Cebu City plans downtown pedestrianization with trees, walking paths starting year-end

Pia Piquero 06/29/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City is forging ahead with another road development this year despite the controversies surrounding ongoing road infrastructure projects. The city is targeting to commence the partial pedestrianization of its “Heritage Loop” before…

CBRT project faces uncertainty amid mismanagement, land disputes

Pia Piquero 04/04/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) was originally designed to ease city traffic but now faces problems due to project mismanagement and land disputes, causing uncertainty of the project’s future. Experts found fault with…

Capitol wants ‘just compensation’ from DOTr over Cebu BRT

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial government wants ‘just compensation’ from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) as the latter is set to start civil works for the much-delayed Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).  Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia…

BRT groundbreaking moved to February 24

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 01/24/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The scheduled groundbreaking ceremony for the long-awaited Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) has been rescheduled to February 24, 2023. Engr. Bu Varquez, the city’s BRT project overseer, in a press conference on Monday,…

DOTr promises to start Cebu BRT Package 1 within first 100 days of PBBM

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) aims to award the contract for package 1 of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project within the first 100 days of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in office.…

Hybrid work set-up a key issue in CIB.O’s Transformation Summit

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Is hybrid the best type of work setup in the Information Technology Business Process Management (IT/BPM). This is one of the key issues that the Cebu IT-BPM Organization (CIB.O) will be tackling during…

BRT update: Where is the project at?

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is one of the major projects in Cebu City that has been a center of public concern, scrutiny, and political debates. Recently, Cebu City Councilor Nestor Archival expressed…

LTFRB-7 identifying transport cooperatives affected by phase 1 of BRT Project

Futch Anthony Inso 05/31/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) is now identifying transport cooperatives that will be affected in phase 1 of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. LTFRB-7 regional director…

Margot O wants return of Longlife program, improve Second Chance, CCMC

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/05/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City mayoral candidate, Margarita “Margot O” Osmena, of the Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK) said she will revive the Longlife Program and improve the Operation Second Chance and Cebu City Medical Center…

SRP Bagsakan illegal structures to be demolished

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government plans to demolish illegal structures in the Bagsakan at the South Road Properties (SRP). Market Authority Head Racquel Arce said that the SRP Management has requested the removal of…

Councilor Cuenco laments slow progress of Cebu City BRT project 

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu City Councilor James Cuenco, the chairperson of the City Council’s committee on transportation, laments the slow progress of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project here.  Cuenco said that he is still waiting for the…

Tomas and Dino squabble anew over BRT

Dyrecka Letigio 10/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Presidential Assistant to the Visayas, Secretary Michael Dino are once again at odds over the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project of the city, blaming each other…

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