Any improvements or projects to be done at the Inayawan landfill should wait until a comprehensive closure plan is finalized for the site, opposition Barug Team Rama councilors said yesterday. In yesterday’s City Council session, the opposition…
OPPORTUNITIES in ‘infra’s golden age’ Developers are encouraged to zero in on the thriving opportunities outside the country’s capital as the government ushers in a “golden age of infrastructure” through its ambitious “Build, Build, Build” program. Property…
A QUICK search on the Internet for Philippine eco-architecture yields top-of-the-page results on architect and interior designer James Galias Jao, a Bicolano educated in Manila (University of Santo Tomas) and living—and practising—in Cebu for some 30 years.…
WHILE local business groups backed the government’s proposed tax reform program, one industry leader stressed the importance of spending funds generated from this initiative wisely. Cebu Business Club (CBC) president Gordon Alan Joseph said he hopes…
The Duterte administration’s ambitious “Build, Build, Build” program might not be completed if Congress would not pass the proposed comprehensive tax reform program, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said. Dominguez told senators during the briefing on…
HOMEGROWN property firm Priland Development Corp. is poised to spend up to P5 billion this year until 2019 for 10 projects in Cebu as it banks on the growing real estate demand here. Ramon Carlo Yap, Priland…
“Political, if not graft.” This was how Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña described the decision of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to temporarily halt the implementation of the P16.9 billion Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project to…
While President Rodrigo Duterte’s second State of the Nation Address (Sona) may have hit the right notes for Cebu’s businesses, there were some things local industry leaders wished they heard from his speech last Monday. Melanie…
CITY HALL TEAM–CCCI TIE-UP EYED A special team in City Hall is being created to help cut red tape with regard to services, and bring in more competition with regard to bidders for services from private companies.…
soca: TALISAY MAYOR OUTLINES PLANS Road-widening projects and a P400-million drug rehabilitation facility are the priorities of Talisay City Mayor Eduardo Gullas in the next three years of his term. Gullas announced his plans during his State…
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) is reminding government and private establishments in the region to secure an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) first before starting any project. Presidential Decree 1586 mandates all…
WHILE the Cebu City government affirmed the Commission on Audit report claiming the disaster management fund was underutilized by the city, the current city disaster management chief is already spending funds for preparedness projects. “We spend our…
