Housing tops Mike’s priorities in 2015

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/23/2014

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama wants the city to focus on implementing housing projects and programs next year. Several housing programs were included in the city’s approved P13.4 billion budget for 2015. “I will be sitting down…

Capitol hikes budget to P3B

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/16/2014

The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) yesterday approved a P3 billion budget for the province next year. The amount is 15 percent higher than this year’s P2.59 billion. Of that amount, P588 million is allocated to the governor’s…

Rama eyes local banks for SRP loan restructure

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/14/2014

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama wants to pursue a restructuring of the loan for the South Road Properties (SRP) before the year ends. This developed after the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) formally offered Rama a…

Huge chunks to be cut from Rama’s budget

Doris C. Bongcac 12/12/2014

Spend within your means. The chairperson of the Cebu City Council budget committee sent  this message to City Hall as she revealed yesterday that the P18.9 billion budget being pushed by the administration of Mayor Michael Rama…

Cebu City Hall employees to get P10,000 incentive

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/10/2014

Cebu City government   employees will have something extra in their wallets this Christmas. The  City Council approved a P55.98 million Supplemental Budget 3 (SB3), the bulk of which will go to the P10,000 performance bonus for each…

Council allocates P330K fund for Pasko sa Sugbo

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/01/2014

Can Cebu City Hall use a portion of the P9.2 million budget item vetoed by Mayor Michael Rama for the city’s annual Pasko sa Sugbo event to be held today at the Fuente Osmeña Circle? Apparently they…

City fails to implement P423M dev’t projects

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/28/2014

Around P423 million worth of projects under Cebu City’s approved P550 million Local Development Fund (LDF) this year remain unimplemented. This was reported by Councilor Margarita “Margot” Osmena, who heads the council’s committee on budget and finance,…

Council flags solo parents, ID system budget

Doris C. Bongcac 11/25/2014

The Cebu City Council yesterday questioned two items, worth P70 million in the proposed 2015 budget of the Department of Social Welfare. Councilor Sisinio Andales said the P40-million allocation for the solo parents assistance should not be…

Where’s budget for feasibility study for new Palace of Justice?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/17/2014

Cebu City may have to wait a long time before it has a new Palace of Justice. Judge Geraldine Faith Econg, head of the Supreme Court’s (SC) Program Management Office, said the Supreme Court has no budget…

Bigger budget asked for CDPRC; Will drug use in jail be fixed?

Peter L. Romanillos 11/13/2014

Is this trade of illegal drugs still rampant in the Cebu provincial jail? This was the question posed by members of the Provincial Board to the warden when they examined a  proposal for  a budget increase for…

Cebu City to bid out 2 SRP lots in early 2015, earn P9 billion

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/11/2014

Only two of six Cebu City-owned lots that the executive department wants to sell are authorized by the Cebu City Council. But Cebu City Hall’s executive department is confident that it can sell all six lots, five…

Lapu-Lapu’s P1.4B budget approved

Norman V. Mendoza 11/08/2014

The P1.4 billion budget of the Lapu-Lapu City government was approved on mass motion by the city council yesterday. Mayor Paz Radaza told reporters that they allotted more budget for next year’s road projects as this is…

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