're reading the truth. Yes. I really wanted to become a priest. You laugh. I laugh.
07:04Yeah. And until now, I put in my evangelization. Now, I just had a day retreat.
07:11And that matter about evangelization, I highlighted it in my interaction with my retreat father, June Boris.
07:25That would only mean that I really want to serve according to God's dictate. But a woman passed my sight.
07:33So I lost and I ended up lack of foresight and out of sight of priesthood.
07:41But the word service to others never perished. That's why this whole thing evolved.
07:50Then I want to become a doctor like my uncle, who was a governor, a doctor, and wanted to become a lawyer.
07:58And there I came after four years, went into law. And that's where I further put myself to the world because I was invited.
08:12I mean, I was in the corporation, I was invited by my mentor. I do not have to mention the name because he is running.
08:20So that's how this whole thing. I'm not a square pig in a round hole. I really, really wish to serve from the bottom of my heart. So help me God.
08:33So when you're not on, because you have a very public life now. So when you're not on the public spotlight, what do you normally do?
08:42Now, I'm becoming to be too private already. You know, when I got my MGA and my Langa Malo, I do not wish to be much on spending up.
08:59I would wish, excited to be at home, even lunchtime. Today I catch up. I have to get into the room with my son after the handshaking.
09:12I'm excited to be here too. So I have to feel that I should have to do that. So at the end of the day, I went there. I really went there.
09:23And not anymore. As Mildred was sharing with you earlier, the karaoke is not anymore that much. But don't make a mistake of giving me a microphone when there is fiesta.
09:41Because I'm going to have a grab and they will ask me to sing. I'll sing. If it's an oldest and the goodest, I can sing Matunila.
09:53When you talk about current, one in a million new.
10:05How did you know?
10:06Very colorful. Anyway, sir, through the years that you were serving in government, demanding magilug time, especially if you're the executive.
10:24So was it, you were mayor when you got married and you have a son. What changed?
10:33Aside sa imuhang, you want to spend more time with them. But when you're executive, magilug na. So how would you balance that? How did you balance?
10:41If you really love your family, you have to find time for your family. And if you also love serving the people, God will give you the time.
10:51I think that's a good piece of wisdom. But I'm just curious because you've been through several controversies lately.
11:00So what lessons have you learned from this and how do you think would help you? Should you be elected again as mayor of Cebu City?
11:10The word should not be controversies. Challenges.
11:13Challenges.
11:15I was being asked the question, if I'm going to be reborn and be born again, what choice do I have? When as it was written, it shall be done.
11:25So it will be the same whole thing. You cannot be telling yourself, lesson learned or whatnot, because no matter what, it's just looking forward.
11:38Now that I have my Langa Amalo and I have my MJ and in the house that Bilma been there, there's other children of my wife's relatives.
11:51It's a beautiful playing with them, especially playing with MJ and the mother, Langa. That's for me, a different ambience.
12:04Different, different than it used to be. And my age, don't mention it anymore. I have to see my son enjoying with me.
12:14And I wish videos will be replayed with Bilma so that one day the ending comes and we will all be cherishing what I have been with them.
12:25I hear that I have been with them. And that thing that I wish memories to be left to them.
12:33Kenny sir, what would you be doing if you were not in politics?
12:41If I were not in politics, I cannot think about it. Because I'm in politics. I belong to a political family since 1916.
12:51The Rama compound, I always look at it where I stayed 20 years. I came back for 25 years. Then I will be back.
13:00I will be back to where I used to be growing since 1964. So I cannot see what other things that I can do.
13:13When priesthood was not anymore a possibility, then I went into this and into that. Once into where you are, you will never be out of your so-called body mechanism.
13:28You will look for it. So it's still a service, service, service.
13:32Makka-addict.
13:35It's not an addict. But this is a better addiction.
13:39But it's something like when you are quite passionate. So it runs in the blood. Because I belong to Don Vicente Rama.
13:50My father was also a counselor. All of them, I look up to them. But I told you at the beginning, I really wanted to become, with all honesty and candor,
14:03I really want like, DJ wants to become a priest. He went to the seminary. I was doing an interview of DJ.
