Transparency sought for donations

Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon  proposed an ordinance establishing guidelines for the city’s donation drives.

If approved, the ordinance will cover any  “organized effort to accomplish a specific purpose by soliciting, raising or gathering money, food, medicines, clothing, and other items for the benefit of a specific group of persons, entity or institution”.

Dizon said the ordinance is applicable only to the donation drives undertaken by the Cebu City government.

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