High-rise housing for the urban poor?

Mary Racelis - @inquirerdotnet 02/08/2023

Don’t build houses for poor families unless the poor can afford them! Make sure they are at least adequate for decent living!” These are the caveats given by people long involved in urban poor housing to those…

Rama’s P51.4B annual budget and his quest for a Singapore-like Cebu City

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 01/01/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With the approval of his requested P50 billion plus annual budget for 2023, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he does not want to make any promises but rather “work hard and make…

Cebu City Council OKs P51.4B 2023 annual budget

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama now has a new working budget for 2023. This was after the Cebu City Council, on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 28, 2022, approved, with three objections and one abstention,…

Over P1 billion infrastructure projects proposed for Cebu City in 2023

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 10/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Over one billion worth of infrastructure projects are being proposed for implementation in Cebu City in 2023. All these are contained in the proposed allocation that Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama recently submitted…

Rama secures P575M pledge for five socialize housing units from country’s top investors

Wenilyn Sabalo 08/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama’s four-day “investment promotion” in Manila yielded about P575 million worth of pledges for the construction of at least five medium-rise buildings (MRBs) for the City’s socialized housing project. The amount…

Rama hopeful to get P15B aid from national gov’t for Cebu City rehabilitation

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s request for national aid from President Rodrigo Duterte post-Typhoon Odette has finally been answered three months since the disaster. Mayor Michael Rama said in his Monday press conference that the national…

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