Xi inaugurates Hong Kong-mainland mega bridge

AFP 10/23/2018

  CHINA’s President Xi Jinping officially opened the world’s longest sea bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China Tuesday, at a time when Beijing is tightening its grip on its semi-autonomous territories. The 55-kilometer crossing, which…

Hong Kong mega bridge launch announcement sparks backlash

AFP 10/18/2018

China has finally announced the opening ceremony for the world’s longest sea bridge, which will connect Hong Kong, Macau and the mainland, but critics hit back Thursday over the secrecy surrounding the project. Construction started in 2009…

Rescuers search for survivors after deadly Italy bridge collapse

AFP 08/15/2018

Genoa, Italy — Italian rescuers have searched through the night for any survivors under the shattered remains of a motorway bridge in Genoa as investigators determine what could have caused such a catastrophic collapse. Some 30 people…

Airport operator assures repairs for link bridge

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/01/2018

The private operator of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) said yesterday they will fix the rainwater outflow in the link-bridge of the newly opened Terminal 2. “We apologize to all passengers for the inconvenience caused by…

DAR-Negros Oriental turns over bridge to Bindoy town

PR 07/27/2018

THE provincial office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Negros Oriental turned over a Tulay ng Pangulo Para sa Kaunlarang Pang-Agraryo (TPKP) project to the local government unit of Bindoy last June 25, 2018. The…

Collision of three truck causes bridge traffic

Norman V. Mendoza 07/27/2018

Three cargo trucks were involved in a vehicular accident along Marcelo Fernan Bridge at past 12 noon on Friday (July 27). No person was injured due to the incident. Only two trucks suffered serious damage. The collision…

Davide: ‘Fourth Cebu-Mactan Island bridge to ease traffic congestion’

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 07/06/2018

Cebu Provincial Governor Hilario Davide III is hopeful with the plan to construct a fourth bridge connecting mainland Cebu and Mactan Island will materialize. Based on the feasibility study conducted by Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), Davide…

Cebu’s 4th bridge eyed next year

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/05/2018

As work on a third Cebu-Mactan bridge gets underway this year, a fourth bridge linking mainland Cebu and Mactan Island may begin next year. “And we’re hoping that its feasibility study and engineering design will be finished…

Cordova will be ‘investor’s haven’ with third bridge

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/05/2018

THE third bridge that will connect mainland Cebu to Mactan Island has some stakeholders seeing the transformation of Cordova town into an “investors’ paradise.” “Cordova will be the new investors’ paradise not just in terms of tourism…

UPBEAT ON THIRD BRIDGE

MAO BA? 07/05/2018

Most netizens were upbeat on learning about the blessing ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) at the Cebu South Coastal Road (CSCR) yesterday. A netizen named Joseph M Flores Jr. commented, “I hope it will be…

Pedestrian bridge collapse at Mumbai train station injures 5

Inquirer.net 07/03/2018

MUMBAI, India — Part of a pedestrian bridge at a Mumbai train station collapsed Tuesday morning during heavy rains, trapping at least one person and injuring five. The concrete slab fell onto empty train tracks, damaging part…

More foot patrols on Mandaue-Mactan bridge to deter ‘jumpers’

Norman V. Mendoza 06/30/2018

Lapu-Lapu police will conduct more foot patrols on the first Mandaue-Mactan bridge to deter troubled people from using the bridge to take their own lives. Supt. Elmer Lim, Lapu-Lapu City Police Office deputy city director for administration,…

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