Alexa LCP

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Pachico A. Seares
Pachico A. Seares
CEBU. (From top left) Councilor Mary Ann de los Santos, Councilor Nestor Archival, Treasurer Mare Vae Reyes and a reproduction of part of the treasurer’s letter. (Contributed photos/File)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Would Councilor de los Santos revise tag on Cebu City P50M grant to Luzon LGUs as ‘misplaced display of charity”? Balance of disaster fund is P201M, not P8M as earlier claimed by minority leader Archival. Without standards though, how much is too much?
August 19, 2022
CEBU. Photos of Councilors Joel Garganera and Rey Gealon; the seal of the Commission on Audit and the logo of Civil Service Commission. (File photos)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Cebu City Council asks mayor to fill regular positions. Garganera scores lack of technical people at Cenro. Gealon says city legal office ‘bombarded’ with Civil Service cases. COA’s 2021 audit slams 2,320 vacant plantilla posts, 3,740 casual workers at City Hall. 
August 18, 2022
CEBU. (Upper deck) Councilors Nestor Archival, Mary Ann de los Santos and Noel Wenceslao. (Lower deck) A damaged infrastructure during the July 27 magnitude-7 earthquake. (Contributed photos/file)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Cebu City Council OKs P50-million aid to quake-struck local governments in Luzon. Amid questions of haste, wrong document and wisdom in giving away funds, the City itself has to cope with its share of disasters.
August 13, 2022
CEBU. Councilors Nestor Archival, Joy Pesquera, Rey Gealon and Secretariat chief Charisse Piramide. (File photos)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Cebu City Council passes 2,500 resolutions a year but councilors don’t know if those are answered or ignored. Suggested: contempt power, liaison officer, legislative tracking.
August 11, 2022
Sunstar
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Mayor Mike Rama wants Cebu City to become 'Singapore-like.' No specifics yet on goal and method. And there's a 'huge roadblock': the City is cash-strapped. BOPK may ask again, more vigorously this time, 'Do we have money for this?'
August 09, 2022
CEBU. (Clockwise) Commission on Audit seal, former DPS chief Jigo Dacua, National Bureau of Investigation seal, and some of Cebu City's garbage trucks. (Contributed photos/File)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: NBI is probing possible fraud on garbage service, which costs Cebu City P348M-P400M a year. City Council suspects overpayment. COA finds flaws in weighing tons of trash. City Hall has to correct defects of a system where contractors may be overpaid or illegally paid.
August 04, 2022
Screenshot from Cebu City News & Information Facebook page
Cebu
Seares: Only one photo - Mrs. Malou Rama talking with dept. heads - was used to show she was presiding over meeting... Mahjong is harmless, says 'Maid in Malacañang' director who apparently doesn't fear deluge of Cebu nuns' prayers.
August 02, 2022
CEBU. (Upper deck) Representatives Duke Frasco and Raymond Mendoza and the seal of the House of Representatives; (lower deck) former representatives Tony Cuenco, Raul del Mar, and Pablo Garcia. (Contributed photos)
Cebu
Seares: 2 House deputy speakers -- Duke Frasco, Raymond Mendoza -- are from Cebu, repeating 2007-2010 record of Pablo Garcia, Raul del Mar. Among 8 Cebuano deputy speakers so far, 3 are Garcias.
July 29, 2022
CEBU. (From left) Councilors Jun Alcover and Joy Pesquera and Vice Mayor Raymond Garcia. (File photos)
Cebu
Seares: The word that Councilor Alcover’s resolution misspelled.  No queen or king in Cebu City Council.  NBI’s ‘command case.’
July 28, 2022
Sunstar
Cebu
EXPLAINER: COA has no specific finding of overprice in Cebu City's 2021 Covid spending. But it flags LGU 'violations' of rules and law on rice, packed meals. How would Sanggunian minority use COA report?
July 26, 2022
SunStar File
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Mayor Rama opposes water rates hike decided by MCWD board, which ruling party Barug filled. But it's LWUA that OK's increase, not mayor or City Council. Mike, councilors may insist only on public hearing and pricing based on law.
July 15, 2022
Photos from Mayor Junard Chan’s Facebook page and COA website
Cebu
Seares: Lapu-Lapu City cleared on COA questions on hazard pay, affirmed on supplier's qualification? COA 'full report' doesn't say yet on first, disputes claim on second.
July 14, 2022
Screenshot from RTVM video and Malacanang website
Cebu
Seares: Presidential assistants before GMA's Felix Guanzon include FVR's Rhett Pelaez, Erap's Marcel Fernan. Arroyo had three, including Tito Oppus. Mayor Mike says he trusts Marcos 'tack' on fate of OPAV.
July 13, 2022
CEBU. Former presidential assistants for the Visayas Michael Dino (left) and Felix Guanzon. (SunStar File)
Cebu
Seares: OPAV shut down since June 30. Marcos administration still has to decide on liaison office in Cebu. GMA had one, Noynoy didn't, Duterte's covered entire Visayas. BBM? 'Di mansiguro magbutang...'
July 12, 2022
CEBU. Former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña and councilor Pastor "Jun" Alcover Jr. (SunStar File)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Why Tomas Osmeña's cyber-libel lawsuit vs Jun Alcover failed. Mayor in 2019 sued councilor, when (1) the FB post wasn't libelous per se and (2) correction or clarification would've worked too. But then Alcover, in 2016, also sued Tomas.
July 11, 2022
CEBU. (From left) Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan, Cebu sixth district Rep. Nerissa Soon-Ruiz, Adelino Sitoy and Mactan Island. (SunStar File/Google Maps)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Creating Mactan province isn't quite the 2007 Sugboak, not in scale or motive. But to defenders of a One Cebu, nothing carved out of the existing island-with-islands is small or insignificant.
July 07, 2022
CEBU. (From left) Cebu City Vice Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia and Councilors Nestor Archival and Joy Pesquera. (SunStar/Pesquera’s Facebook page)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Minority in Cebu City Council complains that P1.2B extra budget and changes in P8-B Carbon Market deal were pushed and shoved. BOPK slams alleged haste, wrong procedures, failure to study big-ticket measures on 15th Sanggunian's last day.
July 01, 2022
CEBU. Former Cebu City councilor Rodolfo Cabrera (left) and the first page of the Sandiganbayan decision. (Contributed)
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Absence or lack of evidence acquits ex-councilor Rodolfo Cabrera on Cebu City P28-M condo project. Taking part in Sanggunian sessions, signing deed as acting mayor 'not enough evidence.' Earlier, same charges vs Alvin Garcia, Rico Holganza dropped for 'inordinate delay.'
June 30, 2022
(From left) Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia, Vice President-elect Sara Duterte and Cebu City Probe chief Raquel Bohol-Arce. (Sugbo News/File)
Cebu
Seares: 'I-apprehend na, i-arrest pa,' says Gwen on Año order. VP Sara on God and fathers. PB ordinance on face mask not yet enforceable.
June 20, 2022
Contributed Photo
Cebu
EXPLAINER: Guv Gwen tells DILG: Capitol face mask policy stands until court of law rules it is illegal. 7 takeaways, which include why interior chief Año won’t ‘let go’: how dare an LGU question central government
June 19, 2022