Cebu South Coastal Road tunnel to be closed for 6-7 months

Morexette Marie Erram, Niña Mae Oliverio 06/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Bad news for motorists using the Cebu South Coastal Road (CSCR). The highway’s tunnel will be closed for six to seven months to give way for crucial repairs, the Cebu City Transportation Office…

Israel claims Hamas tunnel found under Gaza HQ of UN agency

Agence France Presse 02/11/2024

JERUSALEM, Undefined — Israel’s military claimed on Saturday that they had discovered a Hamas tunnel under the Gaza City headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). UNRWA said in response that it had not operated…

South Korea: 6 bodies pulled from flooded tunnel as heavy rains cause flash floods and landslides

Associated Press 07/16/2023

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean rescue workers pulled six bodies from vehicles trapped in a flooded tunnel, as days of heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides and destroyed homes, leaving more than 30 people dead…

Lapu-Lapu Expressway: Tunnel eyed from Brgy. Basak to airport

Futch Anthony Inso 03/28/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Instead of utilizing existing roads, the proponent of the Lapu-Lapu Expressway (LLEX) is considering constructing a tunnel from Barangay Basak all the way to the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA). This plan was confirmed by Lapu-Lapu…

Bantag was looking for Yamashita treasure in Bilibid, says Remulla

Beatrice Pinlac 11/19/2022

MANILA, Philippines – Suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) director general Gerald Bantag was looking for the fabled Yamashita treasure inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) compound in Muntinlupa City, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said. Remulla…

USC says no to flyover near P. Del Rosario

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The University of San Carlos (USC) appealed to project proponents of the proposed new flyover projects here, to reconsider their plans. USC opposed the construction of a 1.1-kilometer flyover encompassing portions of Osmeña…

Tunnel collapse leaves two dead in Talamban

Alven Marie A. Timtim 06/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of two persons, who were buried after an improvised tunnel for illegally extracting sand collapsed in Sitio Ylaya, Barangay Talamban, Cebu City, this morning, June 21, 2020. Barangay…

CSCR northbound tunnel to close for the weekend, CCTO readies rerouting scheme

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/29/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Traffic rerouting plans are now being prepared by the Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) as they are set to close the northbound tunnel of the Cebu South Coastal Road (CSCR) that connects…

Penro mulls filing case vs lot owner of collapsed tunnel 

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/03/2019

SIBULAN, NEGROS ORIENTAL–The Negros Oriental Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) is mulling to file charges against the owner of the property where a tunnel collapsed and buried three miners at Barangay Booc-booc in Sibulan town,…

Three men buried in collapsed tunnel in Sibulan presumed dead

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/03/2019

The rescue operation for the three men buried 27 feet underground in an alleged illegal mining site has turned into a retrieval operation.…

Light at the end of the tunnel?

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 12/02/2018

Taking on an advocacy that aims for many to be instilled with knowledge, awareness and action to protect and save our planet sounds easy as we should all care for our only home planet, right? Nothing could…

Light at the end of the tunnel

11/22/2018

News that a court ruling will soon be issued on the Ampatuan massacre which marks its ninth anniversary today brings both a sense of hope and relief to the families of the victims in particular and to…

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