Member of various non government organizations protest against soaring oil prices in front of a gas station in suburban Manila on May 11, 2008. The demonstrators called on a nation wide transportation strike on May 12 as oil prices briefly surged to a record high above 126 dollars on May 9, driven into uncharted territory by speculators trying to take advantage of global supply concerns. (AFP photo)
LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Arturo Radaza said he exercised “prudence and circumspection” and claimed innocence in the purchase of the alleged overpriced computer units for the city’s public schools.
He said his legal responsibility as local chief executive and the approving authority as head of the procurement committee were “ministerial in character” which “heavily relied on the presumption of the regularity of performance of duties and responsibilities of his subordinates.”
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Cebu City to pay P63.7M for interest alone
THE Cebu City executive department is asking the City Council to approve this year’s first supplemental budget (SB) amounting to P345.27 million, to be taken from “additional realized income.”
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