City Hall to lower revenue targets

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/29/2017

With a smaller P6.3 billion proposed budget for next year, Cebu City Hall is less pressured to meet large target revenues to fund the proposal. The Local Finance Committee (LFC) of the executive department has decreased some…

P1M budget for Inayawan landfill deodorizers okayed

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/29/2017

THE Cebu City Council has approved yet another P1 million budget for the Inayawan landfill. This time, it is for the purchase of deodorizers for the landfill’s service area which is set to be cleared by the…

Comelec to examine list in 168 precincts

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/27/2017

  The commission on Elections (Comelec) will soon begin the technical examination of election results from Cebu City precincts which had been the subject of an election protest by former mayor Michael Rama against Mayor Tomas Osmeña.…

A SEND OFF LIKE NO OTHER

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla, Rosalie Abatayo 10/26/2017

Cebuanos yesterday came out in droves and showed how much they loved Ricardo Cardinal Vidal by giving him a grand and fitting farewell. At least 55,000 people — five times more than the initial estimate — attended…

Lower peace and order budget set for next year

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/26/2017

CEBU City’s executive department has lowered its s Peace and Order Program (POP) budget by P50 million, or from P191.2 million this year to P138.9 million in 2018. While most of their budget appropriations remain the same…

Cathedral mausoleum off limits to public for 5 days post Vidal burial

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/26/2017

  The mausoleum where the late Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal will be laid to rest will be closed for the next five days following today’s burial. According to Fr. Brian Brigoli, chairman of the Archdiocesan…

City deploys leased trucks to pick up barangay garbage

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/25/2017

Garbage trucks that the Cebu City government leased from Pasajero Motors Corporation (Pamocor) at P700 per hour are now deployed to collect garbage in the barangays. Councilor Eugenio Gabuya Jr. said the trucks are especially deployed to…

DAY OF MOURNING

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/24/2017

It will be a Day of Mourning for Cebu City on top of its being a holiday when Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal will be laid to rest in a “simple yet rich in meaning” funeral rites.…

Quick Response Team to declog culverts in barangays

Inna Gian Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/24/2017

SOLUTION TO FLOODING TO address the flood problem in Cebu City, Mayor Tomas Osmeña has approved in principle the proposal to create a Quick Response Team that will be tasked to respond to the clearing and declogging…

Two presidents and a cardinal

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morixette Marie B. Erram 10/24/2017

He brokered peace between two presidents after one was ousted by the other in a people power revolt. Within hours from each other, former Philippine presidents Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visited the wake of Cebu Archbishop…

DUTERTE HONORS VIDAL

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestor P. Burgos Jr. 10/23/2017

President declares Oct. 26 a nonworking holiday in Cebu to allow Cebuanos to attend Vidal’s interment Even in death, Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal still played the role of a peacemaker. President Rodrigo Duterte put aside…

Cuts in ABC, BCLP allocation pushed

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/23/2017

PROPOSED CEBU CITY 2018 BUDGET In order to achieve a “realizable” annual budget for next year, Cebu City’s executive department had to reduce some appropriations for financial assistance to some government bodies and special sectors. Councilor Margarita…

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