Spaghetti wire bundling in Cebu City moves to southern thoroughfares

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/17/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As the deadline of the spaghetti wire clearing looms on February 24, 2022, in time for Charter Day, the clearing of the wires has reached Natalio Bacalso Avenue in Cebu City. Councilor Jerry…

40% of major thoroughfares in Cebu City cleared of spaghetti wires

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 40 percent of major thoroughfares in Cebu City are cleared of dangling, low lying, and knotted telecommunication and power lines as well as broken posts. Councilor Jerry Guardo, the chairperson for…

Rama to telcos: Clear spaghetti wires before Charter Day

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has instructed telecommunication companies (telcos) to clear the wires damaged by Typhoon Odette and organize spaghetti wires that have caused problems in the city’s posts. In a meeting…

Mayor Cortes wants spaghetti wires fixed

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/26/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines– The Mandaue City government is having enough of unsightly dangling wires on its streets. According to lawyer John Eddu Ibañez, executive secretary of Mayor Jonas Cortes, the Mayor has ordered the utility, cable, and…

Spaghetti wires eradication relaunch on Aug. 17

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will relaunch its spaghetti wires eradication program to fix tangled wires in old poles around the city starting August 17, 2020. There will be 10 teams from PLDT/Smart/Sun, Globe…

Cuenco: Dangling wires, leaning utility posts needs immediate solution

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu City Councilor Antonio Cuenco is concerned over  dangling wires that cause utility posts on the streets to lean sideways and be a hazard to the public.  Cuenco, who is the chairperson of the committee…

City dad pushes for regulation on wire heights on posts

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Jerry Guardo, the chairperson of the City Council’s committee on infrastructure, is pushing for the regulation of the height of electric and telecommunication wires attached on electrical posts. Guardo said…

Ordinance banning wooden posts, end ‘spaghetti wires’ in Cebu City pushed

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Wooden posts and dangling spaghetti wires along the streets and road of Cebu City roads pose a risk to pedestrian and motorists and Cebu City Councilor Jerry Guardo wants them removed and be…

Spaghetti wires no more

06/05/2016

Utility firm workers removing the tangled cables along D. Jakosalem Street, at the side of Cebu City Hall, shows headway in the campaign against spaghetti wires.…

D-DAY FOR TELCOS

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/28/2015

  Rama tells 8 firms: Fix wires or city will fix them at your cost As Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama marks  his 61st birthday today, he will be checking on the pledge of public  utility  firms…

Veco to fix, cut dangling utility wires if needed

07/22/2015

The Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) said it will adopt temporary remedies to address dangling wires like those that led to the collapse of  utility poles that  claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy and injured two middle-aged…

Council tells utilities: Explain unresolved ‘spaghetti wires’ problem

07/15/2015

THE Cebu City Council wants the Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) to explain the existence of dangling wires and defective posts within the city. The call came after last week’s incident…

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