Cebu City Council passes almost P4.5 billion supplemental budget on divided house

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The long-awaited almost P4.5 billion Supplemental Budget No. 1 (SB-1) proposed by Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella was finally passed by the City Council on Wednesday evening, July 28, 2021. After a grueling,…

Labella told: ‘Readjust’ P4.4B SB 1

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Approval of the P4.4 billion supplemental budget request by Mayor Edgardo Labella may take a little longer than expected. This after members of the Cebu City Council decided to return Supplemental Budget No.…

Long-time settlers in Cebu city-owned lots move closer to owning lots

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/13/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Families who have been long time settlers and living in Cebu City-owned lots in Barangays Lahug, Zapatera, and Luz, will finally get a chance to own the land they live in. This after…

Food is Cebu City’s biggest expense in COVID-19 response

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/10/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Food was the largest expense of Cebu City during the peak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) response in 2020. Councilor Raymond Garcia, the City Council’s chairperson on the committee on budget and…

Labella insists on using SRP sales as source for 2021 annual budget

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has insisted on using the proceeds of the 2015 sale of South Road Property (SRP) lots as a source of funds for the 2021 annual budget. The mayor…

Penalty for Cebu City quarantine violators increased

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council has amended for the second time the ordinance that details the penalties and charges against quarantine violators in the city. For this most recent amendment authored by Councilor Raymond…

Cebu City Council to tackle tax amnesty on Friday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council will tackle the long-awaited tax amnesty to allow delinquent taxpayers of real property taxes (RPT) and business taxes to pay only 10 percent or 20 percent of their total…

Majority floor leader: SB 3 needs to be passed for P500M ECQ aid

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Council’s majority floor leader, Councilor Raymond Garcia, is asking his colleagues to pass the Supplemental Budget No. 3 (SB 3) on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. In a phone interview with CDN…

Cebu City Council approves P1 billion budget to fight Coronavirus

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 03/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council approved the P1 billion budget for the mitigating measures against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Coronavirus). Councilor Raymond Garcia, the majority floor leader of the council, said that the budget…

Garcia: Petition for declaratory relief filed by Osmeña is bound to fail

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Majority Floor Leader Raymond Alvin Garcia is not at all worried of the petition for declaratory relief which former mayor Tomas Osmeña filed to stop the negotiated sale of 45-hectares of the South…

Duterte to barnstorm in Cebu on Sunday with his senatorial slate, to endorse local bets

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/20/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines —  The Cebu chapters of the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) is now in the thick of preparation for the scheduled arrival here on Sunday, February 24, of President Rodrigo Duterte together with…

Dads to ask Ombud to probe Mayor Tom

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/08/2017

Barug Team Rama councilors want the Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas to already intervene in their dispute with Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña on the hiring of their office consultants. Councilor Raymond Alvin Garcia said…

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