PB to decide on P3.6B budget today

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/18/2016

The Cebu Provincial government is hoping that the Cebu Provincial Board will approve the P3.6 billion proposed budget for 2017 this Monday, which is the PB’s last regular session of the year before it goes on a…

Council restores P7.2B budget, but keeps reduced items

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/13/2016

AFTER initially reducing next year’s budget to P6.1 billion, the Cebu City Council’s committee on budget and finance decided to restore the amount to the original proposal of P7.2 billion. But all the items slashed and reduced…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/02/2016

ABOUT-FACE During the budget hearing of a local government unit, every department head was given a chance to justify his/her budget. When it was the turn of the public information officer, who is known to be feuding…

Team Rama mulls shrinking budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/30/2016

CEBU City Hall’s budget for next year may be smaller than the P7.2 billion proposed by Mayor Tomas Osmeña depending on how the Team Rama bloc sizes it up. Councilor Joy Pesquera, who chairs the council’s committee…

Budget politics

Editorial 11/25/2016

Technically, Cebu City Hall’s budget deliberations still have more than a month to go before the December 31 deadline, but every city councilor knows better than to wait that long before they roll out the “skin and…

More than 2K passengers stranded in Cebu ports

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/24/2016

JANCEL Rama was excited to stay for good in Marikina City with her common-law partner Jose Christopher Germaine and their five children. Rama and her family were about to leave Cebu for Manila at 8 a.m. yesterday…

No insurance coverage for Capitol’s job order employees in 2017 budget

Nestle L. Semilla 11/23/2016

JOB order (JO) employees of the Cebu provincial government may still have to wait a little longer before they can avail of an insurance coverage. This after the Capitol did not include in the 2017 budget allocation…

Davide hopes for full 2017 budget approval

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/20/2016

AS the series of hearings for the Cebu provincial government’s proposed P3.6-billion annual budget for next year starts this week, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III enjoins the Provincial Board (PB) not to slash it. The governor said…

Cebu Pacific opens 3 more flight routes from Cebu to Eastern, Western Visayas

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/19/2016

Budget airline Cebu Pacific (CEB) is poised to strengthen its presence in the Eastern and Western Visayas regions as it launched three more flights going to and from Cebu to these regions. On Saturday, Nov. 19, the…

City Hall workers didn’t violate law, CSC says

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/17/2016

Cebu City Hall employees didn’t violate any law when they held a rally to protest the City Council’s deferment of Supplemental Budget (SB) in October last year, the regional Civil Service Commission (CSC-7) said yesterday. CSC acting…

PROBE asks for P2.7 M budget for manpower, service vehicles

Inna Mejia 11/16/2016

Cebu City Hall’s Prevention, Restoration, Order, Beautification and Enhancement (PROBE) team proposed a P2.7 million budget for additional job order personnel. “Hopefully, kon dili babagan ang budget that is being sought of (if no one will go…

Capitol sets P25.8M budget for hospitals

Nestle L. Semilla 11/15/2016

The Provincial Board (PB) set aside a P25.8 million supplemental budget for provincial and district hospitals in its session last Monday. Provincial Board member Miguel Magpale said the budget will fund the purchase of medicines and medical…

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