City builds a shortcut to the Inayawan landfill from SRP

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/22/2016

CEBU City Hall is constructing a new bridge-like access into the Inayawan landfill from the Mambaling side of the South Road Properties (SRP). In order to avoid costs, the city will use its spare culverts to form…

2017 Cebu City Budget Drainage exclusion explained

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/18/2016

WITH recent rains highlighting problems of urban flooding in Cebu City, it came as a surprise when the executive department of the Cebu City Hall did not include major drainage projects in its annual budget proposal for…

Cebu inches towards full recovery three years after

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/14/2016

Stone after stone, brick by brick, the road to recovery from the 7.2-magnitude earthquake which jolted Central Philippines on October 15, 2013, was slow but sure. In its epicenter, Bohol, the energy released by the powerful earthquake,…

Labella asks Cebu City disaster office to assess soil erosion in Budlaan

Margarette Managaytay 09/30/2016

CEBU City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella requested the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) officer-in-charge Nagiel Bañacia to conduct a “more intensive assessment” in Sitio Lower Tac-an, Barangay Budlaan. This is due to the…

Alcover hits rampant quarrying in three villages

Margarette Managaytay 09/21/2016

CEBU City Councilor Pastor Alcover Jr. called on Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to reconvene the city’s Mining Regulatory Board (CCMRB) following reports of rampant quarrying in the city’s three mountain barangays. In a privilege speech during…

Cebu City gets new equipment

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/02/2015

CEBU City Hall has acquired a set of brand new heavy equipment amounting to P35 million. The equipment were blessed yesterday afternoon at Magellan’s Park. These included two vibratory compactors (P4.8 million each), a hydraulic excavator (P9…

Cebu City Council mulls P18.1-B investment plan

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/22/2015

WHILE Cebu City Hall’s proposed annual budget next year is only P8.9 billion, it proposed a 2016 Annual Investment Plan (AIP) that is twice as big at  P18.1 billion. In yesterday’s City Council session, Councilor Margot Osmeña,…

City disaster management office identifies 10 unsafe structures

Nestle L. Semilla 07/14/2015

AT least 10 buildings in Cebu City are considered in danger of collapsing especially during a powerful earthquake. Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CCDRRMO) executive director Simeon Romarate said the buildings are either abandoned, dilapidated,…

Dredging in Estero de Parian to start soon

Joana Belsonda, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/24/2015

DREDGING works for the portion of Estero de Parian in Colon St. are set to start next week. Cebu City Legal Officer Jerone Castillo, who heads City Hall’s Colon Revitalization Program, said they have already identified the area…

Cebu City Council weighs how to do river dredging

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/14/2014

With urban flooding becoming more frequent, even after a two-hour downpour, the Cebu City Council turned down a proposal to rent equipment to immediately start dredging creeks and rivers. Instead of renting, the council said it would…

Cebu City Hall allots P70M for dredging

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/23/2014

At least P70 million will be set aside by the Cebu city government for dredging and desilting rivers and waterways. After the Sept. 18 downpour caused widespread street flooding, this was the immediate action city officials agreed…

Hospital project moves ahead as Cebu City approves P325.5M supplemental budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/22/2014

The bidding for the new Cebu City Medical Center was assured yesterday  when the Cebu City Council approved the P325.5 million first Supplemental Budget (SB1) submitted by  Mayor Michael Rama. Most of the amount or P300 million…

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