Cebu City gov’t employees face uncertainty over Rama’s ‘rightsizing’ plan

Pia Piquero 01/03/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Engel Bert has been working as a street sweeper under the Department of Public Services (DPS) in Cebu City for five years now. The Job Order employee proudly shared with CDN Digital that…

A different kind of job: Keeping Malapascua Island neat and clean

Doris C. Bongcac 06/12/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Dominga Aguilar has a different kind of job. She is tasked to collect and dispose the seaweeds that are washed into the shorelines of Barrio Proper in Malapascua Island where the port is…

Mayor Rama to rehire JOs as long as…

Wenilyn Sabalo 02/24/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has promised that he will rehire all city hall employees hired under job-order (JO) contracts as long as they are not proven to be “kawatan” (thieves). The mayor announced…

Lapu-Lapu City Council OKs resolution for P25,000 bonus of city hall employees

Futch Anthony Inso 12/03/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Council has already approved the resolution for the giving of a performance-based bonus for the city’s regular, co-terminous, and casual employees. This was confirmed by City Councilor Annabeth Cuizon, who…

Rama to give Christmas bonus to JO city hall employees

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 11/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said job order employees of the city hall will be given a Christmas “bonus.” Rama made the pronouncement during the commemoration program for the 159th birth anniversary of Andres…

Alcover wants P20,000 cash aid released to City Hall employees who were not renewed

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 10/29/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Out of compassion, Cebu City Councilor Pastor “Jun” Alcover Jr. is proposing the release of P20, 000 cash aid to individuals who were no longer renewed for employment at the Cebu City Hall.…

Rama assures city hall employees of Christmas bonus, due process in job renewal

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 10/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — While Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama announced, on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, that regular and casual employees of city hall would receive a Christmas bonus, he also urged city hall employees not to…

1,499 Cebu City Hall employees left unvaccinated

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Only 15 percent of the employees of the Cebu City Hall are not yet vaccinated, which means that City Hall workers are getting close to getting their Christmas bonuses. Among the 9,999 employees…

JO workers of Lapu-Lapu to get P3K bonus next week

Futch Anthony Inso 01/04/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines- Job Order employees (JOs) in Lapu-Lapu City are expected to receive P3,000 as bonus next week. This was announced by Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan during the flag raising ceremony this morning, January…

Gov’t job order, contractual workers get up to P3,000 in gratuity pay

Krissy Aguilar - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ 12/28/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Job order and contractual workers in government will receive up to P3,000 in gratuity pay for their services this year. President Rodrigo Duterte approved the release of funds to cover the gratuity pay of…

COA lauds Capitol’s termination of JOs, COS medical staff in 2019

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The present provincial administration’s move to terminate the services of job order (JO) and contract of service (COS) medical personnel in Cebu province has been lauded by the Commission on Audit, citing “some…

Gunmen kill Lapu-Lapu JO in Bankal attack

Alven Marie A. Timtim 06/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 34-year-old job order employee of Lapu-Lapu City government was shot and killed by unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen in Sitio Coles, Barangay Bankal at past 1 p.m. today, June 1, 2020. Ryan Fuentes Daño…

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