DESPITE being placed under preventive suspension, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama remained active on the Cebu City-owned Sugbuanon Channel, discussing his suspension and personal activities.
The Cebu City government on Feb. 5, 2024, filed a complaint against operators of a Facebook page that, it claims, had usurped management powers of its Public Information Office (PIO).
Part 1: This case highlights the absence of social media management policies among local government units that could make their social media accounts official and institutional
[1] STATUS OF FACEBOOK PAGE. As of Monday, February 5, 2024, when acting city public information officer Estela Grace Rosit filed a criminal complaint with the City Prosecutor’s Office, the transparency page of Facebook lists “Cebu Updates” as a non-government organization (NGO). But the “about” section also says ”the group or person responsible for it hasn’t completed our (FB’s) verification yet.”