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Tomas R, Osmena Vs. Commission On Audit, Et Al.

HON. TOMAS R, OSMENA, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON AUDIT AND HONORABLE EUFEMIO C. DOMINGO, respondents.

G.R. No. 98355 | 1994-03-02

D E C I S I O N


NOCON, J.:

Sometime in 1985 the City of Cebu decided to construct a modern abattoir. For this project, the City Treasurer, Ricardo Pestaño, issued a certificate of availability of funds dated April 30, 1985, in the amount of FIVE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (P5,419,180.00) PESOS, specifically "for the construction of Cebu City Abbatoir (sic)." 1 After a public bidding, H. Franco Construction Company, Inc. (HFCCI) was awarded to do the construction of the abattoir. Thus, the City of Cebu, through its Mayor, Ronald R. Duterte, entered into a contract with HFCCI, the terms of which are as...