Cebu City execs to answer Dino’s BRT claims

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/28/2017

CEBU City Hall officials will be answering point-by-point the arguments of Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino on the feasibility of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. According to Francisco Fernandez, executive assistant of Mayor…

DOTr assures BRT for Cebu despite opposition from Dino

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/27/2017

PROPONENTS of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) are now trying to convince their biggest critic—Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino—to support the project. Department of Transportation (DOTr) Assistant Secretary Arnold Fabillar said they have already…

Small traders worried

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/23/2017

For as long as she knows, 34-year old Rosita Perin and her family have lived along Colon St. in Cebu City. It was where she grew up, got married and started her small business of selling “ukay-ukay”…

Stopping the BRT

Editorial 07/19/2017

As if demanding for the repeal of the phaseout of aging jeepneys isn’t enough, jeepney drivers and operators in Metro Cebu have trained their sights on the Cebu City Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) that would sooner or…

City Hall to pay for lots along BRT system route

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/18/2017

Property owners whose lots would be affected by the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project will receive compensation from the government. BRT project manager Rafael Yap gave this assurance to stakeholders during yesterdays public hearing by the…

BRT project can no longer be stopped

Inna Gian Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/05/2017

THE implementation of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project can no longer be stopped. BRT Project Implementation Unit (PIU) head Rafael Yap said the World Bank (WB)–funded project is no longer in the planning and development…

Why cancel the BRT?

Editorial 07/05/2017

In calling for a review, not the cancellation of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, some 45 barangay officials of Cebu City said they were not consulted by the project management office. The 45 barangay officials signed…

MAO BA?

MAO BA? 07/04/2017

BRT OR LRT? What do netizens make of a proposal to scrap the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in favor of the Light Railway Transit (LRT) project? Billy Santos wrote, “No room for BRT… you do need…

STUDY BRT MORE

Ador Vincent Mayol, Inna Gian Mejia, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/03/2017

  45 village chiefs sign manifesto to take a second look on P10B project More than half of the 80 village chiefs in Cebu City have expressed reservations on the proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. At least 45…

BLURRING POLITICS

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/02/2017

THERE are no permanent friends or enemies in politics, only permanent interests. This is indeed evident in Cebu’s political landscape that changed colors from yellow to red after Rodrigo Duterte swept the 2016 presidential elections in a…

‘There’s no need to cancel BRT project’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/02/2017

Citing the immediate need for infrastructure to address Cebu City’s traffic problem, a transport leader in Cebu said there would be no need to cancel the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Cebu City. Ryan Benjamin Yu,…

EARTHBALLING BRT TREES

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/28/2017

  The shade provided by the trees near her home in Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City, has made the summer heat bearable for 72-year-old Teresita Ruiz. She said these trees were just the handful that remained from those…

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