JICA offers P1B grant to MCWD for waste water treatment facility

Dyrecka Letigio 10/09/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is offering a P1 billion grant to the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) for the putting up of a modern wastewater treatment facility in Cebu City. MCWD…

4th Cebu-Mactan bridge groundbreaking before Duterte’s term ends – Secretary Villar

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar said the target for the groundbreaking of the 4th Cebu-Mactan bridge would be before the end of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term. Villar was…

$4B in additional loans for COVID-19 response underway

Ben O. de Vera 08/28/2020

At least a dozen more loans worth a total of $4.02 billion (over P195 billion) will be secured by the Philippines this year and in 2021 to finance response to and recovery from the health and socioeconomic…

4th Cebu-Mactan Bridge’s Target Completion in 2028

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Proponents of the 4th bridge that will link the islands of mainland Cebu and Mactan is targeting for it to be completed by 2028. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the lead agency…

JICA eyes feasibility study for 1st Cebu-Mactan bridge reconstruction

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) is planning to conduct a feasibility study for the reconstruction of the 1st bridge that connects mainland Cebu and Mactan Island. Engineer Nonato Paylado, chief of the…

Cebu City determined to pay off SRP loan before 2022

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is determined to pay off before the end of Mayor Edgardo Labella’s term the balance left of its P4.65 billion loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) for…

Untangling the traffic gridlock

and John Aroa, Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Norman V. Mendoza 09/27/2018

Solving Metro Cebu’s worsening traffic situation is not just a problem for the cities and towns of the metropolis but for the entire province of Cebu, as well. For the Metro Cebu Development Coordinating Board (MCDCB), which…

17 ECOZONES EYED

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/26/2017

CAPITOL TO MOVE DEVELOPMENT TO  THE COUNTRYSIDE The Capitol is moving toward bringing greater development to the countryside as it proposes potential sites for at least 17 new economic zones within Cebu province, away from the highly…

Consolacion port study done 30 years ago, says mayor

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/25/2016

THE study for Mega Harbour’s proposed international port project called the “Cebu International and Bulk Terminal” project has been prepared 30 years ago. Consolacion Mayor Teresa Alegado said this as she belied claims that there could have…

Cleaner water for a healthier Cebu

PR 09/24/2016

FACILITIES that will treat household septage and help minimize pollution of water bodies will be put in Metro Cebu soon with a P1-billion grant-in-aid from the government of Japan through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica). The…

Watch towers, radars in Cebu for vessels plying Mactan Channel

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/15/2016

TRAVELING via the Mactan Channel will be a lot safer as the Philippine Coast Guard completes installation of its three radars and control towers next year. “All the vessels coming in and out of the (Mactan) Channel…

Landfill’s recycling plant cuts down on workers, salaries

08/02/2016

INSIDE the Inayawan Sanitary Landfill is a facility that shreds plastic and converts it into fluff fuel to be sold to cement manufacturers. The P30 million Mansei recycling plant built in January last year was funded by…

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