Developer eyes tourists market for 23-storey hotel

Dominic D. Yasay 12/18/2016

A LOCAL hotel developer is looking at getting a bigger share of tourists in Cebu and is trying to make Mandaue City the next central business district in Metro Cebu with its latest 23-storey hotel project called…

Cebu bizmen: Cebu-Bohol bridge will spur tourism, economic growth

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/07/2016

CEBUANO business leaders are looking forward to the planned Cebu-Bohol Friendship Bridge, a project which they said will help spur the economies of the two neighboring island-provinces. Gordon Alan Joseph, president of the Cebu Business Club (CBC),…

‘Serging sowed seeds of Cebu’s economic growth’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/04/2016

Sergio “Serging” Osmeña Jr.’s legacy as a visionary leader is seen in the many projects he pursued which were instrumental in shaping Cebu into an economic powerhouse in the country. During yesterday’s commemoration of Serging’s 100th birth…

MOU signed for new Minglanilla industrial park

Norman V. Mendoza 12/02/2016

THE Minglanilla Ming-Mori Industrial Park Project has taken an important leap forward with a recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) and the Municipality of Minglanilla. The PRA was represented by its…

BRT project hits snag

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/28/2016

Bidding for technical services not completed; Tomas to follow up with DOTR Cebu City’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project hit a snag as one of the papers for one of its consultants wasn’t signed by former transportation…

RDC-7 infra body approves north Cebu bypass road

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/16/2016

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…

CPA gets OK to start P9B port project

Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/15/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte has given the go signal for the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) to proceed with its proposed P9.2-billion international port project in the northern town of Consolacion in Cebu province. This means that the CPA…

Closing circles

Francis B. Ongkingco 11/11/2016

A way to describe our life projects or ambitions is to compare them to drawing circles. One patiently connects the dots, so to speak, until a circle is finished before moving on to the next goal. Once…

Cebu City’s disaster office proposes a P350.8-M budget for 2017

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/11/2016

The Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (CCDRRMO) is asking for a P350.8 million budget for next year, up by P58.3 million from its budget allocation this year. CCDRRMO head Nagiel Bañacia, during the budget hearing…

Maine Mendoza in Cebu for Aldub library project

Apple Ta-as 10/26/2016

MAINE Mendoza graced the Queen City of the South with her presence to personally turn over an Aldub Library Project in a school in Barangay Taptap, located in the upland area of Cebu City. The country’s Dubsmash…

P9.13B port project will be Cebu’s big one this year

Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/17/2016

If President Rodrigo Duterte would approve it by the end of the year, work on a big-time infrastructure project in Cebu would start on the later part of next year. Efren Carreon, regional director of the National…

Tom to persuade Davide to cancel Ciudad project

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/30/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he will try and convince Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III not to push through with the Ciudad project in Barangay Apas. In yesterday’s press conference, the mayor said the Ciudad project,…

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