Capitol eyes P15,000 Christmas bonus for workers

Victor Anthony V. Silva with Mary Claire U. Catado 12/17/2015

THERE’s hope after all for  Capitol employees to receive extra cash before Christmas. Gov. Hilario Davide III has proposed a P15,000 yearend incentive for casual and regular employees this month. The  P20-million budget  was submitted to the…

P3.6-billion budget for Cebu

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/15/2015

The province will have a P3.6-billion budget for next year, about P300 million or 20 percent more than this year. “We never slash. We always give them (the executive department) what they propose for as long as…

Cebu city’s welfare, agri offices seek bigger budgets

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/21/2015

CEBU City Hall’s Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS) and the City Agriculture Department (CAD) are asking for bigger budgets for its programs and activities next year. City councilors, however, questioned how the DSWS would  implement…

24-hour help desks for poor patients proposed in Cebu

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/19/2015

Capitol looks into all-day service in district hospitals, P20-M crisis fund The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) budget committee is proposing to set up help   desks that operate 24 hours daily  in all  16 district hospitals to service…

45 Cebu city officials off to Manila ‘lakbay-aral’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/19/2015

Osmeña: Will taxpayers support P825,000 cost of group tour? Cebu City Hall will be spending  P825,000 for a “lakbay-aral” field trip in Metro Manila for almost 50 department heads, assistant department heads and  city officials. The three-nights-four…

14,000 Mandaue properties up for auction

Nestle L. Semilla 11/18/2015

The Mandaue city government plans to auction off 14,000 properties  with tax delinquencies, including Cebu City’s slaughterhouse in order to  P2.7 billion, which is needed to fund the city’s annual budget next year. Mandaue City Treasurer Regal…

Cebu city workers to get cash bonus

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/18/2015

The year-end bonus and a P2,500 cash gift will be released soon to about 5,000 Cebu City government employees, even as they wait for the City Council to act on their Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI). City Hall’s …

Why are no funds asked for Christmas,cancer screening?

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/14/2015

The mayor’s  proposed budget for Cebu City  increased its outlay for  city-sponsored activities next year but there was no allocation for Christmas activities in 2016 or for free breast cancer screening. The lack  was pointed out by…

Use of waste facilities in city not maximized

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/13/2015

Why is Cebu City Hall clamoring for more budget for garbage disposal when existing waste processing facilities haven’t been operating in full capacity? This was asked by some city councilors during an executive session yesterday  on the…

Mandaue council okays P2.69 B budget

Nestle L. Semilla 11/06/2015

THE Mandaue City Council approved on first reading an annual budget of P2.699 billion. The proposed budget is slightly lower than the current one  of P2.7 billion. It includes a General Fund that  amounts to P2.402 billion.…

Cebu to get lion’s share of DPWH regional budget

Vanessa Claire Lucero 10/22/2015

About half of every peso allotted for road projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Central Visayas next year will go to Cebu. Ador Canlas, DPWH regional director, told subdivision developers yesterday that…

Torres wants judge to handle SRP lot proceeds case

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/21/2015

AFTER he lost his bid to stop Cebu City from using income from the sale of  South Road Properties (SRP) lots,  former prosecutor Romulo Torres has asked another  judge to handle the case. In a pleading prepared…

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