Equitable share

Editorial 11/30/2016

It is a legal opinion, but would Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña heed the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and order the issuance of certifications to barangays to facilitate the release of their share of…

IOUs are personal, not a condition for RPT share

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/28/2016

Executing promissory notes by barangay officials for their incentives disallowed by the Commission on Audit is an undertaking for their personal obligations, and not as representative of the barangay. Cebu City Accountant Arlene Rentuza clarified there was…

NO STRINGS ATTACHED

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/27/2016

There should be no conditions attached to the release of the shares of the barangays in the real property taxes (RPT) of the Cebu City government, the Department of Interior and Local Government Central Visayas (DILG 7)…

Osmeña, Davide to ink 93-1 land swap deal on Dec. 9

Inna Mejia 11/25/2016

THE 93-1 land swap deal is expected to be settled this December 9. In his news conference yesterday, Mayor Tomas Osmeña said that the memorandum of agreement would be signed in line with the celebration of the…

SEND MARCOS BACK TO ILOCOS

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Morexette Erram, Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/19/2016

The furor over the “surprise” burial of strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani is far from over. Youth, anti-Marcos groups and Martial Law survivors in Cebu yesterday vowed that Friday’s protests were not going…

NHA urged help in making Yolanda projects possible

Nestle L. Semilla 11/08/2016

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III is encouraging the National Housing Authority to fast track their housing projects for Super Typhoon Yolanda victims. Davide made the call since three years has passed and the resettlement projects had yet…

Cebu City sets aside P86M for public school teachers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/02/2016

PUBLIC elementary and high school teachers in Cebu City can expect some financial assistance from the city government next year. The city’s executive department proposed P86 million worth of programs for public school teachers in the city…

Cebu is richest province, Cebu City in 5th place

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 11/01/2016

CEBU province was once gain ranked first and Cebu City was ranked fifth in the Commission on Audit’s (COA) list of provinces and cities with the highest net worth for the year 2015. These findings were contained…

Better protection against dengue

Editorial 10/20/2016

  Regardless of whether or not they have the funds, the provincial government has some explaining to do on why there is a continued increase in the number of dengue cases in Cebu. The Provincial Board’s (PB)…

Release income estimates, Labella tells finance execs

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/16/2016

CEBU City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella called on the City Accountant’s Office to release the estimates of income to the city’s barangay officials so they can prepare for the annual budget for their respective barangays next year.…

Council wants COA to resolve disallowance of barangay aid

Nestle L. Semilla 10/08/2016

The Cebu City Council wanted to resolve the pending appeal of Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) on the notice of disallowance issued by the Commission on Audit (COA) against the release of financial assistance to the city’s…

Barangay execs told: Submit pro-notes or no clearance

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/05/2016

Barangay officials in Cebu City have been asked to submit promissory notes stating that they will pay back the incentives they received from the city government last year which was disallowed by the Commission on Audit (COA).…

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