tty. Giovanni Tianero, Mandaue Metropolis’s Funds Officer, explains the P16 million finances request for Christmas actions in 2025. | Picture by Mary Rose Sagarino
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Officers of the Mandaue Metropolis Authorities defended its resolution to earmark P16 million of town’s funds for Christmas Actions for 2025.
The town authorities on Monday, Nov. 18 defined that the P16 million allotted for subsequent 12 months’s ‘Pasko sa Mandaue’ included year-end actions.
Mandaue Metropolis Funds Officer Atty. Giovanni Tianero additionally assured the general public that they didn’t suggest a better finances for ‘Pasko sa Mandaue’ in 2025.
“It’s the identical (this 12 months) and has been the identical for the earlier years, walay gi-increase nga ang P7M gihimo nga P16M subsequent 12 months,” mentioned Tianero.
Beneath the 2024 finances, the allocation for ‘Pasko sa Mandaue’ amounting to P7 million was separate from the P9 million that was put aside for town’s year-end actions.
“Truly, it was defined through the session (2025 finances approval), giisa ra siya sa Pasko sa Mandaue pero mao ra gihapon ang composition, giusa nalang para maka-adjust ta ba nga basig modaghan o mogamay ang empleyado unya atoang mabutang ang finances sa actions or so on and so forth,” Tianero added.
Earlier, Vice Mayor Nerissa Quickly-Ruiz sought clarification on the P16 million proposed allocation for 2025 to make sure ‘transparency’ in authorities transactions.
Quickly-Ruiz additionally despatched an official letter to the Human Sources Managment Workplace to know the variety of the staff and is ready for the response.
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In the meantime, the metropolis finances officer mentioned that the unused finances will revert again to the overall fund. He additionally mentioned Christmas decorations have a separate finances.
Kristian Marc Cabahug, the manager director of the Mandaue Funding Promotions Tourism Motion Middle (MIPTAC), mentioned that the finances might be spent on the identical gadgets like Christmas Social gathering and the distribution of hams to Metropolis Corridor workers.
The finances may even be spent on different actions, together with the DepEd Nite, different contests, Mandaue Meals Park, amongst others.
Cabahug additionally clarified that hams won’t solely be given to metropolis corridor workers but in addition to city-paid workers together with clear and inexperienced personnel within the barangays.
“Common, JO, contract of service tanan so long as city-paid makadawat sila og ham,” mentioned Cabahug.
Personnel of DepEd-Mandaue and personnel paid by town authorities, who’re working in nationwide authorities businesses, positioned within the metropolis comparable to Philippine Nationwide Police, Bureau of Fireplace and Safety, Coast Guard, and Metropolis Corridor of Justice, amongst others may even obtain hams.
Round 15, 000 personnel are anticipated to obtain hams, mentioned Cabahug, including that the giving of hams and holding of Christmas actions has been town’s yearly custom.
The P16 million finances for subsequent 12 months’s Christmas occasions and actions is beneath the overall fund.
It’s included within the P4.5 billion finances for Mandaue for 2025 that was handed by the vast majority of town council members final week.
‘Not politicizing’
Then again, Tianero additionally denied allegations that giving of hams and different Christmas actions are being politicized.
“They’re entitled with their very own opinion however the Pasko sa Mandaue. I don’t know unsoan paggamit sa finances para sa Pasko, sa election nga summer season,” Tianero mentioned.
He additionally mentioned that the finances for the job order workers was virtually the identical as this 12 months.
Earlier, Quickly-Ruiz questioned town authorities’s intention to supply hams to job order workers, including that this may occasionally affect them for use through the marketing campaign interval subsequent 12 months. / mme
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