Infra projects, decentralization thrust to benefit Cebu’s office space sector

Irene R. Sino Cruz 12/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The government’s infrastructure projects and decentralization thrust will benefit Cebu’s office property sector since Cebu is the largest business destination outside Metro Manila, according to Colliers International, a global leader in commercial real estate services. …

30 towns to receive P2 million funds from Capitol for infrastructure

Rosalie Abatayo 12/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Capitol will be giving out P2 million worth of projects, preferably for infrastructure, to the 30 out of 44 component municipalities of the province. The 30 towns are those whose mayors attended…

All-Time High: Gwen wants P12 B budget in 2020

Rosalie Abatayo 10/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia endorsed to the Provincial Board an all-time high budget of P12 billion for 2020. The amount almost tripled this year’s budget of P4.69 billion. In her endorsement letter to…

Cebu execs expect Duterte’s SONA to tackle infra, West Philippine Sea, drugs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Rosalie Abatayo 07/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — What does President Rodrigo Duterte have in store for Cebu and the rest of the Visayas and Mindanao? This is one of the questions that Cebuano officials wish to find answers to as…

COA flags Capitol for delay in implementing P422-M worth of infra projects

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — State auditors have flagged the “undue delay” of the implementation of P422-million worth of infrastructure projects of the Cebu provincial government. In the Commission on Audit’s (COA) Annual Audit Report for 2018, the…

Proposed monorail project for Cebu gets exec’s support

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Undersecretary Michael Dino, Presidential assistant for the Visayas, expressed his support for the monorail project proposed by a Davao-based entrepreneur. The Department of Transportation (DoTr) had granted the original proponent status to the…

Villarete: BRT infrastructure’s completion pushed to 2021

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The completion of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Cebu is pushed to 2021 following the integration of some changes in the design, setting back the Detailed Engineering Design (DED) by at least eight…

Razon: Countries with best infrastructure are dictatorships

Inquirer.net 11/13/2017

ONE of the country’s richest Filipinos said that infrastructure development and democracy cannot go hand in hand, hinting that there might be a benefit in being ran by a dictator. International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) chairman…

Presidential adviser’s call: Bring back PPP

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/01/2017

THE government should strengthen its relationship with the country’s private sector, starting with bringing back Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in the implementation of big-ticket infrastructure projects. This was the call made by Jose Ma. “Joey” Concepcion III, presidential…

French exec: Infrastructure can bring investors into Cebu

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/17/2017

THE right infrastructure will not only attract foreign investors to locate in Cebu but will also help them expand their operations to other parts of the Philippines. Such was the case of French company Delfingen, a global…

Billions of pesos of infrastructure projects seen to fuel growth in Cebu

Victor Anthony V. Silva and Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/26/2017

Connectivity, real estate and growth New access to connectivity projects are expected to spur economic growth in Cebu City and Cebu province and also seen to fuel growth to the real estate industry especially in the countryside.…

“Brighter future” for Cebu BRT project

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/11/2017

The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) – Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) Cabinet Committee (CabCom) has approved the additional budget request for the Cebu BRT project in a meeting in Manila on Friday afternoon. According to BRT-Project Implementation…

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