Health care gets biggest chunk of Capitol’s 2019 budget

Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/16/2018

HEALTH care services will get the lion’s share of the proposed 2019 overall budget for Cebu province. On Monday, Gov. Hilario Davide III has endorsed an overall budget of P4.69 billion for the province’s projects, services and…

House approves proposed 2019 budget on second reading

Inquirer.net 10/03/2018

The House of Representatives on Wednesday night approved on second reading the proposed P3.757-trillion national budget for 2019. House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. made the motion to vote for approval for the General Appropriations Bill (…

P200M budget okayed for disaster mgmt body

Rosalie Abatayo 09/14/2018

PROPOSED ALLOCATION FOR 2019 The Cebu Provincial Development Council has approved the proposed P200-million budget of the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) for 2019 during their meeting on Friday, September 14. The amount…

Capitol’s disaster management arm gets P200M budget

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/14/2018

The Cebu Provincial Development Council has approved the proposed P200-million budget for the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) for 2019. Mitigation and preparedness programs will get the biggest chunk of the allocation amounting…

No ‘pork’ in proposed 2019 budget – Nograles

Inquirer.net 09/13/2018

There are no funds in the proposed 2019 budget that could be considered “pork” or those that could go to pet projects of certain government officials, Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles said Thursday. Nograles, the chairperson of…

Council okays P299M supplemental budget

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/11/2018

THE Cebu City Council approved on Tuesday additional funds amounting to P299 million for the executive department, the bulk of which is intended to pay the compromise settlement to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for basic…

‘No cutting of budget for repairs, upkeep of city police vehicles’

Morexette B. Erram 09/11/2018

An order issued by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmena to cut the budget for repairs and maintenance of city-owned vehicles issued to the city police has not been implemented yet. Ronald Malacora, City Hall’s Department of General…

Garbage hauling funds eyed in budget

Morexette Marie B. Erram and USJ-R Intern Zena Magto. 08/08/2018

ADDITIONAL funds for Cebu City’s garbage hauling and collection constitute the bulk of the P66 million second supplemental budget request addressed to the City Council. Of that amount, about P47 million was requested by City Hall’s Department…

Margot proposes additional P68 million-budget

Morexette Marie B. Erram and USJ-R Intern Zena Magto. 08/08/2018

Councilor Margot Osmeña presented to the City Council today the administration bloc’s P68 million supplemental budget request. The allocation, if approved, will be spent on rental of heavy equipment – P47 million and for the allowances of…

Villarin wants zero budget for PCOO

Inquirer.net 08/06/2018

OPPOSITION lawmaker Akbayan Rep. Tom Villarin is pushing for a zero budget allocation for the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) following the controversial “Pepedederalismo” jingle video of Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson with a pro-Duterte blogger. Villarin…

Fuel subsidy, budget cuts to affect police capability

Rosalie Abatayo and Benjie Talisic 08/05/2018

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s decision to cut the maintenance budget for city-owned vehicles issued to the city police will seriously compromise their capability to keep the peace in the city. “That’s very childish. When we talk…

Tying the knot on a shoestring budget

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/08/2018

THE COST OF GETTING MARRIED Walking down the aisle dressed in an elaborate white gown, with a handsome young man waiting at the altar, is every little girl’s idea of a ‘happy ever after’ to cap her…

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