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…

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…

Cebu Capitol’s somber 80th birthday

Jobers R. Bersales 06/13/2018

The grand Cebu Capitol Building turns 80 today in a somber mood as plans for a 20-storey building continue. This “looming tower”, to borrow the title of Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book on the rise of Al…

Capitol’s comeback kids

Morexette B. Erram 02/19/2018

Five officials of the Cebu Provincial Government, who were initially ordered dismissed from public service, have started reporting for work yesterday after the Court of Appeals (CA) downgraded their offense from Grave Misconduct and Gross Neglect of…

Kalunasan families ask Capitol’s aid on homes

Morexette B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 01/08/2018

Fearing they may lose their homes, about 23 families or 100 residents of Sitio Oprra in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City asked for help from the Cebu provincial government yesterday. The Kalunasan People’s Initiative Association Inc., represented by…

More than 1K applicants for Capitol’s scholarship program

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/26/2017

ABOUT 1,370 applicants are vying for 300 slots under the provincial government’s “Paglaum” scholarship program for the incoming school year. Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale, the program’s proponent, said she is happy with the number of applicants for…

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