Cebu to get lion’s share of DPWH regional budget

Vanessa Claire Lucero 10/22/2015

About half of every peso allotted for road projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Central Visayas next year will go to Cebu. Ador Canlas, DPWH regional director, told subdivision developers yesterday that…

Old Tesda wall demolished for sidewalk

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/25/2015

The concrete wall fence  of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) 7 office along Salinas Drive was demolished yesterday, giving more room for pedestrians to walk through. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama led the ceremonial…

Only 3 trees can survive transfer

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/04/2015

Cebu City Hall’s Parks and Playgrounds Commission (PPC) still wants to earthball, not cut, the 15 trees along Pope John Paul II Avenue despite an assessment by environment officials that only three trees can survive the transfer.…

‘Spare century-old houses’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/03/2015

Will DPWH hold off demolishing  century-old houses or is road widening more needed? Two century-old houses along M.J. Cuenco Ave. in Cebu City will have to give way to  road-widening project by the  Department of Public Works…

Wa magkadima-o ang mga pulis sa Minglanilla

Lloyd Suarez 08/26/2015

Wa ko mahimuot sa gibalita ni Provincial Prosecutor  Pepita  Jane Petralba  nga  wa  magkadima-o ang  trabaho sa kapulisan  pagkuhag  judicial  confession kang  Estelito Sasisor Recamora alyas Lito kinsa usa sa tulo ka  mga  panday  nga  responsable  pagpatay…

Unbearable traffic

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Melissa Q. Cabahug 07/22/2015

Clock ticking for Mandaue, Cebu City to coordinate reroute schemes Complaints continue to mount about “unbearable traffic” in Mandaue City where nine ongoing road projects by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) started in summer.…

‘CEBU CAN DO THIS’

Apple Ta-as, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/18/2015

New PNP chief  upbeat about APEC hosting; says only ‘fine-tuning’ needed Only “fine-tuning” is needed for Cebu’s preparations for the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum (APEC) meetings here, said newly installed police chief Director General  Ricardo Marquez yesterday. One…

DPWH open to center island removal

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/16/2015

THE regional Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is open to a proposal by Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama to remove the center island along Pope John Paul II Avenue to decongest traffic in the city.…

Mandaue to start traffic experiment this August

Norman V. Mendoza, Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/16/2015

Mandaue City will start its 60-day dry run of the experimental one-way traffic scheme in the first week of August. The Mandaue City Council approved the scheme  yesterday. The council authorized TEAM (Traffic Enforcement and Management) to…

SEI diffuses potential Ironman race hiccups

Glendale G. Rosal 07/16/2015

As race day nears, Sunrise Events Inc. (SEI), the organizer of the Cobra Ironman 70.3 Philippines, is faced with another potential headache for the August 2 race that will start and finish at the plush Shangri-la’s Mactan…

Rama backs traffic board, wants private sector head

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/12/2015

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama supported a proposal by Rep. Luigi Quisumbing of Cebu’s 6th district to create a traffic board for Metro Cebu. But Rama said it’s better if the board chairman is from the private…

Terrible Mandaue traffic

Ricky Poca 07/12/2015

For several months now many people using the roads in Mandaue City have complained of  worsening traffic caused by  simultaneous road projects by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Even the business community has given…

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