COA flags Davao City’s ‘inappropriate’ expenses

Dempsey Reyes 10/19/2023

MANILA, Philippines – Davao City made “inappropriate” expenditures after it charged P6.45 million against its 20-percent development fund, which goes against rules for such funding, according to the Commission on Audit (COA). Citing the COA’s audit compliance…

Cebu City candidates reminded to submit SOCEs before June 8

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/27/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The candidates for the May 9, 2022 elections are reminded to submit their Statement of Contribution and Expenditures (SOCE) to the Commission on Election (Comelec) District Offices in Cebu City. Marilou Paredes, the…

Cebu CLO set to release P5M to barangays, who failed to submit liquidation reports

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Legal Office (CLO) is preparing to release the P5 million financial assistance to barangays that cannot yet provide their liquidation of expenses of the previous financial assistance. Lawyer Rey Gealon,…

Cebu Capitol department heads told: get rid of ‘non-office items’ in budget

Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There will be no more “non-office” items in the proposed budget of Capitol department offices for 2020. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said she noticed several departments that had non-office items in their proposed 2020…

Man bites snake into pieces after it attacked him

Inquirer.net 07/30/2019

A man killed a snake by biting it into pieces after the reptile struck him at his house in Etah, India, last Sunday, July 28. Raj Kumar was brought to a hospital after the incident, as per…

Sinulog organizers, volunteers covered by insurance

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—There’s good news for organizers and volunteers of the Sinulog 2019 Festival.  In an interview today, Councilor Dave Tumulak, the overall chairperson of the executive committee of the Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI), announced that all…

PCOO probes execs on Asean 2017 expenses

Inquirer.net 07/20/2018

The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has started investigations on five of its officials after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the agency over the P38 million worth of “deficient” disbursements for the 2017 Asean Summit. In…

Two former JOs, who failed to liquidate expenses, nabbed in Liloan

Benjie B. Talisic 03/12/2018

Two men facing eight cases of failure of an accountable officers to render accounts were arrested on Monday morning in Lilo-an town northern Cebu. Ian Cesar Canete, 37, and Jan Carlo Canete of Barangay Poblacion, did not…

Authorities investigate bunkhouse collapse; contractor to pay expenses

Ador Vincent Mayol 03/06/2018

The Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE) and the Office of the Building Official (OBO) are conducting an investigation after a four-level bunkhouse in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City, collapsed past 2 a.m. on Tuesday.…

City gov’t to subsidize 196 scholars’ board and lodging expenses

Intern 11/14/2017

THE 196 Cebu City government scholars who were forced to vacate the five-storey Cebu City Hillyland Dormitory in June this year will be given a subsidy for their board and lodging. This developed after the Cebu City…

Nine losing bets fail to submit expenses report

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/09/2016

NINE losing candidates in the province failed to submit their Statements of Election Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs) on last Wednesday’s deadline. Based on the list of the provincial Commission on Elections (Comelec), 62 of the 71 candidates…

Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Subscribe to our newsletter!

By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy.

This is an information message

We use cookies to enhance your experience. By continuing, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more here.