News Briefs

Robbed

A 22-YEAR-OLD man suffered a bruised rib and lost his mobile phone worth P2,000 to four  robbers inside a passenger jeepney traversing McArthur Boulevard, North Reclamation Area in Cebu City last Sunday night.

Alvin Patrick Palaganas, 22, of barangay Lutopan, Toledo City, was riding a jeepney with four other men who later turned out to be robbers.

One of the robbers was armed with a gun. Palaganas told police that he tried to resist but one of the robbers hit his ribs. /Correspondent Chito O. Aragon

Budget

UNLIKE the Cebu city government, it was smooth sailing for the Cebu provincial government’s proposed P3.6-billion budget at the Provincial Board yesterday.

But before it was approved, a letter from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) was to be discussed.

DBM suggested a change of wordings in some portions of the proposed 2012 budget.

For Cebu province, the Office of the Governor has one of the largest allocations at P447.178 million.

The bulk or P776 million goes to the Capitol’s Development Fund for various programs and projects.

The services were categorized as general public, social and economic services.

The new budget also allocates P72.672 million for the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), P38.313 million for the Office of the Vice Governor, and P6.499 million for each of the offices of the 15 provincial board members.

Also, the province’s 18 hospitals will run on a P60.582-million budget for 2012. /Correspondent Carmel Loise Matus