Council fails to override Rama veto on CCMC fund

Nestle Semilla 05/07/2015

The Cebu City Council fell one vote short of overriding Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama’s veto of an ordinance setting up a trust fund for all donations and funding for the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) project.…

Capitol allocates P114M budget for new executive, legislative posts

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/05/2015

The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) approved a P207-million supplemental budget in its regular session yesterday. More than P114 million will go to new positions in the executive and legislative departments. “Most of the appropriations in this supplemental…

Mayor to City Council: Don’t meddle; Rama’s choices for bid committee out today

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/06/2015

 NEW BID PANEL FOR CCMC Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama was annoyed yesterday over the City Council’s call to hold off the rebidding of the new Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) amid questions on funding and its…

JVR’s inner circle

02/04/2015

When she mentioned  a meeting between Talisay City Mayor Johnny V. de los Reyes and the Talisay City Council, Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale said only elected officials would  be present.  No one else. “No pastor, no John…

Capitol can only mediate, not decide on Talisay budget feud

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/03/2015

The Cebu provincial government cannot do anything to reverse the Talisay City Council’s decision to override the veto of Talisay City Mayor Johnny V. de los Reyes of the city’s P539 million budget for this year. PB…

JVR loses 1,000 job order workers; Council defends cut

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/30/2015

Talisay City’s P539.941-million budget means the city government will only have 341 job order or temporary employees this year compared to 1,300 job order employees last year. “There was not enough budget to sustain their salary. I…

Talisay council overrides JVR’s budget veto

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/28/2015

The Talisay City Council decided to override the veto of Mayor Johnny V. Delos Reyes on the slashed 2015 budget in a special session yesterday morning. Councilor Danilo Caballero said among the reasons they cut the budget…

Talisay mayor vetoes budget cuts

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/21/2015

Talisay City Mayor Johnny delos Reyes vetoed the cuts made by the Talisay City Council on some items in this year’s budget, saying it is a disservice to their constituents. “I am the father of this city,…

No veto override

01/20/2015

Whether they were just being conciliatory or not, the Cebu City Council’s not-so- surprising decision not to override Mayor Michael Rama’s veto of the P13.4 billion budget comes six months to election season. Since the budget they…

Rama’s budget veto stays

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/15/2015

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama’s veto of several parts of the P13.4 billion budget for this year went unchallenged. The Cebu City Council yesterday agreed not to override his veto. Councilor Margot Osmeña said they  would just…

Can Cebu City earn P5B from biz permits?

01/06/2015

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama  challenged the City Treasurer’s Office to collect P5 billion  from renewals and new business permit applications. The five-fold increase was announced as  the city opened  its one-stop shop for payments at the…

Rama mulls raps against BO-PK bloc on budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/23/2014

“If that’s the party stand and they are all one party, then they should be sued as one party.” With this statement, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he will file charges against the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan…

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