Politicized budget dispute

Editorial 10/10/2015

Who is holding Cebu City residents hostage by deferring approval of the P2.8 billion Supplemental Budget 1? Mayor Michael Rama posed this question  to frame  the stubborn refusal of the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK) bloc to approve…

Mayor Rama: I won’t beg Council to approve budget

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/09/2015

Work resumed at Cebu City Hall yesterday, a day after over 1,000 employees crowded Plaza Sugbu to protest against delays in the passage of the P2.8 billion Supplemental Budget 1 by the City  Council. But some employees…

BUDGET STILL STUCK

Jhunnex Napallacan, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Juli Ann M. Sibi 10/08/2015

Cebu City Council sits on P2.8 billion budget Garbage trucks loaded with stinky trash parked close to City Hall. A crowd of city government employees in white T-shirts and black armbands filled the Plaza Sugbu by 7…

City Hall employees call for passage of SB1

Juli Ann M. Sibi 10/07/2015

Hundreds of Cebu City Hall and barangay employees crowded Plaza Sugbu early today to call on members of the city council to already pass Supplemental Budget 1 (SB1) which included a P78 million appropriation for payment of…

Budget debate delays PEI release

09/08/2015

About 5,000 Cebu City hall employees will have to wait a little longer for their bonus. The Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI) equivalent to one month’s salary can’t be released unless the City Council approves Supplemental Budget 1.…

Release of PEI may be delayed further

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/02/2015

The Cebu City Council’s budget committee is inclined to approve the bonuses for City Hall employees ahead of the other items in the proposed Supplemental Budget 1 (SB1). During the second day of the budget hearing on…

Council allocates P330K fund for Pasko sa Sugbo

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/01/2014

Can Cebu City Hall use a portion of the P9.2 million budget item vetoed by Mayor Michael Rama for the city’s annual Pasko sa Sugbo event to be held today at the Fuente Osmeña Circle? Apparently they…

Some have to wait: City mayor reduces budget request by P174M

Doris C. Bongcac 09/16/2014

These projects will have to wait a little longer for funding: allowances of Cebu city fiscals, a lot purchase for the new Sapangdaku Elementary School, construction of a new Lorega Public Market, and the city’s street lighting…

Watch where the money goes

07/14/2014

The Cebu City Council has another fiscalizing task at hand with Mayor Michael Rama’s submission of the proposed Supplemental Budget 2 for this year. The councilors should have learned by now to properly assess the proposal, instead…

Rama wants to buy patrol cars for police

Doris C. Bongcac 07/11/2014

Financial aid to barangays, brand-new vehicles for the city police and lot acquisition for a government center are on top Mayor Michael Rama’s list of expenditures that would be funded by the proposed Supplemental Budget 2. The…

Rama asks P600M supplemental budget for aid

Doris C. Bongcac 07/10/2014

CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama asked the City Council to approve his P600 million supplemental budget 2 to fund the allocation of assistance to the city’s 80 barangays and implementation of infrastructure projects and activities. Cebu City’s…

Councilors question P325M budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/19/2014

The Cebu City Council yesterday questioned the sources of funds for the executive department’s proposed P325 million supplemental budget 1 (SB1) for this year. During a budget hearing, the local finance committee pushed for a P325 million…

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