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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…
THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) said it cannot prioritize the building and operation of dams at the Mananga-Kotkot-Lusaran river basins amid public clamor for additional sources of potable water. During a meeting of the Metro Cebu…
Infrastructure development planners yesterday asked the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Mega Cebu Development and Coordinating Board (MCDCB) to compromise and come up with a unified approach to solve the traffic congestion at…
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…
THE Mega Cebu Development and Coordinating Board (MCDCB) will submit to Congress its proposal for a Metro Cebu Development Authority before the legislators adjourn next month. “That is our target,” Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III, chairman of…
Areas outside Metro Cebu will not be left out of development. This was the assurance of Gov. Hilario Davide III after the Provincial Board (PB) on Monday deferred approval of a proposed Mega Cebu roadmap study after…
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama supported a proposal by Rep. Luigi Quisumbing of Cebu’s 6th district to create a traffic board for Metro Cebu. But Rama said it’s better if the board chairman is from the private…
The rainy season has begun, but Metro Cebu isn’t ready for the return of flashfloods. Summer came and went, with no massive dredging of the Mahiga Creek or other waterways that overflow during a downpour. And just…
THE mayor of Tuburan town, midwest Cebu, is asking the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to allow the transfer of of some prisoners to a neighboring municipality in order to decongest the jail. The town…
INDISCRIMINATE waste disposal and obstructions in waterways were cited by some Metro Cebu mayors as the biggest problems that should be addressed in a new feasibility study for a metro-wide drainage and flood control plan. “For me,…
CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III said he was not disturbed by the announcement of former governor Emilio “Lito” Osmeña that he would reveal damaging information against Davide that would show a “heinous crime” was committed against Cebu…
Stakeholders of the Mega Cebu Development and Coordinating Board (MCDCB) yesterday entered into an agreement to signify their renewal of commitment and support to the activities laid down by the body. “As we renew our faith during…
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