New medals set for distribution
ACTING Cebu Gov. Agnes Magpale is set to distribute the medals with newly approved designs from the provincial government.
ACTING Cebu Gov. Agnes Magpale is set to distribute the medals with newly approved designs from the provincial government.
ACTING Gov. Agnes Magpale is not giving up on the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC).
With suspended Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia finally stepping out and Acting Gov. Agnes Magpale moving in to the seat of office, the order signed by President Benigno Aquino III suspending Gwen from office for six months has been fully implemented. The issue is not yet over because the Garcia camp continues to challenge the legality of the suspension, an issue which is now up for the courts to decide.
LAWYERS of suspended Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia called on Capitol security and top police officials to bar acting Gov. Agnes Magpale from transferring to the Governor’s Office in the east wing.
Last Wednesday suspended Gov. Gwen Garcia was locked out of her office after she quietly left the Capitol the night before. Acting Gov. Agnes Magpale decided to padlock the office after Garcia failed to return Wednesday morning.
The United Nationalist Alliance on Thursday criticized Acting Cebu Governor Agnes Magpale’s move to lock out suspended Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia out of her office but said that they would still hold their proclamation rally in the province.
Last week’s Suroy Suroy sa Sugbo in south Cebu has been praised by many tourists for being an improved version of the countryside tour led by suspended governor Gwen Garcia.
SUSPENDED Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia can dance during the Sinulog grand parade on Sunday without any fear of getting barred from going back to her office at the provincial capitol.
Unpaid bills of the Cebu provincial government reach nearly P1 billion to date.
The Court of Appeals 12th Division did not issue a Temporary Restraining Order in favor of suspended governor Gwen Garcia last Wednesday. It was a much-awaited hearing for Cebuanos both from the camp of Garcia and that of Acting Gov. Agnes Magpale that many hoped would finally resolve the Capitol impasse.
“We are now IRA (internal revenue allotment) dependent.” Acting Cebu Gov. Agnes Magpale made this statement in describing the present financial status and cash flow of the provincial government, one of the country’s richest provinces that didn’t have debts.
The Capitol building’s main doors were opened to the public yesterday for the first time since the Dec. 19 standoff when a Malacañang suspension order was defied by Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia.
ACTING Cebu Gov. Agnes Magpale said the provincial government has an obligation to extend help to any town or city within its jurisdiction.