14:14Peter sir, your political family, was there pressure from your end? Or it's because you growing up,
14:24Pressure? No.
14:26Was there pressure for you to join politics? Because everybody in your family is in politics?
14:31No, no. It's just a share, what I call, the time just get involved. And here at that time, I was invited.
14:44So I was just like, that thing about the turtle being thrown. I love, I love serving. To be honest, I really love serving.
15:11Was there anything that you learned from your grandfather in politics that you still apply until today?
15:20So many. So many. So many. And you want to be number one, that honesty in government, that corruption should never be a cup of tea.
15:35Number two, that you must always look at the responsibility of a public servant, that you are a servant and you must not be served.
15:45You should be the one serving. That's my grandfather. Number three, standing in what you believe.
15:53Even when tough and tumbles will come, you've got to be standing with your conviction.
16:03No matter what, even if it takes your life. Because that's the only thing you can. That's the only thing you have.
16:11You're being truthful and being convicted on your ideas. That's what is needed for the country. And what is needed for the country is really fighting for the truth, especially the poor.
16:33If there's anything you regret that happened to you in the last 30 years, what is it?
16:40Nothing. I don't want to regret because I'm a Christian leader. I'm a Catholic leader. And I always have my strong faith in God.
16:53That's why that challenges. I think I do not have that strong faith.
16:59Where will it lead me to? Rancor, bitterness, vengeance, etc., etc.
17:06Not me. That's why people are just surprised, including Wilma. Sir, where did you get your steadfastness?
17:16Steadfastness, because always look up to God.
17:19I'm a Christian. I'm a Christian.
17:23Yeah, I praise the Lord.
17:25Yeah, and then my projects are Buen Calvario.
17:29I remember Buen Calvario, yeah.
17:31Pasco Sabirama, etc., etc.
17:35This is all about God.
17:38And we are all created in the image of God.
17:41And if we just follow that line, what is there to regret?
17:47But, okay, I understand now. You don't regret anything because service is in your DNA.
17:54What is it that hurt you most in the 30 years in governance?
18:00Maybe not hurt, affected.
18:01Okay.
18:02Because if you are hurt, you get stalled.
18:08Do not be stalled because of what's going on.
18:12Just affected.
18:14Affected, especially when you've been doing what is right.
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20:51I remember so well
20:53the day that you came
20:55into my life.
20:57That is the song.
20:59But you look back, and look back, and look back.
21:01But you look back, and look back, and look back.
21:03Then you remember my good friend
21:05Then you remember my good friend
21:07Alan Jaime Robaille died.
21:09I like that song.
21:11I like that song.
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21:15I like that song.
21:17I don't know if you heard that song.
21:19I can't remember anymore, but I know
21:21I know there's that song.
21:37It's a beautiful
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22:39I remember so well
22:41I remember so well
22:43The day that you came
22:45Into my life
22:47So that is the usual
22:49Most requested song
22:51And
22:53Nonetheless
22:55Because I have also my jingle
22:57Because I have also my jingle
22:59Because I have also my jingle
23:01Tagalog
23:03Jealousy
23:05Silos
23:07So
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23:33Right
23:35Yes, you know, in my, in my one day, so good that I have this interview after my one day
23:50retreat.
23:51And I thank God that was there, the influence in that, who are my three midges, who are
24:01my three wise men.
24:04And it included my wife, my little son, and my campaign manager.
24:11And there's a little, why my wife?
24:16Because of love in me, despite my son, seeing him growing strength in me.
24:26And my campaign manager, both, or particularly also Colin, being handcuffed, and because
24:33of wanting to, oh, these are all wise people, then even including, or Ayan, I am Ayan Asamal.
24:48Ayan Asamal, who's been running the campaign, is a walking calculator.
24:56Yeah, a walking calculator.
24:59So, that's it.
25:03Beyond politics, sir, what are your personal passions that people in Cebu City or we may
25:09not know about Mike Rama?
25:12I just was playing, shooting basketball.
25:18This morning I was doing my shooting.
25:21Number two, I play chess.
25:26I am passionate if I have a chance, play chess.
