LONG WAIT FOR BONUS

Nestle L. Semilla 06/20/2016

Team Rama dads  disapprove 2016 budget ordinance Bad news for Cebu City hall employees. The mid-year bonus equivalent to one month’s pay, which they have been waiting for since May 15, may not be released this month…

Council of four to tackle P6B budget with ‘caution’

Nestle L. Semilla 06/15/2016

WITH only four officials sitting in session, the Cebu City Council will review and deliberate “with caution” the P6 billion budget submitted by Acting City Mayor Margot Osmeña on June 20. Cebu City Councilor James Anthony Cuenco,…

Council appoints new budget committee chief

Nestle L. Semilla 06/15/2016

THE Cebu City Council appointed a new chairman for the budget and finance committee during their regular Wednesday morning session. Councilor James Cuenco took over the committee chairmanship from Cebu City acting Mayor Margot Osmeña. This followed…

P26M fund moved to Vice Gov’s office

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/14/2016

Incoming Cebu Provincial Board members will have to go through the Office of the Vice Governor to gain access to the remaining P26.8 million budget of the Local Assistance Fund (LAF) to finance projects and programs for…

P231.6-M SB3 approved; P40M allotted for hiring of district hospitals’ staff

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/14/2016

A P40-million budget has been allotted for the hiring of additional staff of the 16 district hospitals in the province’s general fund proper of this year’s P231.6 million Supplemental Budget (SB) 3, which was approved by the…

No financial assistance for barangays – Margot

Nestle L. Semilla 06/10/2016

Pending compliance to the directive issued by the Commission on Audit in Central Visayas (COA-7) to return the aid given by outgoing Mayor Michael Rama last December 2015, Cebu City’s 80 barangays will not receive any financial…

Pass the budget

Editorial 06/09/2016

It’s still up to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to confirm if they constitute a quorum, but the Cebu City Council of four’s decision to craft a P6 billion budget is not only essential…

Mandaue plaza gets P50-M face-lift

Julit C. Jainar 06/08/2016

THE Mandaue city hall and plaza are getting a 50-million facelift, a project that incoming Mayor-elect Gabriel Luis Quisumbing envisioned to do when he assumes office. Quisumbing in his May 25, 2016 Facebook post said he hoped…

No new projects for Cebu City in 2016 budget

Nestle L. Semilla 06/08/2016

The Cebu City government has not included new projects in the budget proposal this year considering that next month is already July and the incoming administration of Mayor-elect Tomas Osmeña will already start preparing the 2017 budget.…

Make new proposal for budget for 2016

Nestle L. Semilla 06/01/2016

The Cebu City Council approved a resolution returning the P9.8-billion proposed annual budget for 2016 and asked the executive department for another revised budget to be submitted by Acting Mayor Margarita Osmeña. During yesterday’s 36th regular session,…

Council to dump P9.8 billion budget, pass a new one

Nestle L. Semilla 06/01/2016

THE Cebu City Council approved a resolution returning the P9.8 billion proposed annual budget intended this year for another revised budget to be submitted by acting Mayor Margot Osmeña. With only three members, the council passed Councilor…

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/27/2016

After twice postponing discussions on the revised P9.8-billion annual budget for 2016 due to lack of quorum, the Cebu City Council finally resumed the budget hearings yesterday. Cebu City Hall’s executive department is proposing to allocate P24…

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