AMID the thanksgiving and merriment Sunday, May 15, after a convincing win in the elections, reelected Mayor Michael Rama broke away from script and normal celebratory mood to warn party-mates and supporters it wouldn’t be business as usual at Cebu City Hall.In Cebuano-Bisaya, Mayor Mike chided jobseekers, casual employees, and other favor-hunters depending on the […]
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Boodle fight, dancing, parades on first day of local campaign
DANCING, a boodle fight, and meet-and-greets were the order of the day as candidates seeking local elective positions in the May elections kicked off the first day of the 45-day campaign period to woo votes.In Cebu City, administration party Team Barug- PDP Laban started its campaign with a parade in the downtown area, after which […]
Checking of attendance during cleanup drives must happen at activities’ end, Rama says
TO INVOLVE more City Hall employees in future cleanup drives, Mayor Michael Rama said the participants must sign the attendance sheets at the end of the activities.Rama said this after the flag-raising ceremony on Monday, March 21, 2022, as there were some employees who left and did not join the citywide coastal and river cleanup […]
11 of 12 drug-positive Mandaue City Hall workers terminated
ELEVEN of the 12 employees working for the Mandaue City Government who failed a surprise drug test conducted at the City Hal in January this year have been terminated from their work.This was disclosed by Damaso Tumulak, head of the City’s Human Resource Management Office (HRMO), after the confirmatory test results of those who tested […]
City Hall employee nabbed for illegal drugs
AN EMPLOYEE of the Cebu City Government was arrested by the Waterfront Police Station operatives in a drug bust in Barangay San Roque, Cebu City on Wednesday night, Feb. 9, 2022.Th…
Talisay City hall to put up study area for students
THE Talisay City Government is set to establish an area at City Hall exclusively for students who want to avail themselves of free internet connection for their onlineclasses.In a…
Police give aid to City Hall worker who lost home to fire in Talisay
CLAIRE Valerie Cabardo, who works as a contractual worker for the Talisay City Government, had faced misfortunes just before Christmas Day came.Though Cabardo’s house in Barangay P…
City dad claims Ahong ordered execs to skip 2022 budget hearings
A MEMBER of Lapu-Lapu City’s opposition bloc accused Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan of ordering his department heads at City Hall not to attend City Council sessions for the deliberatio…
Cebu City doubles JOs’ bonus, but they’ll get the Christmas gift only if all workers vaxxed
THE Cebu City Government will now double the Christmas bonus given to job order employees, but Mayor Michael Rama still plans to stay true to his word that no bonuses will be released unless each and every City Hall employee gets vaccinated against coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The budget intended to fund the increase of bonuses […]
Rama names new Cebu City Hall officials; Mayor, VM ‘Dondon’ take oath for 2nd time
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama introduced to the public on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 his appointees to various key posts at City Hall, including a couple holding two departments. After Suzanne Ardosa, an engineer, was appointed as the new city administrator, Rama also appointed her engineer-husband Rolando Ardosa as the new head of the Department […]
Unvaxxed workers barred from going to work in 2022
AROUND 1,547 Cebu City Hall employees who have remained unvaccinated will not be allowed to report to work by January 2022 if they still have not gotten their Covid-19 jabs. The unvaccinated workers, mostly hired on a job order basis, comprise 15.47 percent of the City’s 9,999 employees, while those that have been fully vaccinated […]
Rama: Job order workers at City Hall might get higher Christmas bonus
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama wants to increase the Christmas bonuses of job order (JO) employees at City Hall from P3,000 to P6,000. But Rama said he still needs to find out if increasing the bonuses for their JO workers is legal. If approved, it could benefit the city’s 4,700 JO workers currently working in […]
Editorial: ‘Iceberg of corruption’: difficult to melt in the Philippines
ARRESTS of government officials and employees involved in unlawful activities taint the institutions they serve. Even if they still have to face a trial, the public servants exposed doing monkey business could not escape judgment in the court of public sentiment. The arrest of Cebu City Hall employee Kara Marie Arcilla-Bargamento for allegedly extorting at […]
Toledo City Hall workers to get Christmas bonuses
A HAPPIER and merrier Christmas awaits the 500 regular employees and 2,000 job order workers of the Toledo City Government as they will receive cash bonuses during the holiday season. Each of the regular employees working at City Hall will receive two months’ worth of salary plus P30,000 in Christmas bonus. Aside from the city’s […]
Labella back at City Hall for last time; CCTO warns of traffic during funeral
MAYOR Edgardo Labella, 70, returned to Cebu City Hall for the last time Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, but no longer as chief executive after his passing last Nov. 19 due to septic shock secondary to pneumonia. His body was transferred from Crystal Palace in Barangay Lahug to City Hall to give the ordinary Cebuanos from […]
Edlab’s remains to stay at City Hall for 2 days
THE body of Cebu City mayor Edgardo Labella is set to be brought to Cebu City Hall on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, to allow city government employees to pay their last respects. Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak, who was tasked to organize the transfer of Labella’s body to City Hall, told reporters that the mayor’s […]
City Hall jobs at risk as Rama orders employee evaluation
ALL regular and casual employees of the Cebu City Government will be subjected to evaluation to determine their tenure and renewal of their contract from January to June 30, 2022. This was announced by Mayor Michael Rama on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, his first day as mayor of Cebu City following the passing of mayor […]
Rama: Cebu City Hall JO workers to receive bonuses in kind only if all employees get vaxxed
MORE than 5,000 job order workers of Cebu City Hall will have a happy Christmas after Acting Mayor Michael Rama announced that they too will receive bonuses, but in kind. “I have asked Jun (City Administrator Floro Casas Jr.) to sit down with the local finance department to see how much worth in kind we […]
Unvaxxed City Hall employess not allowed in my office-Rama
CEBU City Acting Mayor Michael Rama has issued a directive prohibiting City Hall employees who have not gotten their Covid-19 vaccinations from entering his office. But he also announced that only 10 percent of the more than 5,000 City Hall workers have remained unvaccinated against the coronavirus as of now. Rama said he wants the […]
Editorial: Bonus as bait for unvaxxed workers
Wanting to boost vaccination against Covid-19 in Cebu City, Acting Mayor Michael Rama announced on Monday, November 8, 2021, that all City Hall employees would receive P20,000 in Christmas bonus. Here is the catch, though: All employees must be vaccinated before they could get their hands on the bonus. The other questions are if there […]