Crafting the country’s budget

Editorial 09/23/2016

In drafting next year’s national budget, it was surprising to learn about Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno’s aversion and opposition to the so-called “bottoms-up budgeting” initiated by the late Dept. of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) secretary…

DILG to start formal inquiry on calamity aid case

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/10/2015

AROUND a hundred Cebu City Hall employees are expected to troop to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) 7 when the formal investigation of the P20,000 calamity aid case starts within the next two months.…

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…

Charity at home

Editorial 02/20/2014

Last week, the National Economic Development Authority (Neda) listed Cebu as among the 10 provinces that have experienced substantial economic growth in the past few years. That same Neda report, however, also disclosed that the poor in…

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