Cebu City 'not short on cash', Rama assures

[zach]

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“We are not short of cash,” said Cebu City Treasurer Diwa Cuevas in a press conference yesterday.
The newly appointed treasurer said she was ready to explain the city’s financial status to the Cebu City Council.

Cuevas and other City Hall officials led by Mayor Michael Rama yesterday answered point by point the criticisms raised by former Rep. Tomas Osmeña who put out a full-page newspaper ad two weeks ago that appeared to show that city finances were mismanaged based on observations of the Commission on Audit in its annual report. (See table summarizing their comments.)

Osmeña said he ran the ad “in the spirit of transparency.”

Mayor Rama said that while several lapses were noted by COA, it was misleading to say City Hall was overspending or implied that he was engaged in irregularities.

“Did the mayor take money? No. Write that in the newspapers. The COA didn’t even commend me for the projects I’ve done,” Rama said.

The mayor said he decided to wait before calling the press conference because Cuevas was appointed acting treasurer of Cebu City on August 8 by Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima.

“The advertisement has caused apprehensions among the people and raised questions. There is a need to explain,” City Administrator Jose Marie Poblete said.

Poblete said city officials gave their explanations to COA on the audit findings after an exit conference last July.

“The explanations were just deepened during the press conference because some of the write-ups that came out didn’t have our explanations. They just cited the COA report,” Poblete said.

He said the released COA report had some of their statements but were not included in reports published in the local dailies. /Correspondent Jose Santino S. Bunachita

[amrynavy]

Why took them 2 weeks to answer the COA report, oh it was never really answered just a press con pa rin.

When someone audits a bank, the manager has to answer the lapses, short cuts or face suspension or termination.

[Renz8]

Aw open the books Mayor arun kta katag yaw ko ingna ang taga COA g higtan sa liog ni Tom O

[mybuuz]

ang pangutana nganong wala kabayad. kung wala gyud ta nagkulang sa kwarta, dapat magpakabana ka nga dili mapun-an ang bayranan, for sure naa na penalty kung dili ta makabayad on time.

[agent_sky]

Aw open the books Mayor arun kta katag yaw ko ingna ang taga COA g higtan sa liog ni Tom O

its possible.. kay siya man ang nangusog ani nga issue... basin wala pajud cya ka accept sa iya kapildihan dah..

[<SMILE>]

Data oriented ra ba tingale na ang COA,
He should present the actual coffer situation of the city through papers,
not through words, para convincing gyud.

[necrotic freak]

Ilhan mana kung ma short kay ma delayed ang sweldo sa taga city hall.

[TwoStepsFromHeLL]

nasolod napud sa sayop nga bulsa ang kwarta..hahay mga politiko undang na tawn mo ug panikas

[Renz8]

its possible.. kay siya man ang nangusog ani nga issue... basin wala pajud cya ka accept sa iya kapildihan dah..

Your giving Tom O a lot of credit bro di ba pildero wala na influenceMayor Mike should face the issues@hand and not blame Tom O for his woes.............

[amrynavy]

to the Rama fans out there .............. kindly tell us what projects Rama has made in his term ??

cge na, kay murag nihilak naman ni si rama na wala kuno cya g-dayg sa mga tao

I realy dont know how the mayor spent 5 billion last year.
Hurot na sa senior citizens na tag 10k, Teachers 12k a year cola. 20k for city hall xmas bonus, 12k for charter bonus Ist like buying votes already.
oh and 100 luxury cars for his barangay allies pud diay.hahaha Purios lng dole outs

Lami.a trabaho sa city hall oi