Sanchez suspended for trip ticket violation

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/05/2017

IS it mere coincidence or is there a clear effort to suspend Cebu City officials affiliated with Team Rama before the anti-graft office? According to former Busay barangay captain Eliodoro Sanchez, now a barangay councilor, this appeared…

Ombudsman orders the suspension of Guardo

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/05/2017

FOR failing to remit financial statements during his time as barangay captain of Sambag 1, now Cebu City Councilor Jerry Guardo was slapped with a three-month suspension without pay by the Office of the Ombudsman Visayas. In…

Good year, good luck

Ricky Poca 01/02/2017

Allow me to wish everyone a prosperous New Year. I pray that as we say goodbye to 2016, 2017 will bring us new hope and a better life especially in our relationship with God and with mankind,…

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…

Not all barangays received Capitol aid — Baricuatro

Nestle L. Semilla 11/18/2016

CEBU Provincial Board Member Christopher Baricuatro admitted reports that some barangays have not received yet their financial assistance from the provincial government. He said that compared to previous years, the process of getting barangay assistance this year…

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…

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)…

COA-7 rules anew for the return of P20K calamity aid

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/19/2016

The Commission on Audit in Central Visayas (COA-7) has denied the appeal of the Cebu City government to reconsider its ruling that disallowed the P20,000 calamity aid to city employees in 2013. COA-7 director Alicia Malquisto, in…

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