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Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/17/2016

Cebu City Legal Officer tells barangays to ignore  disallowance of P800 million aid Officials of the Cebu City government have questioned the haste of the Commission on Audit (COA) in  ordering the return to the city coffers…

Workers get pay as Rama insists on 2016 budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/17/2016

THREE days after she was supposed to get her salary, 24-year-old casual employee Lykka Cabaral was relieved to hear the news that they will be paid today. “Malipayon gyud ko kay at least karon ni-assure na sila.…

COA TO MIKE: RETURN P800M

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/17/2016

Commission on Audit disallows aid to barangays for violating audit rule After playing Santa Claus last year and giving away millions of pesos as financial aid to the city’s 80 barangays, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is…

Casual, job order workers unpaid at Cebu City Hall

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/17/2016

MERLYN Cabreros, a casual employee at the Cebu City Hall, expected to receive her salary last Tuesday. When she checked, however, her salary has not been credited to her account. As a result, she had to borrow…

Cebu City Hall adopts P6.4-B budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/14/2016

Cebu City Hall is now following the P6.4-billion annual budget for this year despite the budget impasse between acting Mayor Edgardo Labella and the City Council. City Budget Officer Marietta Gumia said she decided to implement the…

City Council: Which budget do we use?

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/07/2016

In its first regular session of  the year, the Cebu City Council passed a resolution calling on the executive department to implement the P6.4 billion annual budget  approved for 2016. The majority bloc rejected the idea of …

2016 city budget ‘not valid’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/31/2015

Acting Mayor Edgardo Labella returns annual budget ordinance to  Cebu City Council The Cebu city government may  have to operate on a reenacted budget this year. Acting Mayor Edgardo Labella returned to the Cebu City Council the…

P26M okayed for material recovery plants

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/31/2015

THE Cebu Provincial Board (PB) approved over P26 million in cash aid to to local government units in the province for the construction of material recovery facilities (MRF). An MRF is supposed to be set up in…

Aquino signs P3-T budget for 2016

12/23/2015

President Benigno Aquino III signed the P3.002-trillion national budget for 2016 yesterday morning. The signing of the 2016 General Appropriations Act or Republic Act no. 10717, held at Rizal Hall in Malacañang, was witnessed by more than…

SLIM BUDGET GETS SLASHED

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/19/2015

Zero outlay for motor vehicles, SRP master plan, asphalting With its budget severely slashed to P6.4 billion, the Cebu city government will have to operate with many outlays that were  reduced or given “zero” allocations. In a…

Oops, no budget item for SRP loan payment

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/19/2015

CEBU City will have to catch up next year and pay about P200 million as the remaining balance of its loan for the South Road Properties (SRP) by the deadline on February 20. Otherwise, the city stands…

Capitol approves P15K workers bonus, P198M bank loan

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/18/2015

THE Cebu Provincial Board (PB) yesterday approved a P230-million supplemental budget. It include a P20-million outlay for  an across-the-board yearend cash incentive of P15,000 for each Capitol employee. Budget Officer Danilo Rodas said the bonus may  be…

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