CPADAO realigns funds

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/02/2017

THE Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) plans to realign Capitol’s budget meant to help the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) in its anti-drug operations following the suspension of police involvement in the Duterte administration’s anti-drug campaign.…

ALL IN THE FAMILY

Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 01/25/2017

Be it in Aloguinsan town in southern Cebu or Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island, the dismissed or suspended official will be replaced by a relative or an ally. Aloguinsan Mayor Augustus Caesar Moreno’s projected departure from office…

Radaza complies with 90-day suspension

Norman V. Mendoza 01/24/2017

CEBU CITY –This is one scene that is rare in Philippine politics: a city mayor chose not to fight tooth and nail for her post. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza went to the office of the Department…

Inequality, poverty, and the economy

Fernando Fajardo 12/01/2016

As we started the new administration, there had been some glee when the president mentioned in his first State of the Nation Address that he would continue the macroeconomic economic policies of the previous administration. To recall,…

Davide hopes for full 2017 budget approval

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/20/2016

AS the series of hearings for the Cebu provincial government’s proposed P3.6-billion annual budget for next year starts this week, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III enjoins the Provincial Board (PB) not to slash it. The governor said…

Yolanda victims in Bantayan town gets Capitol aid

Nestle L. Semilla 11/14/2016

Provincial Board Members approved on Monday, a resolution authorizing Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III to allocate P5.8 million to aid Super Typhoon Yolanda victims in the municipality of Bantayan in Bantayan Island to rebuild their damaged homes.…

Firm to cut into $372B insurance protection gap

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/07/2016

Pru Life UK eyes lower to middle class sector to grow insurance market A life insurance company is aiming to increase the insurance penetration in the country and lessen the $372 billion insurance protection gap through the…

Bureau of Treasury: No missing fund from government coffers

10/03/2016

The Bureau of Treasury (BTr) assured on Monday that there are no funds missing from the government coffers. In fact, National Treasurer Roberto Tan disclosed that the government has around P411 billion cash in 153 bank accounts…

Probe middlemen in SFP deal – Tom O.

Nestle L. Semilla 07/07/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña has ordered the investigation on the use of middlemen in government transactions entered into by the previous administration of Cebu City mayor Michael Rama. Osmeña’s action came after the city’s disbursements in…

Council says funds released to barangays last year valid

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/26/2016

In an effort to address the disallowance of Cebu City Hall’s P800 million aid to barangays in 2015, the four-man Cebu City Council approved on Wednesday a resolution upholding the validity of the fund release. Councilors Philip…

Hope glimmers as Cebu City Council deliberates 2016 Budget Ordinance

Nestle L. Semilla 06/22/2016

In what seemed to be a complete turnaround, the three-man Team Rama Cebu City Council yesterday took back its denial of the proposed 2016 budget and moved to deliberate on the proposed budget ordinance. Right after the…

Osmeña to scrap 2016 budget; City Hall workers’ bonus now in limbo

Nestle L. Semilla 06/21/2016

THE mid-year bonus due to Cebu City government employees will remain in limbo until City Hall can find where to source the money, Acting Mayor Margarita “Margot” Osmeña said yesterday. The decision of the four-man city council…

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