Magpale off to HK for a vacation with grandkids, will not preside over budget hearings

Nestle L. Semilla 11/15/2016

Cebu Vice Governor Agnes Magpale will not be able to preside the budget hearings set next week as she will leave for a family vacation in Hongkong on Wednesday. Magpale will be staying in Hong Kong until…

No funds for Yolanda rehab in 2017 budget, says Recto

11/13/2016

SENATE Minority Leader Ralph Recto on Friday noted the lack of explicit allocations for the rehabilitation of areas devastated by supertyphoon Yolanda in the Visayas three years ago, calling for an “itemization” of related projects under the…

Cebu City’s disaster office proposes a P350.8-M budget for 2017

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/11/2016

The Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (CCDRRMO) is asking for a P350.8 million budget for next year, up by P58.3 million from its budget allocation this year. CCDRRMO head Nagiel Bañacia, during the budget hearing…

Lords of the bills: Return of the pork

Jason A. Baguia 10/21/2016

I like to think that I am not a candidate for hypertension, never mind my proclivity for pork dishes. When I come home after writing my master’s thesis, I look forward to dining in Barangay Tisa, Cebu…

2017 Cebu City Budget Drainage exclusion explained

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/18/2016

WITH recent rains highlighting problems of urban flooding in Cebu City, it came as a surprise when the executive department of the Cebu City Hall did not include major drainage projects in its annual budget proposal for…

Tom proposes P7.2B budget for next year

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/17/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is proposing a P7.2 billion “skin and bone” annual budget for next year. Several new items were included in the budget proposal. The biggest of these new items is the P600 million…

PHO eyes P200M budget next year

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/11/2016

THE Cebu provincial government is looking into a P200-million budget for next year in order to focus on the upgrading of two major district hospitals considered as “gateways” in the province — the district hospital in Carcar…

Provincial Risk Reduction Office seeks P166-M budget for 2017

Nestle L. Semilla 10/06/2016

THE Provincial Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) yesterday approved the P166-million proposed budget of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO). Baltazar Tribunalo Jr., PDRRMO head, said during the third quarter meeting of the PDRRMC that…

Crafting the country’s budget

Editorial 09/23/2016

In drafting next year’s national budget, it was surprising to learn about Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno’s aversion and opposition to the so-called “bottoms-up budgeting” initiated by the late Dept. of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) secretary…

Skin and bones budget for Cebu City next year

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/08/2016

CEBU City Hall’s budget for next year returns to the “simple, realistic, and skin-and-bones” that is characteristic of the Osmeña administration. Councilor Margarita Osmeña, who has been assigned by Mayor Tomas Osmeña as deputy mayor for budget…

PB okays incentives for Capitol employees, other projects

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/09/2016

THE Cebu Provincial Board (PB) has approved a P51-million Supplemental Budget (SB) 5 for the provincial government. The bulk of the amount is for the collective negotiation agreement (CNA) incentives for all Capitol employees and elected officials…

Tumulak calls for funding of city police

Nestle L. Semilla 07/29/2016

Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak called on the executive department to implement the already allocated budget for the police despite Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s pronouncement to withdraw support to the Cebu City Police Office. Tumulak said it…

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