Beeps to ply Cebu City streets this week

Morexette B. Erram 12/17/2018

Cebu-based residents can now test for themselves the first batch of modern passenger jeepneys called Beeps which will service Cebu City’s streets anytime this week. In a special session held yesterday the Cebu City Council approved a…

Pedestrianizing Cebu City’s streets

12/11/2018

It is hoped that a study on the viability of pedestrianization of Cebu City’s downtown area would yield valuable data that would help both City Hall and city residents decide and employ the best possible solutions to…

Soldiers in the streets

Editorial 12/03/2018

When soldiers were first deployed to assist traffic enforcers in Cebu City and other parts of Metro Cebu as part of the Inter-Agency Council on Traffic (I-ACT), there was little if any reservations on the part of…

Help clean streets, not just homes, Lapu folk urged

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/01/2018

PROPER waste segregation and disposal and other best eco-friendly practices at the household level were reiterated during yesterday’s launching of the “Go Green” program of Lapu-Lapu City Hall. In a speech, Regional Director William Cuñado of the…

City welcomes military presence on streets

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/29/2018

TRAFFIC in Cebu City is expected to improve dramatically now that personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have been tapped to help manage it. And this early, the Cebu City government is keenly anticipating…

‘Modernized’ jeeps to ply city streets Tuesday

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 11/26/2018

About 40 units of modernized public utility jeepneys (PUJs) will start traversing the roads of Cebu City on Tuesday, November 27. Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) Director Martin Delgra launched the new…

Labella appeals to barangay officials to implement ordinance that prohibits street caroling

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle L. Semillla 11/17/2018

Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella urged barangay officials in the city to implement a city ordinance that prohibits caroling in the streets and onboard jeepneys. He said the ordinance sponsored by Councilor Augustus Pe Jr. imposes…

Cebu City gov’t starts clearing streets of wire mess

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/06/2018

  The Cebu City government’s program to get rid of dangling and “spaghetti” wires started today. First to be cleared were the wires along J. Panis Street in Barangay Apas. The move is in response to Mayor…

Social media darling hits streets to sell bottled water anew

Norman V. Mendoza 11/01/2018

The bottled water vendor who became a social media sensation and a fixture to commuters and motorists passing by A. Soriano Street in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City, is at it again. Jaykummer “Dodoy” Teberio, took advantage of…

PRO-7 chief: More cops on streets

Benjie B. Talisic, Nestle L. Semilla 10/20/2018

Enhance more police visibility on the streets and intensify operations on areas believed to be hideouts of suspected thieves and robbers. Chief Supt. Debold Sinas, Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) director, gave this order to…

Motorists advised to avoid flooded streets in Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/30/2018

Knee-deep rainwater flooded various streets in Cebu City at noontime today (August 30) following a 30-minute rainfall. The Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) is asking motorists to avoid flooded roads to ensure their safety. The transportation office…

Tartanillas Kutseros brave the streets of Cebu City

08/18/2018

Jeepney drivers are unabashedly considered the “king of the road” as this unique Filipino mode of public transport has become a necessity for most commuters. However, about a century ago, the streets were ruled by coachmen on…

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