Bypass road eyed for new int’l port

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/06/2016

A BYPASS road that will connect the old Cebu International Port (CIP) in Cebu City to the planned Cebu International Port in Consolacion, northern Cebu is being considered by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).…

Senate OKs on second reading resolution to ratify AIIB Treaty

11/30/2016

The Senate has adopted on second reading a resolution seeking its concurrence in the ratification of the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). No senator objected when Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto…

Dino hopes court to allow housing in Bantayan Island

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/29/2016

PRESIDENTIAL Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino said he was confident the court will lift the injunction on the issuance of Environmental Compliance Certificates (ECC) for construction projects on Bantayan Island, northern Cebu. Dino anchored his optimism…

Infra spending hike to grow logistics sector by 300%

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/24/2016

Increased spending on infrastructure, which is the thrust of the Duterte administration especially on improved transport facilities, is expected to grow the Philippine logistics industry by at least 300 percent in the next four years. Jonathan Cabaltera,…

RDC-7 infra body approves north Cebu bypass road

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/16/2016

The Central Visayas Regional Development Council-Infrastructure Development Committee (RDC 7-IDC) has approved the Mandaue–Consolacion–Liloan bypass road project seen to decongest traffic along the northern highway in Cebu. National Economic and Development AuthorityCentral Visayas (Neda-7) Director Efren Carreon…

Traffic crisis bill wants execs to also take public transport

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/14/2016

It seems like “experience is the best teacher” insofar as the traffic crisis bill is concerned, which wants public officials to also take public transport. In a text message on Monday, Catanduanes Rep. Cesar Sarmiento, who chairs…

YOLANDA STATUS REPORT: More work to be done, 3 yrs after

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/08/2016

Government agencies have completed 74 percent of all Yolanda rehabilitation projects in Central Visayas after three years, but an official of the regional National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA-7) said a lot remains to be done. Based…

Cargo volume up

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/03/2016

The booming economy and thriving import sector in Cebu province have resulted to a 20 percent increase of the volume of cargo passing through ports in Cebu in the first nine months of the year. According to…

CPA stands by authority over ports amid suspected political maneuvers

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/24/2016

A Cebu Port Authority (CPA) official has asserted his office’s mandate following reports of investment pledges from a Chinese company to help a Filipino firm in its international port project in Cebu on the very same site…

‘The ice is melting’

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/24/2016

That’s how Xu Liping, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences quoted by the Chinese daily, Global Times, described in a nutshell President Rodrigo Duterte’s 4-day state visit to China. He could have been pointing…

Chinese bank to give PH firms $3B credit line

Inquirer.net 10/20/2016

Beijing — The Bank of China will open on Friday a $3 billion credit facility for Philippine industries and infrastructure in a deal to be sealed as the concluding activity of President Rodrigo Duterte’s state visit to…

DepEd partners with Globe for Adopt-A-School program

PR 10/17/2016

The Department of Education (DepEd) has tapped Globe Telecom as an official partner for the Adopt-A-School (AAS) program, which enjoins all private entities to assist public schools in areas such as infrastructure, health and nutrition, teaching skills…

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