ANOTHER virtual bomb hit Cebu City when the Ombudsman ordered the preventive suspension of Mayor Michael Rama, city administrator Collin Rosell, the officer in charge of the Office of the City Assessor who happens to be Rosell's wife, and five other personnel of the City Assessor's Office. Vice Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia is now acting mayor of Cebu City.
The six-month preventive suspension arose from a complaint filed by four Cebu City Hall employees last February 23. The four were reassigned from the City Assessor's Office, effective June 1, 2023, to positions that did not match their skills and experience. At the time of the reassignments, the four employees had been with the Office of the City Assessor for 16 to 35 years. The Civil Service Commission's regional office ruled that the reassignments were invalid. However, while the four were allowed to "sit" in the office, they were provided neither proper space nor equipment. Despite being regular employees, they were not given their salaries as the city assessor head no longer considered them staff members of her office.
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