THE various public hearings being conducted by the House of Representatives have not only produced disturbing revelations but drama as well. In Cebu City, we also produce our own dramas and dubious transactions, the latter being brought to the fore slowly and piecemeal.
Cebu City watched live the handcuffing of lawyer Collin Rosell, the city administrator of dismissed mayor Michael Rama, by the city's chief of police no less, Col. Antonietto Cañete, a member of the fabled PNPA Class 1997. The scuffle at city hall was filmed and broadcast on Facebook. Rosell, charged with usurpation of authority, spent the night at the police station.
The CCMC is not the only multimillion-peso project covered by contracts and notices to proceed, which is facing delay. From the period 2020-2021, we have a P1.3 billion flood control project, which should have been finished nearly two years ago; a P199 million mobilization fund released but nothing to show; a P227.
City's Political Drama And Questionable Contracts
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