25:29Number four, I also, aside from singing, dancing, yeah, I do the choreography of our jingle.
25:42That's my passion.
25:43And then my passion in politics, I usually do bringing acronyms.
25:49Oh, yeah.
25:50And by the way, I'd like to, yeah, that brings me now to extend my condolences to the Velasquez
25:56family, my former chief of staff, mayor, secretary, HR, Sanggunian Panglungsod, and her being
26:09involved, I think, a mayor before on matters about human resource, international facilitator,
26:19Ma'am Vilma Velasquez.
26:22Our condolences to the whole family.
26:26So, because we're about to segue to the five core questions, Mayor Mike Babette, just in
26:32case, among the five core questions, which do you think is your top priority?
26:39Should you be elected this May?
26:41Like when, if you'll be mayor, it's the first memo you'll sign upon.
26:47Yes.
26:48Are you talking about the subsequent?
26:52Yeah.
26:53Flooding.
26:54Of the five questions, traffic, flooding, housing, peace and order, and waste.
27:02Can I have a...
27:04Tosca.
27:05Because all of that are very much and substantially, very much essential, I'm telling you.
27:16And affects the whole economic gamut.
27:20All economic gamut.
27:22And if you talk about flooding, I want my flooding on May 1.
27:28But, of course, because of the flooding, traffic.
27:34And then, of course, you talk about housing.
27:39Yes.
27:40What else?
27:42Peace and order.
27:43Peace and order, of course.
27:48Waste management.
27:49Waste management.
27:51I'm telling you.
27:54You should be talking about...
27:57I'll do a survey.
27:59Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:00The best thing is, I usually look at it.
28:04I have a survey.
28:07Number one.
28:10Number two.
28:30They're not as much as wanting to be too much of thinking, too much of sophisticated.
28:35They're just simple.
28:37Number one.
28:38If you look at it.
28:40If you look at CCMC, they're not like that.
28:43You know?
28:44That's how the poor.
28:45Don't talk about the poor.
28:46Number two.
28:47Of course, because of the poor, traffic.
28:52Traffic, traffic.
28:54So, in the hierarchy...
28:57You, you, you.
28:59Talking of CCMC.
29:01Yeah.
29:03The vice mayor, the mayor.
29:14Remember, Mildred.
29:20I don't want to be bringing, wow, looking back, CCMC.
29:26They just lie there and die there.
29:29That was CCMC.
29:31Number two.
29:32CCMC.
29:34I'm more beside PDR.
29:37In other words,
29:45Yeah, and there was a politician who wanted to sell CCMC.
29:50I was fighting for CCMC.
29:52And then they came in.
29:57Who should be made responsible?
29:59Bring me back.
30:03There's 300 million.
30:05There's 200 million from private sector.
30:08We will make it complete.
30:25I mean, that's how I really felt very bad.
30:29CCMC.
30:30It's complicated.
30:31It's not complicated, Mildred.
30:34Bring me back.
30:36Then we'll simplify.
30:37Okay.
30:38Now, for our last question.
30:40Who is my grandma?
30:42You get what you see, you see what you get.
30:45And that's my grandma.
30:47Okay, thank you.
30:48Thank you, sir.
30:49We'll proceed to the second half for the interview series.
30:53So, when we come back, we will have the five core questions.
31:00Okay, we're back for the second half of our interview,
31:03where we will dive into the five core questions
31:06that Cebu City residents consider the major issues facing the city.
31:11So, Mayor Mike, we have five questions.
31:14These are traffic congestion and infrastructure challenges,
31:18flooding and drainage problems,
31:20solid waste management and pollution,
31:23household waste management,
31:26solid waste management and pollution,
31:28housing and urban development,
31:31and crime and public safety.
31:33If elected as mayor,
31:35how will you address the heavy traffic,
31:37especially on major roads in Osmeña Boulevard,
31:40SRP and Mambaling, that remains a daily struggle?
31:44So, how will you address these problems?
31:47It's been a part of our platform,
31:51and that is letter T, traffic.
31:54And we discussed about widening of the roads, number two.
