Supplemental budget hearing today
ALL Cebu City Hall department heads are expected to attend this afternoon’s hearing for the Supplemental Budget no. 2 worth P1.147 billion at the City Council session hall.
Cebu City Administrator Jose Marie Poblete said a big chunk of the budget goes to infrastructure and drainage projects as well as the renovation of the Carbon public market.
He said the city’s senior citizens will also be included in the budget.
The SB 2 also aims to increase our subsidy to the Cebu City Traffic Operations Management (Citom) and the Cebu City Medical Center so their salaries won’t be delayed, Poblete said.
Poblete said the department heads will try to convince the council to allow the city government to procure a credit line to banks for the additional projects. Correspondent Edison delos Angeles
Foreign visitors in camotes
FOUR city mayors from Sri Lanka visited San Francisco town in Camotes Island, north Cebu, to learn about its “Purok System” last Aug. 25.
San Francisco Vice Mayor Al Arquillano told Cebu Daily News city mayors from Balangoda, Tangalle, Puttalam and Mannar said they appreciated how solid waste management was being implemented in a household level.
“They said they don’t have segregation in their cities,” Aquillano said, adding that the the four mayors are interested to adopt the “Purok System” in their places.
The three-day study visit was part of the World Disaster Reduction Campaign “Making Cities Resilient: My City Is Getting Ready!” of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR).
The mayors also visited the island’s marine sanctuary and tourist spots.
Other visitors from Bangkok, Thailand and Cambodia are also expected in another trip.
The municipality of San Francisco was the recipient of the 2011 United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction. Correspondent Carmel Loise Matus
Talisay vendors gripe about theft
VENDORS who remained at the closed Tabunok market in Talisay City complained that thieves stole their goods and belongings a day after the city government opened the Macapagal-Gullas market.
Vendors blamed police officers for failing to respond to their calls of assistance.
Nora Carlos said some persons entered the Tabunok market and looted everything they set their sights on.
Supt. Eddie Recamara, acting Talisay City police chief, said his office didn’t receive any calls for assistance.
He said the vendors were making this up to embarrass the police.
Talisay City Mayor Socrates Fernandez said the city would still assist Tabunok vendors who remained in the old market. Correspondent Gabriel C. Bonjoc