Amazon could be next virus hot zone, says scientist

Agence France Presse 05/15/2020

The next pandemic could come from the Amazon rainforest, warns Brazilian ecologist David Lapola, who says human encroachment on animals’ habitats — a likely culprit in the coronavirus outbreak — is soaring there because of rampant deforestation.…

The quicksand of haphazard urbanization

Jobers R. Bersales 04/04/2018

The brewing issue between businessmen and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) over the latter’s plan to build an underpass on United Nations Avenue in Mandaue is but a symptom of more social tensions to…

Cebu City most populous HUC

Izobelle T. Pulgo 09/30/2016

CEBU City led two other cities in Metro Cebu as the most populous highly urbanized cities in Central Visayas last year, according to the data from the 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN 2015) conducted last August 2015.…

No trucks allowed to use APEC routes

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Juli Ann M. Sibi 08/20/2015

Trees, center island in Pope JP II  won’t be touched until after APEC Delegates start arriving in Cebu today for the first meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation  (APEC)  scheduled this weekend. “Traffic personnel are ready, willing…

Choking on road repair

Jobers R. Bersales 07/23/2015

The suggestion to implement color-coding or number-coding for vehicles plying the streets of Mandaue and Cebu cities to solve the traffic mess is blaming the victim. The simultaneous and sudden repair and widening of roads without any…

‘Green Loop’ gets more support

Vanessa Claire Lucero 05/16/2015

THE Mandaue City Council agreed to help the Movement for a Livable Cebu (MLC) push for the “Green Loop” concept to address problems of urbanization. The council expressed its support during its regular session last Wednesday. University…

Our shared legacy

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 05/11/2015

Urbanites have worriedly noticed the water coming out of the faucet in trickles. And, there are many, even in the supposedly rich cities and province of  Cebu, who are in worse situations. The access to safe, clean…

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