BRT’S FATE

MAO BA? 07/19/2018

News that the Department of Transportation (DOTR) put on hold the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects in Manila and Cebu drew mixed reactions from netizens. Vino Ver Janson wrote, “palapdi usa nang dalan ninyo dihas Cebu..” Facebook…

Tomas upbeat on BRT’s chances

Morexette B. Erram 04/21/2018

The chances of Cebu City’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project starting work are “good enough to bet on”, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said. The P17 billion BRT project is up for discussion by the Investment Coordination…

BRT’S STATUS

MAO BA? 04/08/2018

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s assurance that the P16 billion Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) will proceed despite delays drew mixed reactions from netizens. Dale L Roach said,”For the BRT to work, the street will need to…

BRT’s survival

Editorial 09/15/2017

Again, the fate of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lies not in the Department of Transportation (DOTr), as Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino said, but in the hands of President Rodrigo Duterte who may or…

BRT’s fate

Editorial 08/09/2017

It didn’t take much for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project to get derailed, at least temporarily, as shown by last week’s surprise announcement by Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia that he supports putting on hold or…

The BRT’s viability

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 07/06/2017

As I wrote this piece, a quake disrupted what looked to be just another office day at the Cebu Daily News newsroom at past 4 p.m. yesterday; and the tremors, while thankfully not that strong, were more…

These can be done

Peter Wallace 09/22/2016

Here are some of the things I think we’d all like to see done real soon, like this year. It will need President Duterte’s determination to force bureaucrats to perform and Congress to act with dispatch. If…

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