A “BASKET of solutions” has been lined up to address the worsening traffic congestion in the metropolis. Four projects have been identified by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) as components of the synchronized transportation system that will…
Several agricultural projects are lined up for Cebu City’s mountain barangays regardless of their political affiliation, the barangay captain designated as project coordinator for the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. Mabolo Barangay Captain Niña Mabatid said she…
THE growing demand for rooftop solar projects has prompted Cebu-based energy firm Vivant Corporation to pursue these small-scale projects not just in Cebu but in other parts of the country as well. Since they started in 2017,…
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s State of the City Address (SOCA) will center on the BRT and the P18-billion Kawit Island projects. He said on Monday that he will try to convince all Cebuanos to support…
P3.3B FOR 2018 INVESTMENTS In order to provide electricity in more unserviced areas, listed energy firm Vivant Corporation (VVT) is developing renewable hybrid power projects in different parts of the country. These power projects, which aim to…
DESPITE lamenting on the worsening traffic situation caused by the underpass construction, Cebu City Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera welcomed the announcement that the project is 75 percent complete. “I hope it’s true that it’s 75 percent complete. We…
P8.8B KOREAN LOAN FOR CONSOLACION PROJECT There should be unity and alignment of all stakeholders in supporting priority projects of the government. Glenn Soco, Regional Development Council in Central Visayas infrastructure development committee head, made this call…
(PART 1) ‘BUILD, BUILD, BUILD’ A metro expressway. Bridges to Bohol and Negros islands. New international port with bypass road. Cebu’s landscape is expected to change in four years when the Duterte administration implements these major infrastructure…
The Cebu City Council has disapproved the use of the 1.7 hectare property in Barangay Binaliw, Cebu City as a material recovery facility (MRF) and landfill site. With nine councilors voting against it, ARN Builders’ application to…
Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III wants the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and the Light Rail Transit (LRT) projects to be implemented in Cebu. Davide said he was supporting both projects because they would benefit Cebuano commuters. Davide’s…
“I need China,” said President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, stressing that he would count on Beijing to back his administration’s programs, especially his multi-trillion infrastructure projects. “More than anybody else at this time of our national life,…
When bureaucrats and elected officials argue over which projects should get implemented or not, it’s not them but the public whom they were supposed to serve that suffers the most from the fallout of their oftentimes unnecessary…
