Businessmen’s call came amid Cebu’s tourism growth AS the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) opens its gates to more international destinations in the next two years, local business and tourism stakeholders called for better infrastructure in the province…
CEBU business leaders are lining up activities to help them maximize in getting a share of the opportunities in 2017 as they look back at a productive 2016. With President Duterte winning, the last few months of…
With the Regional Development Council’s (RDC) approval of the feasibility study on the proposed Mandaue-Consolacion-Liloan bypass road project, Mandaue City Mayor Gabriel Luis “Luigi” Quisumbing expressed optimism that Mandaue will soon get rid of huge container trucks…
PIDIE JAYA, Indonesia — Indonesian President Joko Widodo pledged Friday to help the people of Aceh rebuild as he toured areas worst-hit by a devastating earthquake that killed more than 100 people and left thousands homeless. The…
17.5-km Cebu-Bohol Friendship Bridge project gets Neda Board’s nod If plans don’t miscarry, travel to Cebu from Bohol or even as far as Leyte and Negros Oriental on the western side of Cebu will just be one…
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).…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