32:01But, sad to say,
32:04we have the integrated traffic management system
32:08that ended up being discussed.
32:12I think it's been regularly being paid,
32:16or the whole project is much to be desired.
32:21Then you're talking about tunnels,
32:28BRT.
32:29You know, the BRT, as long as it ought to be.
32:33But there's just too many.
32:39And then, discipline.
32:42Whether you like it or not,
32:44this whole thing boils down also with discipline.
32:49Now, Osmeña Boulevard,
32:53you're walking, force it.
32:57Then,
33:00engineering in traffic management
33:03should also be something that we should devote.
33:07Because,
33:09it takes time.
33:13DPWH, doing and coming out.
33:18This should be more coordinating.
33:21And that is very important.
33:23Traffic is not a real problem
33:26if there is political will,
33:29and there'll be no or less corruption.
33:35For the second core issue,
33:38this is about poor drainage system and clogged waterways
33:42that worsen flash floods even with light rains.
33:46The city's low-lying areas, such as downtown Cebu,
33:50are highly flood-prone.
33:52Delayed drainage projects contribute to the issue.
33:55So how will you solve the flooding and drainage problems?
33:58Bring me back.
34:01Oh, this is new.
34:03That's why I created Task Force Gubat Sabaha.
34:07And that is very much well-managed
34:10by General Mel Peleciano.
34:13I empowered him.
34:15It all started even with General Simato.
34:20This will have to go through
34:24the so-called
34:26cleaning up the rivers.
34:28No nonsense
34:30going after those throwing garbage just anywhere
34:34that ended up in the canals.
34:36Number three,
34:38I've been, and I went to Singapore,
34:42introduced the deep-bath,
34:44that means low-tide, high-tide,
34:46from the sea.
34:48Close, close, close.
34:50And even I was thinking of coming out
34:52with water for the city.
34:54Water that will be brought to the underground.
34:59And then we have some technology
35:03that's like coming from Harlem River.
35:06And that is where we're talking about
35:09how to bring and keep water.
35:13Building in Harlem River,
35:15because Harlem River,
35:17there is below sea level.
35:21Here you can see the water.
35:23Yeah, you can see the water.
35:25So they're keeping water.
35:27When low tide, they release the water.
35:30So very important.
35:32It's actually,
35:34all these programs,
35:36under Task Force Gumat Sabah.
35:42Uncollected garbage, illegal dumping,
35:45and lack of proper waste segregation
35:47remain major concerns.
35:49Inayawan landfill was closed,
35:51raising issues on where to properly dispose of waste.
35:55Coastal pollution is affecting tourism
35:58and marine biodiversity.
36:00If you're elected,
36:02how will you address the problem
36:04of solid waste management and pollution?
36:06We already have that.
36:08Raymar Jihara in the head.
36:11That thing about regular clean-up drive.
36:17Uptown, coastal,
36:19that has been my project ever since.
36:23Number three,
36:25then the coastal management board
36:27has to make it activated.
36:29Number four,
36:31coming out with material MRF,
36:35recovery facility.
36:37Number five,
36:39bringing and then
36:41focusing on the restoration and recovery
36:45of the three-meter easement.
36:47I will repeat, three-meter easement.
36:49Why?
36:50Because that is where
36:52the uncontrolled throwing,
36:54even human waste,
36:56right there beside the river.
37:00We talk about involve all.
37:03Involve barangay
37:05and instill discipline.
37:07Make it down to the school
37:10being a part of the curriculum
37:13on consciousness,
37:15on how,
37:16and we have already a 10-year
37:18solid waste management plan.
37:21We just have to implement it.
37:23We have it.
37:24We really have it
37:26and we just have to be firm
37:28in making it all implementable.
37:32With that,
37:33I don't mind any reason.
37:35We've tried it.
37:36Political will.
37:37Political will.
37:42For the sake of preservation of humanity,
37:46then we must make it happen.
37:51For the fourth concern,
37:54informal settlements
37:56and rising housing costs
37:58make affordable housing scarce.
38:01Relocation sites for urban poor communities
38:04lack basic utilities
38:06and job opportunities.
