Mendoza, former COA chief: Clean opinion is not proof of no irregularities

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A clean audit opinion is not proof that there are no irregularities in transactions of a local government unit (LGU). This was the explanation of Heidi Mendoza, former Commission on Audit (COA) commissioner…

Cebu City told to explain purchase of ‘overpriced’ KN95 masks

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/14/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) has told the Cebu City Government to explain the purchase of ‘overpriced’ KN95 face masks. In its 2020 Annual Audit Report for the fiscal year 2020, the state…

COA flags Cebu City’s purchase of P90M COVID test kits, machine

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/14/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – State auditors flagged down the purchase of RT-PCR test machine and kits, and Rapid Antibody Test Kits made by the Cebu City Government that amounted to around P90 million. This was contained in…

Cebu City begins releasing cash incentives for frontliners sent to NCR

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/12/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government on Monday, July 12, has announced that it has begun releasing the incentives meant for medical frontliners who were deployed in Metro Manila earlier this year. The city’s Public…

Cebu City gov’t to terminate non-employee heads of offices

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City government is terminating heads of offices, including special offices, who are not organic employees of the city.  This is done in response to the advice of the City Legal Office that heads…

As jabs for A4 start, Cebu City still needs more vax

Morexette Marie Erram 06/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The COVID-19 vaccination drive in Cebu City has resumed on Thursday, June 24 with those under the A4 subgroup to be inoculated starting today. But the fresh supply of vaccines that the city…

Cebu City mulls covering cost of antigen test for ROFs, returning OFWs to protect hotel workers

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City plans to cover the cost of hotel quarantine testing for Returning Overseas Filipinos (ROFs) and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) upon their arrival at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA). Acting Cebu…

Porters of Carbon Public market get Father’s Day goodies from police, Cebu City gov’t

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 06/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 100 porters of the Carbon Public Market, who are all members of the Barangay Ermita Kargador Association (BEKA), received early Father’s Day special treat today, June 18 in Plaza Independencia in…

Sinulog winners prizes delayed due to COA issues — Casas

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Sinulog contest winners this year have been clamoring for their prizes for almost five months now but the Cebu City government has yet to settle the issue regarding the festival’s allocation. Recently,…

Cebu City gov’t withdraws legal aid to slain witness’s family

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will be withdrawing its offered legal assistance to the family of slain Ritchie Nepomuceno, who was one of the major witnesses to the alleged extortion and rape of 11…

Help give light to a community by joining the #LightItForward challenge

Rhobie Alburo Ruaya 04/23/2021

About 940 million people in the world have no access to electricity, 16 million of these people are Filipinos. Imagine how many people have to survive this pandemic in the dark? One non-profit organizations aims to illuminate…

More CV volunteer nurses sent to NCR+

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The second batch of volunteer nurses was deployed to the National Capital Region (NCR+) to help in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Office of the Presidential Assistant to the Visayas (OPAV) sent…

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