Media Budget of Cebu Province
Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia allocated P39.8 million this year for the Public Information Office (PIO), which produces the Capitol’s TV show and newsletter.
The Office of the Governor’s budget for this year is P835.9 million.
Sugbo News, the official publication of the Cebu provincial government, is allotted P24.2 million or nearly 62 percent of the PIO’s 2012 budget.
The newsletter is published twice a month or 24 issues in a year in full color. It features programs and activities of the Capitol. Copies are distributed for free to different local government units (LGUs) in the province.
Sugbo TV’s budget for this year, on the other hand, is P14.3 million or more than 36 percent of the PIO’s annual appropriation.
The PIO is expected to produce 652 episodes of Sugbo TV for the entire year.
Garcia said Sugbo TV will go national this year.
Eleven cable television operators signed recently a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Capitol so they can air Sugbo TV 24 hours every day in at least one channel.
Garcia said this will be done at no cost to the province.
Sugbo TV is also aired in Zamboanga del Norte and Negros Occidental.
The governor’s office also allotted P15 million this year for the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo and other cultural and arts development programs.
Garcia said she plans to continue Sugbo TV, Sugbo News and the cultural festival Pasigarbo sa Sugbo until her term ends in 2013.