City dad lobbying for port operations?
City Mayor Jerry Treñas belied reports that Councilor Jose Espinosa III lobbied to him for the return of the port operation at Muelle Loney wharf to the Espinosa clan after the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) decided to bid the port operations.
Espinosa is married to Gina Sarabia, sister of Trenas' wife Rosalie.
The mayor said there was never a time that Espinosa discussed to him on the latter's interest about the port operation.
PPA was earlier reported to have the port operations at the Muelle Loney wharf returned to private operators. PPA took over the operations of the Muelle Loney wharf in the last four years.
Treñas said he could not be accused of intervening in the port operations as the PPA do not even brief the city government of their plans.
"They (PPA) directly discuss their plans with the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC)," he added.