Garganera hits cash aid withdrawal from Team Rama allies

Nestle L. Semilla 07/21/2016

FORMER Tinago barangay chairman and now Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera accused Mayor Tomas Osmeña of politicking with his decision to stop giving cash assistance to barangay officials affiliated with Team Rama. “Why do we have to…

Cebu City Hall cuts down allowances for judiciary

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla 07/14/2016

The Cebu City government will cut down the monthly allowances it gives to judges and clerks of court working under the jurisdiction of Cebu City. Data culled from the City Budget Office  showed that there are 35…

Probe middlemen in SFP deal – Tom O.

Nestle L. Semilla 07/07/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has ordered the investigation on the use of middlemen in government transactions entered into by the previous administration of Cebu City mayor Michael Rama. Osmeña’s action came after the city’s disbursements in…

COA: Don’t get supplies from middlemen

Nestle L. Semilla 07/06/2016

CEBU City’s disbursements relative to the Supplementary Feeding Program, amounting to P22.6 million is under close scrutiny by the Commission on Audit (COA) after discovering that many of the purchases for supplies were gotten from middlemen instead…

COA: Cebu City misused education fund

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/05/2016

Part of Cebu City Hall’s Special Education Fund (SEF) in 2015 was used to pay for allowances and other expenses, which was not allowed under the guidelines on using the fund, state auditors said. The Commission on…

New budget approved without slice for Osmeña’s new office

Nestle L. Semilla 06/29/2016

If all goes well this Friday, employees of the Cebu City government will finally get their mid-year bonuses after the three-man Cebu City Council passed the city’s revised annual budget during a special session yesterday. But while…

PB approves P5.2-M supplemental budget for office, vans

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/28/2016

A P5.2-MILLION supplemental budget was approved by the Cebu Provincial Board (PB) that will cover the salaries and other benefits of newly appointed officials as well as the acquisition of 10 meat vans. Half of the amount…

Council takes out ‘unnecessary’ appropriations, approves P5.8 B budget

Nestle L. Semilla 06/28/2016

The Cebu City Council has approved P5.8 billion annual budget for 2016 in a special session held Tuesday afternoon. This is P200 million lesser than the second revised P6 billion budget proposed by the Acting Cebu City…

Cebu City Hall told to explain 2015 P6.2B deficit

Nestle L. Semilla 06/27/2016

THE Commission on Audit (COA) called on the Cebu City government to explain its deficit amounting to P6.2 billion that it incurred in its annual transactions last year. In last week’s exit conference, state auditors said the…

Council’s budget session postponed

06/27/2016

THE four-man Cebu City Council has postponed the special session to discuss the proposed P6 billion annual budget and moved it to today. Councilor James Anthony Cuenco called for the postponement of the special session, said Acting…

Hope glimmers as Cebu City Council deliberates 2016 Budget Ordinance

Nestle L. Semilla 06/22/2016

In what seemed to be a complete turnaround, the three-man Team Rama Cebu City Council yesterday took back its denial of the proposed 2016 budget and moved to deliberate on the proposed budget ordinance. Right after the…

Osmeña to scrap 2016 budget; City Hall workers’ bonus now in limbo

Nestle L. Semilla 06/21/2016

THE mid-year bonus due to Cebu City government employees will remain in limbo until City Hall can find where to source the money, Acting Mayor Margarita “Margot” Osmeña said yesterday. The decision of the four-man city council…

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