Cebu City 15th Council to focus on CCMC, garbage, budget

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 15th Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP) of Cebu City has laid down their legislative direction for the remaining months of their term. The City Council held its annual Organizational Session with a full and…

Lapu-Lapu mayor eyes P100M for COVID vaccines

Futch Anthony Inso 01/07/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-lapu City government will allocate not less than P100 million in purchasing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan said this in an interview with CDN Digital…

Lacson on DPWH budget: P83B infra funds ‘migrated’, P55B ‘disappeared’

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 12/11/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Over P83 billion worth of funding for infrastructure projects under the 2021 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) “migrated to new areas” while appropriations worth P55 billion “disappeared,” Senator Panfilo…

Cebu City Council forms adhoc committee to help Labella with annual budget

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council is stepping in in the formulation of the 2021 annual budget proposed by Mayor Edgardo Labella. After two weeks of budget hearings, Vice Mayor Michael Rama, during a privilege…

Labella hits back at opposition councilors: ‘Where were you during the pandemic?’

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella seems to have had enough of the criticisms from councilors of  opposition party Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK) over the 2021 annual budget. Read: Labella eyes P10B for…

2021 Cebu City budget needs to source funds from SRP — Garcia

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s P10.8 proposed 2021 budget may be partly sourced from the proceeds of the sales from the 2015 sale of the lots in the South Road Properties  or the SRP. Councilor Raymond…

Lower budget expected in Sinulog 2021 

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/16/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Sinulog 2021 should expect a lower budget compared to the past years as activities with be limited due to the pandemic.  According to Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama, fewer activities means lower…

Councilor to Labella: Prioritize pandemic response in 2021 budget

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Allocate funds for pandemic response.” This was the request of Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon to the city government’s executive department, which is headed by Mayor Edgardo Labella, for the 2021 city budget. …

Cebu City prepares budget for ‘future COVID-19 vaccine’

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said the city is preparing funds for a vaccine against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) once it becomes available. Labella said that the city is prioritizing the allocation…

CHED: No new scholarships to be granted this year due to budget constraints

Katrina Hallare 05/22/2020

MANILA, Philippines — There will be no merit scholarships that the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) will be granting this school year because of budget constraints in relation to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the commission head…

Healthy eating strategies that won’t hurt your savings

Rhobie Alburo Ruaya 04/21/2020

With the recent events happening in the world today, we have no other option but stay at home and figure out how to deal with boredom. It’s no surprise that many people would be stress eating and…

COVID-19 gets big chunk off gov’t income, too

Rosalie Abatayo 03/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Even the government’s finances cannot be spared from the economic burden brought by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Cebu provincial government, for instance,  may need to “adjust their budget” accordingly as the provincial treasurer…

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