Cebu cuts budget for Independence Day celebration

By Kaiser Jan Fuentes

Jun 12, 2024 12:08 am

CEBU CITY — The city government has slashed the budget for this year's 126th Independence Day celebration from P11 million to P3 million.

Acting mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia assured residents that the essential activities to mark the special day will be meaningful.

MAGELLAN’S CROSS Philippine flags have been put in place in front of the iconic Magellan’s Cross Pavilion — a stone kiosk in Cebu City situated on Plaza Sugbo — in preparation for the 126th Independence Day celebration. The pavilion houses a Christian cross that was planted by the Spanish explorers led by Ferdinand Magellan upon their arrival in Cebu on April 21, 1521. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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