Davide backs BRT, LRT projects, hopes BRT gets NEDA-ICC OK

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 04/26/2018

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III wants the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and the Light Rail Transit (LRT) projects to be implemented in Cebu. Davide said he was supporting both projects because they would benefit Cebuano commuters. Davide’s…

BRT OR BUST

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/25/2018

‘There’s no other alternative to the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) but the BRT.’ Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña emphasized this point as the National Economic Development Authority — Investment Coordination Committee (NEDA-ICC) failed to come up with…

Pernia: “Cebu BRT still subject for further deliberation”

Morexette B. Erram 04/25/2018

The National Economic and Development Authority – Investment Coordination Committee (NEDA – ICC) needs to further deliberate the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). This was the outcome during the NEDA ICC Cabinet Committee held earlier today. Socioeconomic…

Osmeña to seek NEDA’s help on BRT fate

Morexette B. Erram 04/24/2018

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña announced that he will be sending a formal letter today to the National Economic and Development Authority Investment Coordination Committee (NEDA – ICC) to intervene and review the recommendations of the Department…

‘STOPPING BRT NOT SOLUTION’

Morexette Marie B. Erram and Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/23/2018

The business sector is pushing for the implementation of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on one condition: widen the roads affected by the project. The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) issued a statement on…

Goodbye, BRT. So long, LRT

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 04/23/2018

When Socioeconomic and Planning Secretary and National Economic and Development Authority Director General Ernesto Pernia batted for two approaches to address Cebu City’s worsening traffic problem, that is, the Bus Rapid Transit and the Light Rail Transit,…

Ang komisyon maoy giawayansa BRT ug LRT?

Lloyd Suarez 04/22/2018

Di man seguro angay’ng awayan kung asa ta sa duha ka mga dagkung proyektu pagsulbad temporaryo sa grabeng traffic dinhi sa Metro Cebu. Alang nako mas maayo man gani nga ipatuman kining duha ka mass transit system…

Neda chief backs BRT

Jose Santino S. Bunachita and Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/19/2018

IMMEDIATE SOLUTION TO CEBU’S TRAFFIC WOES Transportation Assistant Secretary Mark Steven Pastor confirms DOTr received a proposal for a P155-billion Cebu LRT project but it was returned to the proponents because it had no feasibility study, among…

Tomas: Nothing can stop BRT

Morexette Erram 04/13/2018

Despite its recent setbacks and challenges, the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is still a go, and its proponents saying that it will be operational by 2021. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña assured that nothing will stop…

P14 MILLION AND RISING

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/12/2018

ADDED COST OF STALLED BRT PROJECT The construction of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system is yet to begin but the Philippine government was already charged P14 million for all the time that the project’s implementation…

Duterte’s wrath and the BRT prototype

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 04/12/2018

Even President Rodrigo Duterte must realize that only the most naive (gullible) or total fools would believe his claim that he had nothing to do with Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno’s ouster prior to his public declaration…

BRT now to cost P17B

Morexette Erram 04/11/2018

THE PROPOSED Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT) project in Cebu City will now cost P17 billion based on computation by the Commission on Audit (COA). “It’s COA’s computation. They computed the delay in the form of fees…

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