Cebu Informer

come May 23rd I will have been here in ph for 12 months,i am goin back to the usa on that date until November and then will come back to ph for another year and back to usa again as I will spend time with my father at his home.I will miss my gf but [...]

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Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama didn’t get his P6.7 billion budget for next year but he said the P5.2 billion budget approved yesterday by the City Council was “better than nothing.” Rama said he will tap private sector partners to help carry out projects not funded in the annual budget. “Even if the 2012 budget [...]

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PIO defends P2.9 budget for Cebu City mayor's newsletter It was the turn of Cebu City councilors to question the city government's newsletter and television program, saying these were being used as a tool by Mayor Michael Rama against his political opponents. At yesterday's budget hearing, the City Council … Full News here – Read [...]

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Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said the additional P20,000 Christmas bonus for employees of Cebu City Hall will be partly released before Dec. 25. The balance will come next year, he said, to avoid exceeding a budget limit of spending a maximum of 45 percent for Personnel Service. “Hopefully we will be able to release [...]

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CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama yesterday said he will ask the City Council for a third supplemental budget to fund other city obligations before the year ends. There’s enough time to do approve one, he said, but couldn’t specify what items to carry in the new tranche. “First we have to look into the whole [...]

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The Talisay City Council approved yesterday the proposed P582 million budget for 2013 with barely a hitch. Full News here – philstar.com – Metro Cebu

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Cebu City Vice Mayor Joy Augustus Young said the P6.7-billion proposed annual budget of Mayor Michael Rama for 2013 may not be approved by the City Council at all because he is sure that the city cannot collect the amount in a year. Full News here – philstar.com – Cebu News

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Councilor Rodolfo “Rodi” Cabigas, who chairs the city council’s committee on appropriation, budget management and ways and means, yesterday said he expects smooth sailing of the approval of the city’s proposed P582 million annual budget for 2013. Full News here – philstar.com – Metro Cebu

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WHILE the Cebu City Council didn’t approve his request for P75 million for infrastructure master plans, Mayor Michael Rama said he hopes they won’t turn down his other request to brighten the city for the holidays. The mayor proposed spending P2.45 million for traditional Christmas activities in the city like the annual Pasko sa V. [...]

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Comelec's budget proposal cut Out of the P19.4 million that the Comelec Cebu City offices proposed, the finance committee approved to include only P10 million for the Election Reserve Fund in the proposed 2013 General Fund. The City Council has yet to deliberate on the proposed … Full News here – Read more on Sun.Star

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The Talisay City council yesterday approved on first reading the proposed 2013 P600 million annual budget and later referred to the council committee on appropriation, budget management and ways and means.  Full News here – philstar.com – Metro Cebu

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Even if Mayor Michael Rama wants to have a bigger budget for next year, members of the Local Finance Committee only proposed P6.7 billion appropriation or P1.4 billion higher than this year’s approved budget. Full News here – philstar.com – Cebu News

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Supplemental budget of P276M gets Provincial Board nod AFTER having a recess thrice and calling for a “division of the house” twice, the Cebu Provincial Board (PB) members passed in mass motion Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia's supplemental budget yesterday, but not after slasing Capitol's printing budget by P4 … Full News here – Read more on [...]

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Gwen OK with PB checking on budget CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia did not see any problem with the move of the Provincial Board (PB) to examine the items in her proposed supplemental budget (SB). “Well, they should. That is their duty, di ba? Sa una diay di nila i-examine (Before, didn't … Full News here [...]

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  Cebu LP bloc is new majority; 2013 budget, committees eyed   With two Provincial Board (PB) members joining the Liberal Party (LP) fold over the weekend, a new majority is shaping up in the provincial legislature in time for next month’s budget deliberations. Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale, PB minority leader Arleigh Sitoy and board [...]

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