Rama is out of the loop on city’s financial state

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/24/2016

CEBU City Treasurer Diwa Cuevas yesterday admitted that suspended Mayor Michael Rama knew nothing about the financial status of Cebu City. She also admitted that she did not even give Rama the city’s cash position. “It’s okay…

STATE OF FINANCIAL DISARRAY

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/20/2016

Just ‘tip of the iceberg:’ Transition team uncovers ‘millions of pesos’ in unaccounted for disbursements Describing Cebu City’s finances as being in “disarray,” the team led by Acting City Mayor Margot Osmeña is now tracking millions of…

Comelec okays opening of 7 ballot boxes

Jameela Antoniette I. Mendoza 05/13/2016

THE opening of the ballot boxes from seven voting precincts last Thursday afternoon to retrieve misplaced election paraphernalia was authorized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Diwa Cuevas, Cebu City treasurer, cited a letter from the Board…

Civil Service junks motion to suspend Cebu City treasurer

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/15/2015

THE Civil Service Commission (CSC) has denied the motion of former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to put city treasurer Diwa Cuevas under preventive suspension. In a resolution dated November 11, CSC Director IV Karin Litz Zerna…

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…

Billboard ‘too sexy’ for City Hall

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/07/2015

Cebu City Administrator Lucelle Mercado  has ordered the removal of billboards promoting the Cebu concert of  TV celebrity Vice Ganda for being “sexually suggestive”. She said that as chairman of the Cebu City Anti-Indecency Board, she was…

Security bond from SRP highest bidders to fund bonuses, asphalting projects

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/02/2015

THE estimated P1.7 billion revenues from the bidding of two South Road Properties (SRP) lots will be used to fund a proposed supplemental budget, officials said. Of the proposed P250-million supplemental budget 1 (SB1) for this year,…

City legal officer says he lives in Cebu City

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/09/2015

CEBU City Legal Officer Jerone Castillo insisted that he can have several residences and not just the family house in Consolacion town. He said his parents own a house in Consolacion, but his wife and her family…

City treasurer: Be careful with tax relief proposals

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 05/28/2015

Before the Cebu City government can offer tax relief, city treasurer Diwa Cuevas said its records should be reconciled first. “I cannot say I’m against it because we have to clean our records first because there are…

Cebu City treasurer to answer charges

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/29/2014

Cebu City Treasurer Diwa Cuevas is ready to answer all complaints filed against her by former south district Rep. Tomas Osmena. “Personally, I feel tired of all these issues. But with the mayor’s assurance, I still continue.…

‘I want her terminated’: Tomas files 12 admin plaints vs city treasurer

Doris C. Bongcac 10/04/2014

Former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña want acting city treasurer Diwa Cuevas kicked out of City Hall for alleged  “acts of omission” which resulted in adverse audit opinion from government auditors in the last three years. Osmeña…

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