DBM declares Cebu City’s appropriation ordinance for 2023 annual budget ‘inoperative in part’

Wenilyn Sabalo 03/31/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management in Central Visayas (DBM-7) has declared the Appropriation Ordinance (AO) for Cebu City’s P51.457 billion 2023 annual budget “inoperative in part.” The DBM-7 has already finished reviewing…

Cebu City gov’t awards 78 outstanding employees

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 02/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government awarded 78 outstanding city hall employees during this year’s Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) Awards. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama led the awarding of outstanding…

Rama vetoes ordinance increasing real property taxes but…

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/12/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government wants a new model for revising the real property tax rates here. Mayor Michael Rama on Sunday, Feb. 12 announced that he vetoed City Ordinance No. 138-2022. Passed by…

Sinulog sa Kabataan contingents’ P800,000 subsidy to be ready for release on Jan. 5

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 01/05/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is set to release the financial assistance to contingents of the Sinulog sa Kabataan 2023, today, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Quoting City Administrator Suzanne Ardosa, the Cebu City Public…

Processing of biz permit applications in Cebu City starts on Jan. 5

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 01/04/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will accept business permit applications from January 5 to 20, 2023. This include online applications for business permit issuances and the processing of payments, the city government said in…

Court grants CPA’s petition for Preliminary Injunction over Compania Maritima legal battle

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 10 in Cebu City has granted the petition for a writ of Preliminary Injunction filed by the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) regarding the long-disputed Compania Maritima area.…

15 face charges for anomalous Cebu City Garbage Collection

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Wenilyn Sabalo 12/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—At least 15 individuals, including former and incumbent officials of the Cebu City Government, are facing criminal and administrative charges over an anomalous garbage collection scheme that cost P240 million in public funds. The National…

As leisure travel resumes, Cebu City’s tourism dept wants higher budget in 2023 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The tourism arm of the Cebu City government is seeking a budget of P35 million for next year as it plans to ramp up tourism-related projects and promotions.  The city’s Public Information Office…

Cebu City government to hold first-ever LGU-led Animal Welfare Summit

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/09/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines –To campaign co-existence between humans and animals, the Cebu City government, through its Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF), will host its first-ever local government unit (LGU)-led Animal Welfare Summit at a trade…

Cebu BRT groundbreaking finally set in January 2023

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Proponents and the contractor of the long-awaited Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) plan to break grounds for the project in January next year. Engr. Gerry Flores of the Hunan Road and Bridge (HNRB)…

Suspect in stealing Cebu City gov’t Christmas decor nabbed 

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 11/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — One of the three suspects in stealing a Christmas decoration, particularly a tarpaulin with Christmas greetings from Cebu City. Mayor Michael Rama, last November 16, 2022, in Barangay San Antonio, Cebu City was…

Two establishments given 10 days to dismantle structures encroaching three-meter easement of Lahug-Kamputhaw rivers

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 11/24/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Government has given two big establishments along Gen. Maxilom Ave. 10 days or until December 3, 2022, to voluntarily dismantle a portion of their structures that encroached on the three-meter…

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