CEBU, Philippines – On June 30, on his second inauguration as mayor of Cebu City, Mike Rama promised constituents a future of living in a Singapore-like smart city.
On Thursday, October 6, the head of the city planning and development office said the city lacked funds for the medium-rise socialized housing units needed to replace 14,000 informal settler homes targeted for demolition over a three-year period. Planning head Joseph Michael “Yumi” Espina said the city plans to take out 2,000 of these homes within a year.
Between 2020 and 2022, the city appropriated another P3.04 billion for inoculation programs and other COVID-related expenditures. But there was good news: The city had collected P820 million from business taxes alone in the first two months of 2022. Reyes expressedForeign exchange losses, meanwhile, added P1.9 billion between 2003 and 2011 to its P4.5-billion Japan International Cooperation Agency loan for the Cebu South Road Properties development.
Rama’s qualifications for employees to stay? They should not be thieves or gossipers, or lazy, dirty, quarrelsome, ignorant, or defaulters, and backstabbers – all written in Memorandum No. 226-05-2022. Cimatu now oversees the implementation of the three-meter easement along the city’s waterways and leads the anti-flood unit, Task Force “Gubat sa Baha.”
FLOOD WOES. A sudden downpour inundates several areas in Barangay Duljo, Cebu City, on July 21, 2022.The former senator said Singapore flourished because Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew had more than just leadership and unity – he also implemented good governance.It faces some obstacles. Local governments generate LSRs from real property tax, tax on business, other taxes, regulatory fees, service/user charges, and receipts from economic enterprises. Continuity helps to push programs forward. With a new mandate, Rama’s first 100 days show his prowess in getting investments from large companies, in infrastructure handovers, and other accomplishments.
Rama’s new term started on July 1. Three weeks later, he was elected president of the League of Cities of the Philippines. Around this time, he also met with the President and got his support for the city’s development.
TheJohnSitchon Perhaps. Ignoring Manila diktats will facilitate such a thing.