Help desk for LGBTIQ to be set up

07/12/2016

A HELP desk that will address the complaints of the lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) community will soon be set up at Cebu City Hall. Cebu City Councilor Margot Osmeña made the assurance…

More on the habal-habal drivers of Mambaling

Nestor Ramirez 07/12/2016

Who collects P20 a day from habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) drivers in Mambaling? I received information that the “uniformed and organized” habal-habal drivers that continue to make the national highway in Barangay Mambaling as their terminal under the nose…

Cebu City Hall must prove its employees deserve P30K bonus

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/10/2016

WHAT exactly did Cebu City Hall employees do to deserve a P30,000 across-the-board bonus in December last year? The Commission on Audit Central Visayas (COA 7) wants the Cebu City government to answer this through the submission…

COA questions City Hall over unpaid loan

Nestle L. Semilla 07/09/2016

The Commission on Audit (COA) has questioned the Cebu City government over its failure to settle a loan with the National Housing Authority (NHA). COA said the P2-million loan received by the city from the Local Housing…

COA: Cebu City misused education fund

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/05/2016

Part of Cebu City Hall’s Special Education Fund (SEF) in 2015 was used to pay for allowances and other expenses, which was not allowed under the guidelines on using the fund, state auditors said. The Commission on…

Team Rama bloc corners major council committees

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/05/2016

More than three years after being dominated by the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan bloc, it’s now Team Rama’s turn to take the reins of the Cebu City Council. All of the City Council’s 20 committees are chaired by…

No cars, offices for Team Rama without Tom’s approval

Nestle L. Semilla 07/05/2016

THERE will neither be any offices nor vehicles to be issued to the councilors under Team Rama without Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s approval. In his memorandum, Osmeña ordered all departments, including the Cebu City Council, to…

City Hall questioned on P14M honoraria

Nestle L. Semilla 07/04/2016

THE Commission on Audit (COA) questioned the Cebu City government’s allocation of P14 million honoraria for the members of 38 commissions and committees in Cebu City Hall. The honoraria allocation is one of 54 deficiencies that state…

Osmeña to shut down offices

Nestle L. Semilla 07/02/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña will shut down offices in Cebu City Hall that he deems useless unless their heads can justify their existence. In last Friday’s press conference, Osmeña said some of the 90 offices in…

Leaner staff, more efficient systems for Cebu City

Nestle L. Semilla 06/30/2016

CLEANING up city hall of unnecessary employees and inefficient systems are among the first priorities of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, who made a commitment to end corruption as he assumed office yesterday. In his first press…

Overtime work for Tomas’s eighth floor office

06/29/2016

A CONSTRUCTION crew worked overtime to renovate the eighth floor office of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña yesterday. Osmeña’s eighth floor office is at the City Hall legislative building which he occupied six years ago. It was…

Cebu City Hall told to explain 2015 P6.2B deficit

Nestle L. Semilla 06/27/2016

THE Commission on Audit (COA) called on the Cebu City government to explain its deficit amounting to P6.2 billion that it incurred in its annual transactions last year. In last week’s exit conference, state auditors said the…

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