Thadeo Ouano

Thadeo "Teddy" Zambo Ouano (August 14, 1944 – February 26, 2016) is a Filipino politician served as mayor of Mandaue from 1998 until 2007.

Thadeo Ouano
Member of the
Cebu Provincial Board
from the 6th District
In office
June 30, 2010 – February 26, 2016
5th Mayor of Mandaue City
In office
June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2007
Preceded byAlfredo Ouano
Succeeded byAmadeo Seno
Personal details
BornAugust 14, 1944
Mandaue, Cebu
Died(2016-02-26)February 26, 2016 (aged 70)
Political partyLakas (1998–2007)
Liberal Party (2012)
ResidenceOpao, Mandaue City

A native resident of Mandaue City, Ouano represents the 6th Congressional District in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Cebu. He sits as Chairperson of the committees on Environmental Conservation & Natural Resources; and on Ways & Means; as Vice Chairperson of the committees on Public Safety, Peace & Order; Public Services; and Commerce & Industry; and as a member of the committees on Public Affairs & Information; Agriculture & Livelihood; Budget & Appropriations; Human Rights & Labor; and Senior Citizens.

He finished his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in 1971. Prior to that he also studied aeronautics at the Varona Flying School in 1967. He once worked as a bank employee in the country then as an office employee in the US from 1990 to 1997. He was elected mayor of Mandaue City for three terms from 1998 to 2007 before he was elected as number one (1) Provincial Board Member for two terms from 2010 to 2016.[1]

In 2004, the justice department initiated an independent probe into why Ouano's administration had not detected and taken action against a shabu drug lab in Mandaue.[2][3]

Ouano is the son of Alfredo Ouano, who was also mayor of Mandaue. Ouano's son, Jonkie, ran for mayor in 2007,[4] but was defeated by Jonas Cortes.

Later, Ouano was also one of a number of mayors investigated for improper use of funds used for city improvements (specifically, decorative lampposts) for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) conference held in the area in 2007. A crowd of supporters blocked the agent from the initial delivery attempt of the suspension order.[5] Ouano was suspended from his position of mayor, and replaced by acting mayor Amadeo Seno.[6] As of October 2008, the prosecution stated that they lacked sufficient evidence to take the lamppost case to trial,[7] and that the original charges were based on import documents that may turn out to have had falsified prices recorded.[8] which later the office of the Ombudsman dismissed in 2011.[9]

In 2019, the Sandiganbayan has dropped the graft charges[10] against the late Mandaue City mayor Thadeo Ouano accused of corruption in the purchase of “overpriced” lampposts back in 2007. The anti-graft court did not find proof beyond reasonable doubt to support the charges.[11][12]

Ouano was one of the Cebu Provincial Board members representing the sixth district and was a member of the Liberal Party since 2012.[13] He died of cancer at the age of 70 on February 26, 2016.[14]

He was replaced by his son Thadeo "Jonkie" Ouano as Board Member of the 6th District of Cebu Province, under the banner of the One Cebu Party.[15][16]

In 2019, running under the banner of PDP Laban / One Cebu Party, Jonas Cortes allied with the descendants of Teddy Ouano to form the Cortes-Ouano alliance. Emmarie "Lolypop" Ouano-Dizon won as the representative of the sixth district of Cebu of the House of the Representatives.[17]

References
  1. "Thadeo Z. Ouano - Cebu Provincial Government". Cebu.gov.ph. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  2. Archived September 4, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Populasyon di mapugngan". Banat News. Banat news.
  4. Sun.Star Cebu: Bets concede defeat in Cebu, Mandaue, GMA News 16 May 2007
  5. Suspension order served vs mayor in lamppost scam, GMA News 3 April 2007
  6. Sunstar: Engineer ‘forced to sign’ papers for lamps, GMA News 28 April 2007
  7. Dismissal of remaining Cebu lamppost scam cases sought, GMA News 27 October 2008
  8. Ombudsman withdraws graft cases in Cebu lamppost scam, GMA News 17 October 2008
  9. Archived April 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  10. Palaubsanon, Mitchelle L. "Sandigan junks lamppost case against Ouano". philstar.com. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  11. date=October 28, 2019
  12. "Sandiganbayan acquits 11 in lamppost case". Sunstar. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  13. Archived February 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  14. "Cebu Board member Teddy Ouano succumbs to cancer | News | GMA News Online". Gmanetwork.com. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  15. "From Teddy to Jonkie". INQUIRER.net. 2016-02-27. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  16. Quintas, Kristine B. "Jonkie Ouano replaces dad". philstar.com. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  17. Palaubsanon, Mitchelle L. "Lolypop takes oath as Congresswoman". philstar.com. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
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