Tourism commission eyes local tourists in helping industry survive Covid-19 crisis

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/03/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Tourism Commission is preparing programs that can help the local tourism industry survive the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis.  Commissioner Jocelyn Pesquera told CDN Digital that hotels in the city have…

Candidates’ tarps on utility posts in Cebu City must be taken down, ask opposition councilors

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 02/01/2019

‘s CEBU CITY, Philippines—Opposition councilors in Cebu City  are calling on all candidates in the May polls to take down tarpaulins  hanging on utility posts around the city and comply with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) regulations…

Council restores P7.2B budget, but keeps reduced items

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/13/2016

AFTER initially reducing next year’s budget to P6.1 billion, the Cebu City Council’s committee on budget and finance decided to restore the amount to the original proposal of P7.2 billion. But all the items slashed and reduced…

‘Skin and bones’ budget for city cut down to P6.1B

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/08/2016

The “skin and bones” budget of P7.2 billion proposed by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña for next year was skinned and deboned further to P6.1 billion by the Team Rama bloc in the Cebu City Council. During…

COMELEC ORDERS A RECOUNT

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/04/2016

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division has issued an order which facilitates the recount of 20 percent of votes cast in Cebu City’s mayoralty race last May. The best solution to resolve the allegations of defeated…

Team Rama mulls shrinking budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/30/2016

CEBU City Hall’s budget for next year may be smaller than the P7.2 billion proposed by Mayor Tomas Osmeña depending on how the Team Rama bloc sizes it up. Councilor Joy Pesquera, who chairs the council’s committee…

Bigger precincts for Cebu City police

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/21/2016

THE Cebu City Council pushed for a bigger budget for repairs and improvement of the city’s 11 police precincts in yesterday’s budget hearing for the Peace and Order Program (POP) office. Councilor Jose Daluz III, who sits…

Tom proposes P7.2B budget for next year

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/17/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is proposing a P7.2 billion “skin and bone” annual budget for next year. Several new items were included in the budget proposal. The biggest of these new items is the P600 million…

Cebu City owes P57M to trader

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/10/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the Supreme Court ordered the city government to pay P57 million to businessman Roque Ting who claimed that his private lot was affected by the South Reclamation Project several years back.…

City Council committee tackles SB 1, suggests city pay SRP loan in full instead

Nestle L. Semilla 08/12/2016

THE proposed Supplemental Budget 1 (SB1) asking for an additional P13 million for the SRP loan payment which will be due this August 20 will likely be approved during this Tuesday’s City Council’s regular session. Councilor Joy…

COUNTER CHARGES

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Edison Delos Angeles, Nestle L. Semilla 06/14/2016

The lawyers of Labangon Councilman Rodolfo Tabasa yesterday made good on their threat to file a string of charges against Cebu City Acting Mayor Margarita “Margot” Osmeña and seven other City Hall employees and policemen over the…

Pesquera’s move

Editorial 01/14/2016

Lawyer Jocelyn Pesquera can explain away her refund of the P20,000 that suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama received as calamity aid along with other Cebu City officials and employees back in 2013 and yet cannot expect…

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