Roderic “Ricky” Rama-Poca was many things to many people whose lives he had touched. For his former students at the University of San Carlos (USC), where he taught under the Department of Political Science from 1993 to…
PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY Part of the alignment of the proposed monorail project in Cebu will be merging with the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. These are shown in the results of the project’s pre-feasibility study. Philtram Transportation…
The Ayala group is poised to pour P39 billion into several projects in Cebu over the next five years as a sign of confidence in the province’s economy as well as their aggressive expansion in the Visayas…
P18B UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL It will take more than “mesmerizing” figures to convince Barug Team Rama councilors on the P18-billion unsolicited proposal of a giant firm to develop the Kawit property in the South Road Properties (SRP). In…
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is planning to avail of the P3-billion loan with the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) to fund various infrastructure, drainage and road concreting projects. If pursued, City Hall will have…
While the country’s property sector continues to grow, it isn’t expanding as fast as before, prompting a real estate consultant to warn aspiring entrants into the industry to reconsider their plans while they still can. Professor Eric…
CEBU City’s Department of Engineering and Public Works (DEPW) assures that there are enough drainage and flood-control projects for next year. If not, then the budget can always be augmented, said City Engineer and DEPW head Josefa…
CEBU Big-ticket projects in solar energy and cement registered at the Board of Investments Cebu Extension Office (BoI-Cebu) helped push investments in Cebu in the third quarter to P20 million, which is a marked improvement to previous…
CEV-Norkis tieup A residential development and a memorial park project worth P1.4 billion is expected to bring more economic progress to Compostela town, a third class municipality 31.6 kilometers from Cebu City. This developed after a Minglanilla-based…
Hoping to attract more investors for big-ticket power projects, the energy department plans to adopt streamlined approval processes for faster implementation of these projects and eventually address the growing power demand in the country especially in the…
The Barug Team Rama bloc of the Cebu City Council called for a review of the six projects for the rehabilitation and remediation of the Inayawan landfill worth P52.4 million. They zeroed in on the P35.1-million allocation…
INVEST in solar energy and other renewable energy (RE) projects, and build six more power plants in strategic locations in the Visayas. Energy Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella made this call to investors, encouraging them to invest in…
