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No budget to maintain century-old trees in Cebu and other parts of the country? No problem, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) which issued an order directing all regional and district engineering offices…
Department Order 93 signed by Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson details guidelines and procedures for the proper pruning or cutting and/or cutting of trees. According to the order, trimming can only be done on branches…
The Cebu City Council will invite former congressman Tomas Osmeña to shed light on projects funded by his pork barrel in a public hearing scheduled on November 5. This developed after Osmeña submitted to the council a…
Officials are split on whether putting up railing at the foot of the Banilad-Talamban flyover would prevent pedestrians from crossing the road where a female call center agent was fatally hit by a speeding car last week.…
Only half of the road concreting projects earlier promised for Cebu City by Secretary Rogelio Singson of the Department of Public Works and Highways was approved for funding. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama confirmed this after meeting…
The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) deferred the city government’s request to set up pocket lanes in province-owned lots along the Banilad-Talamban road after questions were raised on the nature of the agreement in yesterday’s regular session. PB…
A class suit may be filed by several Cebu mayors after learning that Environment Secretary Ramon Paje will no longer issue tree-cutting permits for road widening projects without an “in-depth review” of other options and public consultation.…
THE “tree doctor” invited to give an independent assessment of the south Cebu trees is expected to arrive tomorrow. Dr. Roger de Guzman is a retired tree pathology professor of the University of the Philippines in Los…
After the DPWH, it’s now the turn of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to blink. Environment Secretary Ramon Paje was reported to have agreed to “rethink and reconsider” the tree-cutting permits they issued for road…
Further delays in dealing with roadside trees in south Cebu will jack up the cost of long-delayed road widening of the Carcar-Naga road, said former Cebu congressman Eduardo Gullas. He welcomed plans for an independent third party…
No more chainsaws for now. For three hours, mountain climber Dondon Dimpas sat on a huge branch of a century-old Acacia tree, where he hoisted himself up with a rope, on Thursday night. His peaceful protest frustrated…
It really was his handwriting. Regional public works chief Ador Canlas yesterday confirmed that the marginal notes on a newspaper clipping directing him to spare the trees on the roadside of the national highway in Carcar City…
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