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…

BRT project phases for bidding within third quarter of the year

Carmel Loise Matus, Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/31/2016

WHILE plans for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Cebu City are already underway, an Arizona-based educator said he thinks the transport scheme isn’t viable here. Dr. Douglas Webster, a professor of East Asian Urbanization in…

Labella should not represent Cebu City in Mega Cebu: Tom

07/18/2016

There will be no representation of Cebu City in meetings involving Mega Cebu, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said yesterday. The mayor reiterated this after former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama asked the Metro Cebu Development and…

Tom: Cebu City out of Mega Cebu

Nestle Semilla 07/15/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the city will leave the Mega Cebu program since it is just “cheese for the imagination” and thus doesn’t exist. In yesterday’s press conference, Osmeña said Cebu City doesn’t have anything…

Bid for study aid endorsed to Japan embassy

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/17/2016

THE proposed feasibility study on a provincial development master plan has already been endorsed to the Japanese Embassy in the Philippines by the Department of Foreign Affairs. Director Efren Carreon of the National Economic and Development Authority…

Landbank agrees to defer loan payment to Aug. 20

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Juli Ann M. Sibi 02/17/2016

The Cebu City government may pay the amortization for the South Road Properties (SRP) loan on Aug. 20, instead of Feb. 20, but will have to pay certain charges. The Feb. 20 payable, around 440 million yen…

SRP DEBT RISING

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/11/2016

The Cebu City government faces a penalty of nearly P2 million a day if it fails to pay the amortization for the South Road Properties (SRP) loan on Feb. 20. “There would be penalties and charges. It…

MCWD gets equipment worth P33M

Mary Claire U. Catado 01/14/2016

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) turned over P33 million worth of equipment to the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) yesterday. Renato Mercado, MCWD  board of directors chairman, said that the two mobile siphon filtration tanks (MSTs)…

Let May election be the judge

Ricky Poca 01/03/2016

Happy New Year to all! It will be a year to   renew our relation- ship with God and with one  other. I know many are composing  New Year resolutions but I bet that many of them are…

DPWH 7 worried about delay in bridge repair

Nestle L. Semilla 12/13/2015

Minor repairs started on first Mandaue-Mactan bridge THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 7 voiced concern over requests by local officials to delay the repair of the first Mandaue-Mactan bridge. He said this would  only…

‘LET CITY PAY OFF SRP LOAN’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/03/2015

After Dec. 31, debt is  P524 million more;  City Council still won’t pass special budget   Passing up the  chance to pay off the loan for the South Road Properties (SRP) by December  31, would mean an…

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