The Commission on Audit has told the Mandaue City Government to make a supplier complete the delivery or refund the cost of about 14,000 pairs of rubber shoes under a P58.13-million school supply kit contract for Grades 1 to 3, The Freeman reported. Cebu Daily News said the deal was fully paid. The city administrator has referred the matter to the City Legal Office for investigation, according to The Freeman.
The Benedicto College Cheetahs beat the University of San Carlos Warriors, 69-62, on Monday night, October 5, at the Cebu Coliseum to improve to 6-1 in the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) Season 26 college basketball tournament, The Freeman reported. Den Rick Orgong led the Cheetahs with 22 points. They now share the lead with the 6-1 University of the Visayas Green Lancers.
Lapu-Lapu City left projects worth P379.6 million unimplemented at the end of 2025, with only 29 of 61 programmed projects ongoing or completed, the Commission on Audit said, according to SunStar. The Freeman reported that auditors cited delays in preliminary engineering work and in finalizing procurement documents. COA recommended that the city budget only projects that are ready for implementation, SunStar said.
Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 arrested a couple in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City, on September 30 for allegedly offering foreign clients paid video calls in which their five-year-old child was sexually abused, SunStar reported. The child was turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development 7. The couple faces non-bailable charges under laws against online child sexual abuse and human trafficking.
The PPP Center of the Philippines and the Lapu-Lapu City government signed a memorandum of agreement on September 24 so the center can help the city identify and screen projects under public-private partnerships (PPPs), BusinessWorld reported. The center will give advisory services, technical assistance and training, while the city will set up a PPP unit. Mayor Ma. Cynthia K. Chan said the projects must serve the city's communities.
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