PB budget committee defers OK of proposed P1.4-B health budget

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Therese Alegado 11/09/2017

Complaints against doctors, presence of hospital chiefs cited COMPLAINTS about doctors in provincial and district hospitals asking relatives of children six years old and under to pay for their professional fees and the necessity of hospital chiefs…

City Council okays P6.29B budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/07/2017

Cebu City GAA FOR 2018 After a series of deliberations, the Cebu City Council has finally approved the P6.29-billion annual budget for 2018 proposed by Mayor Tomas Osmeña. There were hardly any changes made from Osmeña’s proposal…

Pressure on at DPS on use of hauling budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/31/2017

WITH garbage reduction programs set to be in place, Cebu City Hall’s Department of Public Services (DPS) has been pressured not to fully use their proposed budget for garbage hauling services next year. The DPS has proposed…

Navy spent P.5B for Marawi siege — Vice Admiral Mercado

Inquirer.net 10/30/2017

The Philippine Navy has spent about half a billion pesos for ammunition and fuel during the five months of fighting in Marawi City. Navy chief Vice Admiral Ronald Joseph Mercado gave the assessment in an interview with…

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…

Lack of manpower, funds surface in budget hearing

JOSE SANTINO BUNACHITA 10/27/2017

CITY Hall’s Department of Engineering and Public Works (DEPW) blamed the lack of manpower for the delays in the implementation of its projects. In Friday’s continuation of the series of budget hearings for Cebu City’s proposed P6.3…

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…

Budget cuts

Editorial 10/24/2017

What to make of the reduced funding for barangay officials and employees in next year’s Cebu City budget? Of course, opposition officials will complain that the administration is trying to pressure the former’s allied barangay officials to…

Team Rama to review garbage collection budget

USJ-R Intern Rosalie Abatayo 10/19/2017

THE opposition Barug Team Rama bloc is adamant against approving the proposed P400-million budget for garbage collection next year. “The budget is four times as big as the one we have before (at P120 million) but if…

Luigi outlines P4.2B budget for Mandaue

Norman V. Mendoza 10/19/2017

MANDAUE City Mayor Luigi Quisumbing presented to local media his proposed 2018 budget pegged at P4.2 billion or nearly double the P2.4 billion budget this year. As disclosed previously, the biggest allocation goes to the P1.5-billion city…

Capitol targets P4.5B budget for next year

Morexette B. Erram 10/19/2017

ABOUT P1.4 billion out of the proposed P4.5-billion budget for the province will go to agencies and programs dealing with health, the Provincial Budget Office said yesterday. Provincial Budget Officer Danilo Rodas told reporters that P597 million…

Cebu City Hall to submit P6.2B budget for 2018

USJ-R Intern Rosalie Abatayo 10/09/2017

CEBU City Hall’s budget office will submit a P6.2-billion budget for the city government next year to the City Council for deliberation. City Budget Officer Marietta Gumia said they are only waiting for the signatures of the…

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