“Father, my son just died. Can you bless his remains?” The mother vividly wore a devastated countenance. “Your son died? How…!!!?” The priest couldn’t believe it. “He jumped off the bridge…,” the mother started crying. “But he…
Construction proposed under PPP, targeted to start in 2018 The Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Tollways Development Corp. (MPTDC) yesterday signed a joint venture agreement with the Cordova municipal government for the construction of the P27.9-billion third Cebu-Mactan bridge.…
Cebu City Hall’s Committee on Awards is set to declare today Metro Pacific Tollways Development Corporation (MPTDC) as the sole private proponent for the third Cebu-Mactan bridge project. As of yesterday afternoon, City Administrator Lucelle Mercado, who…
Both Cebu City Hall and Cordova town are asking for a P279-million proposal security or bond from the private developer of the proposed third Cebu-Mactan bridge. The amount represents one percent of the total project cost of…
Repairs on the Marcelo Fernan Bridge will not proceed; the schedule will have to wait until after the last meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on Oct. 14. Regional Director Ador Canlas of the Department…
The Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH-7) will start building a temporary steel bridge in barangay Dumlog, Sibonga town tomorrow. “We are trying our best to finish this quickly. Again, we will have…
While engineers are rushing to install a temporary steel bridge, Sibonga Mayor Lionel Bacaltos said the municipal government will do whatever it can to ease the inconvenience of commuters and drivers passing through his town in south…
With the concrete Dumlog bridge cut off, people traveling through Sibonga town in south Cebu have to take a detour. Bus passengers get down and transfer to a habal-habal or motorcycle-for-hire that takes riders through a barangay…
A 24-year old man was found dead hanging inside his room in barangay Cambuhawe, Balamban yesterday morning. Police said Roldan Abendan Sharot confined himself inside his room for four days claiming that someone will kill him. They…
RECLAMATION or building a causeway or aqueduct are among the proposals being eyed by a subsidiary of a consortium headed by tycoon Manuel Pangilinan in building a potential third access bridge connecting mainland Cebu and Mactan Island.…
