COA: Decision vs. overpriced streetlights final

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) affirmed with finality their decision to issue a notice of disallowance on the partial payment made to the contractor of streetlights in the cities of Mandaue and Cebu.…

COA lifts disallowance issued vs. Minglanilla mayor

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) has reversed a notice of disallowance it previously issued to Minglanilla Mayor Elanito Peña for exceeding the Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI) amounting to P4.8 million which he granted…

Disaster funds’ ‘misuse’ to be studied; brgys urged to follow calamity guidelines

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will be studying the Commission on Audit (COA) audit observation memorandum (AOM) stating that the city has wrongly used the quick response fund (QRF) for disasters that did not…

Capitol to auction 770 printers, photocopiers; outsources printing services

Rosalie Abatayo 02/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu provincial government will be seeking the approval of the Commission on Audit (COA) on its plan to already dispose of 770 printers and photocopying machines detailed in different offices at the…

COA to Cebu City: Conditions not met for P20.8M taken from quick response funds for fire victims

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has issued an audit observation memorandum (AOM) to the Cebu City government for using the quick response fund (QRF) of the city on fire-struck barangays in 2019 without…

COA hands-off in approving sale, appraisal of Pond F in SRP

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –The Commission on Audit (COA) will not be intervening in the plans of the Cebu City Government to sell some parcels of land at the South Road Properties (SRP). This as the state’s auditing…

Labella: Previous unliquidated assistance, not politics, delays P5 million aid to barangays

Rosalie Abatayo 12/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Some Cebu City barangays’ failure to liquidate previous financial assistance from the city government has stalled the distribution of their P5 million financial assistance intended for garbage management. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella…

7,000 teachers in Cebu City receive 10k financial assistance

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/20/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — This Christmas is merrier for Cebu City teachers as they have received their P10,000 financial assistance. At least 7,000 teachers gathered at the Cebu City Sports Complex on Friday morning, December 20, 2019.…

Teachers’ Cost of Living Allowance from Cebu City may return in 2020

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Teachers in Cebu City will have something to look forward to in the New Year as the city government plans to bring back the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) for teachers in 2020. The COLA…

Rama on BRT: City Council will have to intervene

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael “Mike” Rama said he is concerned with the committment fees the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project have incurred five years after loans were taken to fund it.  According…

Drilon renews call for COA special audit on Philhealth

08/18/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday renewed his call for the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct a special audit on the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) as he underscored the importance of…

Labella orders inventory of all real properties in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered the City Assessor’s Office and City Treasurer’s Office to create an “efficient” profiling of all taxable real properties located within the city’s jurisdiction. He said that…

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