No session, no bonus

Julit C. Jainar 05/25/2016

THE MIDYEAR bonus for Cebu City Hall employees as well as the additional honoraria for teachers serving as Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) are currently on hold as the council failed anew to hold a session yesterday.…

Rama loyalists to move out of city hall

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/25/2016

NEW faces will soon take- over the different departments at the Cebu City Hall as early as next month. The election ban on the appointment and hiring of government employees will be lifted on June 9 and…

200 join walk against coal-fired power plant

Carmel Loise Matus 05/25/2016

At least 200 individuals joined the #BreakFree Cebu Climate Walk in their continuous call to stop the putting up of coal-fired power plants in the country. The walk, which began at 6a.m., started outside the gates of…

Rama takes a break; Labella, others comply with order

Jhunnex Napallacan, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/17/2016

OUTGOING Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said his lawyers will focus on his election protest while he takes a rest after months of campaigning for reelection. “As I had said, what else is new? That is always…

The Magellan Quincentennial kickoff

Jobers R. Bersales 04/27/2016

The non-government initiative to set up a preparatory committee for the 500th anniversary of the Ferdinand Magellan expedition in Cebu finally kicked off yesterday at the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Cebu Library, which is located…

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Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Apple Ta-as, Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/13/2016

Two City Hall side entrances closed over ‘security concerns’ Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has tightened security at the City Hall after divulging threats to his safety and amid rising emotion among his supporters over the six-month…

Rama orders closure of side doors, VM office entrance

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores 04/13/2016

CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama ordered the side doors of City Hall closed starting yesterday with only the main front door open to the public. Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella said the closure is intended to prevent any…

City Council cancels hearing for P9.6B budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/11/2016

No budget hearing for Cebu City’s revised annual budget took place after the City Council failed to reach a quorum at past 2 pm Monday. Only five councilors, all from the majority Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) bloc,…

Seniors, PWDs to get cash aid on April 12, April 13

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/11/2016

CEBU City’s senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) will receive their cash assistance from the city government earlier than scheduled. After Monday’s flag raising ceremony at City Hall, Mayor Michael Rama announced that senior citizens will…

Contractors lukewarm on water basins

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/29/2016

The dry spell may end in June this year, but Cebu City Hall has yet to build water basins or catchment facilities it promised to farmers in upland barangays since last year. City Administrator Lucelle Mercado said…

Workers get pay as Rama insists on 2016 budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/17/2016

THREE days after she was supposed to get her salary, 24-year-old casual employee Lykka Cabaral was relieved to hear the news that they will be paid today. “Malipayon gyud ko kay at least karon ni-assure na sila.…

Handing Rama the keys to the SRP

03/04/2016

The Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) letter sent by its vice president Elsie F. Tagupa spells out the reason why the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) camp is reluctant to approve the new Supplemental Budget 1 proposed…

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