Talisay dept heads receive salaries despite COA order for refund

Carmel Loise Matus 03/01/2016

ELEVEN Talisay City department heads who were ordered by the Commission on Audit (COA) to refund P29.4 million in disallowance collected their salaries for the second half of February. City Treasurer Emma Macuto and City Accountant Viluzminda-Villarante…

Cuevas to stay as Cebu City treasurer

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/28/2016

THE Department of Finance has ordered that all acting treasurers in towns and cities in the country, including controversial Cebu City Acting Treasurer Diwa Cuevas,  will stay in their posts until June 30. The DOF directive was…

REFUND

Carmel Loise Matus 02/18/2016

Former Talisay City Mayors Eddie Gullas and Soc Fernandez, 11 others, ordered to return P29.4 million to city coffers Two former mayors of Talisay City, 9 City Hall department heads and two former employees were directed to…

Water district defends allowances

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/15/2015

THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) has filed an appeal with the Commission on Audit (COA) which disallowed benefits and allowances it gave last year. MCWD public affairs manager Charmaine Rodriguez-Kara said they have filed an appeal…

Cebu is a rich landlord

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/24/2015

The Cebu provincial government owes its status as the country’s wealthiest provincial government mostly to its real property assets worth P22 billion. Provincial Accountant Marieto Ypil said this comprised majority of the Capitol’s P28.18 billion equity last…

Gwen, Davide disagree over Cebu’s no. 1 status

11/22/2015

Who should take credit for Cebu province’s financial standing as the wealthiest  in the country in the 2014 report of the Commission on Audit? With equity of P26.1 billion –  the value of all its assets minus…

CEBU IS NO. 1 IN WEALTH LIST

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/21/2015

COA report: Cebu local gov’t has the  most assets,  equity among 80 provinces Cebu city is no. 6 among cities   Cebu still has the wealthiest provincial government in the Philippines, according to state auditors. Cebu ranks…

Treasurer sued for missing funds

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/13/2015

The barangay treasurer of Manduyong, Badian town in south Cebu is facing trial for allegedly misappropriating P328,293.84 in government funds four years ago. The Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas indicted  Apolinaria Ferrolino for  malversation of…

Gov says consultancy projects ‘above board’

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/10/2015

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said two proposed consultancies whose contracts would amount to P83 million are “necessary and above board.” He said their bidding was witnessed by auditors and the projects were in line with two…

Unused disaster donations

Editorial 11/09/2015

The Commission on Audit’s (COA) disclosure that about P923 million in foreign and local cash donations given to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) have been sitting idle in banks since last year is not only an…

Calamity aid probe to resume

Marc Eric Cosep 11/02/2015

THE Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) 7 will resume this week its investigation on the administrative complaint filed by lawyer Reymelio Delute against Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and 13 other city officials over the…

Osmeña asks CSC to suspend Cuevas

Marc Eric Cosep 10/24/2015

Former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has continued his attack on treasurer Diwa Cuevas. This time, he is asking the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to suspend Cuevas for 60 days to prevent her from influencing the ongoing…

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