38:08Unregulated high-rise developments
38:11put pressure on resources
38:13and infrastructure.
38:15How would you solve
38:16housing and urban development issue?
38:19We already have a plan.
38:21We really...
38:23In fact, in the coastal,
38:25we have the so-called SCAD,
38:27South Coastal Urban Development.
38:30Number two,
38:32we even have
38:34that in Barangay Lurega,
38:36we have the medium rise
38:38and the low rise.
38:40Number three,
38:42our policy is not to bring them out
38:45and bring them back
38:47to the province where they belong.
38:49Number four,
38:50they should all be integrated.
38:52They are part of the city
38:54and therefore,
38:56they should be a part
38:58of our housing
39:00and development program.
39:03That's why
39:05it is always...
39:06And southward property
39:08has been identified as the interim.
39:11Interim, especially on the coastal area.
39:14We're developing the coastal,
39:16then those who are
39:18occupant there are
39:20will be in the housing
39:22that are temporary.
39:24We have 600 million allocation
39:26for that.
39:27I don't know.
39:28It's gone.
39:29I was connecting
39:30with General Mel Feliciano.
39:32Maybe they realign it or what not.
39:35And we are very serious
39:37because
39:39our plan is making the lives
39:41of the poor better.
39:43The middle class comfortable
39:45and the rich to share.
39:47So this matter
39:48is no brainer
39:50because we will focus on it.
39:52Okay.
39:53So cases of theft,
39:55illegal drugs,
39:56and gang-related violence
39:58are concerns in some barangays.
40:00Cybercrime and online scams
40:02are on the rise
40:03targeting residents and businesses.
40:05How will you address
40:07the problems
40:08in the barangay?
40:10I think
40:12we should be
40:15How will you address
40:16the problem on crime
40:18and public safety?
40:19There will be no crime
40:21if you address drugs.
40:23There will be no much drugs
40:25if you address
40:27down to the family.
40:29And what you need
40:31if you really want to address
40:32and peace and order
40:34and tranquility
40:35to be a part,
40:37make it a way of life
40:39for all of us
40:41down to the household.
40:43And looking at
40:45we used to have
40:46and would like to re-institute it.
40:48The Oakland Packing Sandoro.
40:50You've heard of it for sure.
40:52We bring it back.
40:54And the way coping
40:55is still around
40:56but not as much as
40:58that is bringing all uniformed men
41:00in their own
41:02areas of
41:04location
41:05to be part
41:06just unwind
41:07so that this theft
41:09all these petty crimes
41:11can be a part
41:12and the whole mobilities
41:14of our police,
41:16visibility,
41:18much as to be desired.
41:20They will just be staying
41:22in the station.
41:23They should all be aware
41:25and it's all data focused.
41:27Where the area
41:29of a higher crime
41:31and there will be such a thing
41:33as my formula.
41:35A crime of anyone
41:36is a crime against
41:38any station.
41:41So that in response
41:43time, bang!
41:45It's better that all will be there
41:47than no one will be there.
41:53So thank you
41:55duly elected Mayor
41:57Michael Rama for joining us today.
42:01Sir, Cebu City residents
42:03are watching you today.
42:05What is your message to them?
42:08You've tried me.
42:12I have not been out.
42:14My term is still
42:16until June 30.
42:18Thank you
42:20Sunstar for calling me
42:22duly elected Mayor.
42:24I am
42:26always pretty sure
42:28that as I said,
42:30you see what you get,
42:32you get what you see.
42:34And that's me.
42:36That's why, trust me,
42:38we will go back
42:40to the whole moving forward.
42:42Making Cebu
42:44Singapore-like
42:46and Melbourne future.
42:48Together, we can make
42:50great things happen.
42:52In God we trust.
42:54Thank you very much.
42:55Once again, thank you duly elected Mayor
42:57Michael Rama for joining us today.
42:59And to all our viewers,
43:01be sure to stay tuned for our next episode
43:03where we'll interview
43:05another candidate
43:07for the midterm elections.
43:09I am DJ Moises.
43:11And I'm Yildred Galarper.
43:13Thank you and good afternoon.