Cebu City Council approves P10B budget for 2021

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council put its foot down on the city’s budget for 2021 on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, approving only P10 billion instead of the P10.8 billion proposed by Mayor Edgardo Labella.…

Dizon to Labella: Prioritize COVID-19 response in 2021 budget

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –A Cebu City Councilor wanted allocations for pandemic response prioritized in the 2021 budget. Councilor Alvin Dizon said that the city’s readiness against the spread of the coronavirus disease is far more important than…

Cebu City to conduct budget hearing with full council

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Council will start the hearing of the P10.8 billion 2021 budget by the first of week of November.  Instead of only the committee on budget present, which is common for budget hearings,…

Seniors, health get big chunk of Cebu City’s proposed P10.8B 2021 budget

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has proposed a P10.8 billion budget for the city for 2021 with the bulk of it dedicated to health. Councilor Raymond Garcia, City Council’s chairperson for the committee…

Councilor to Labella: Prioritize pandemic response in 2021 budget

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Allocate funds for pandemic response.” This was the request of Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon to the city government’s executive department, which is headed by Mayor Edgardo Labella, for the 2021 city budget. …

Abellanosa: Cebu City’s share in 2021 budget ‘not enough’

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The country’s 2021 budget was hastily approved in the House of Representatives. Rep. Rodrigo Abellanosa of Cebu City’s south district said that budget deliberation was terminated after House Speaker Allan Peter Cayetano, whom…

Cebu labor group questions 2021 budget priorities, calls for approval of unemployment assistance bill

Rosalie Abatayo 09/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— A progressive labor group in Cebu reiterated the call for the passage of the Makabayan-bloc sponsored bill seeking to provide assistance for workers whose livelihood was affected by the pandemic. The call came amidst…

OVP gets smallest share of 2021 budget

DJ Yap, Krixia Subingsubing 09/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo’s office is getting the smallest slice of the budget pie in the bureaucracy despite receiving the highest audit rating from the Commission on Audit. Robredo on Monday presented the Office…

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