Third bridge means more job opportunities for Cebuanos

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/15/2017

The representative of the joint venture that will be constructing the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) project, assured that local manpower will also be sourced for the project. Ruben Camba, the authorized representative of the Cebu Link Joint…

Mactan bridge construction to begin in middle of 2018

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/14/2017

The construction of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) project, also known as the third bridge connecting mainland Cebu to Mactan Island, is expected to begin by the second quarter of 2018; and once completed, the bridge might…

Bridge contractor told: Don’t cut down mangroves

Futch Anthony Inso 12/06/2017

NO mangrove trees will be cut to pave the way for the construction of the third bridge or the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) that will connect Cebu City to Cordova town. Eduardo Inting, Asst. Regional Director for…

Consortium bags P22.6B Cordova bridge project

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/04/2017

DESIGN AND BUILD CONTRACT The much-anticipated bridge project connecting Cebu City to the town of Cordova on Mactan Island has taken another step toward its realization following the awarding of a “design and build” contract to a…

Dead man found floating below Fernan bridge

Norman Mendoza 12/02/2017

  THE remains of an unidentified man believed to be in his mid 40s was found floating at the waters below Marcelo Fernan Bridge at the Lapu-Lapu City side last Friday morning, Dec. 1. SPO1 Lydo Pinos…

Post-mortem bridge

JASON BAGUIA 11/03/2017

Long ago, someone embossed Death on the stone chapel’s pediment. There she reigns, a gray skeleton with a crown on her skull, a scythe in her right hand, an hourglass in her left. No cross stands on…

THREE DIE AS FOOTBRIDGE COLLAPSES

Benjie Talisic, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/29/2017

  It was not an unusual rainy morning for residents in Sitio Riverside, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City: Water from the nearby creek has started to rise and the current was getting strong. But what made the situation…

Palace lauds AFP for retaking Bayabao Bridge

Inquirer 09/02/2017

  Malacañang on Saturday lauded the military’s retaking of a strategic bridge in Marawi City from the Islamic State-inspired terrorists. On Friday morning, government forces have taken control of Bayabao Bridge in Barangay Banggolo, which became a…

Battle for Bayabao Bridge

Inquirer 09/01/2017

  MARAWI CITY — Three more soldiers died while 52 others were wounded when government security forces battled Maute gunmen and their allies over the control of another bridge inside the main battle area here on Thursday,…

Terror threats

Editorial 06/05/2017

While the Resorts World Manila attack may not be terrorist violence, last Saturday’s attacks at London Bridge that killed six people and three assailants have alarmed citizens around the world and gave governments pause to ponder on…

Girl, stepfather saved from bridge jump

Norman V. Mendoza 05/15/2017

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl was rescued from drowning by a motorist and police after her stepfather tried to jump off the Mandaue-Mactan bridge with her in tow last Sunday dawn. The stepfather’s identity is being withheld to protect…

DPWH begins studies on 4th Cebu-Mactan bridge

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/04/2017

  Studies to be conducted by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are underway for the construction of a fourth bridge linking the island of Mactan to mainland Cebu. According to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)…

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