Poro parish church urges gov’t: Don’t chop down our trees

By Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/17/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A parish church in Poro, Camotes Island in northern Cebu wants to save dozens of decades-old trees that stand in the way of road widening projects there. The Sto. Niño de Poro Parish…

Brgy. Sirao road projects need to be fast tracked for safety of tourists, locals – Guardo

Mariele Ocubillo 08/04/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Road improvement projects in Barangay Sirao in upland Cebu City needed to be fast-tracked to ensure the safety of tourists and local residents of the barangay. In a privileged speech during the Cebu…

HUDO personnel of Mandaue clear extensions of houses in Subangdaku lot

Mary Rose Sagarino 06/20/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Personnel of the Housing Urban and Development Office (HUDO) have conducted clearing operations in a lot in Barangay Subangdaku that is occupied by members of the Malibu-Matimco Village Home Owners Association Inc. (MMVHAI).…

Youth activists, residents protest to stop cutting of trees in Naga City

Rosalie Abatayo 10/15/2019

NAGA CITY, Cebu—  Lito Lapure, 48, hoisted himself on a tree in 2014 to protest against the scheduled cutting of 84 trees in Barangay Inoburan, Naga City. The trees were saved. This morning, October 15, Lapure, a…

UN underpass project, road widening component in limbo

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The fate of the underpass project in Mandaue City’s UN Avenue remains in the limbo after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) moved to terminate the P711-million contract with Leyte-based BM…

Economist says road widening won’t solve city’s traffic woes

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/11/2018

ROAD widening is not the solution to the worsening traffic problem in Metro Cebu. This was pointed out by economist Perry Fajardo during yesterday’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) forum at the Palm Grass Hotel organized by Kilusang…

Center island, trees at Mambaling to be removed for a wider road

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/15/2015

The meter-wide center island lined with 21 palm trees and shrubs in  the Mambaling Access Road leading to the South Road Properties will be removed  this week. This  is part of the Cebu city government’s preparations to…

Settlers agree to move back houses

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/14/2015

Settlers living at the back of the construction site for the new Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) agreed to have their houses set back by the city to allow entry of the contractor’s equipment. In a meeting…

INC church wall to go

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/04/2015

Demolition to pave way for road widening of F. Sotto Drive A portion of the wall of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) church along General Maxilom Avenue in Cebu City will be demolished  to widen the adjacent…

‘No threat of demolition’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/04/2015

No further changes will made on the two heritage houses in M.J. Cuenc Avenue in Cebu City The owner of one house  already adjusted the setback of their structures for road widening and received partial payment for …

Chinese temple to give way to road widening

Nestle L. Semilla 08/26/2015

Temple officials agree to setback in exchange for lower tax Part of the 46-year-old Liatsan Temple in the north Reclamation Area will be set back to give way to the widening of Briones Street in Cebu City.…

We don’t have to sacrifice the fire trees

07/26/2015

by Marc Canton I find it very difficult to reconcile the cutting down of 34 beautiful, same-sized fire trees along a 600-meter stretch on Pope John Paul II from Archbishop Reyes Avenue to the Ayala Access Road…

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