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Flyovers, road widening to start 2011 — Cutie
Plans for two new flyovers in Cebu City are the subject of a public hearing on Aug. 26. Owners of adjoining areas and other stakeholders will be invited, said Rep. Rachel “Cutie” del Mar of Cebu City’s north district. She also announced that she arranged for P150 million national funding for road-widening work in the […]
OIL PRICE ROLLBACK WELCOMED
August 16, 2011
LOCAL transport groups welcomed the recent P2 roll back of fuel prices by oil companies. Cebu Integrated Transport Services Cooperative chairman Ryan Benjamin Yu said they are pleased with the rollback. “We are rooting for further reductions on the coming days,” Yu told Cebu Daily News. The group would assess other operational costs like tire […]
Truck pulls down Veco pole, taxi hit
August 11, 2011
A TAXI driver yesterday escaped death by jumping out of his taxi when a concrete Visayan Electric Co. pole fell on P. Del Rosario Street. The pole was pulled down when a passing truck of Atlantic Hardware snagged overhead telephone cables of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. attached to the pole. Taxi driver Gary […]
Gov, traders protest suspension of Trans-Asia
August 4, 2011
Business leaders and Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia are protesting the order of the Maritime Industry Authority’s (Marina) to suspend the entire fleet of Trans-Asia Shipping Lines Inc., saying it was both “unfair” and “drastic.” As Marina inspectors started checking the ships, a fire struck the cargo bay of MV Trans-Asia II docked at pier 5 […]
Small fire lights up MV Trans Asia vessel’s cargo bay
August 3, 2011
by Candeze R. Mongaya, Reporter Cebu Daily News/ Breaking News A LIGHTED cigarette set off a small fire inside the cargo bay of the MV Trans Asia 2 that was docked at the Cebu City pier at 10 a.m today. A team from the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) was inspecting the fleet of Trans […]
Vessel cleared to sail, ship captain says; Salvage firm tapped to clean up oil spill
August 1, 2011
Oil leaks, engine problems and improperly secured cargo were among those being verified by the Coast Guard as factors that caused a Trans-Asia vessel to list and sink off Calabazas Island in Ajuy town, Iloilo, at 8:34 a.m. last Sunday. Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Commander Algier Ricafrente said the Special Board of Marine Inquiry (SBMI) […]
Mayor Flyovers no, traffic master plan, yes
August 1, 2011
About P1.3 billion worth of flyover projects are planned for Cebu City, but Mayor Michael Rama will have none of it. In a letter to Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson, Rama called for a transportation master plan to be completed instead to “solve the horrendous traffic problem” in Cebu City. A flyover is […]
Passengers, crew rescued; ship battered by waves, wind
August 1, 2011
Anna Liza Masamot awoke from a deep sleep to find herself and scores of other passengers of the ship MV Asia-Malaysia teetering dangerously to one side. “We are about to sink. I have my life vest on with me. Please tell me what to do,” she texted in Cebuano to her husband, a seaman named […]
Vessel sinks off Iloilo: 105 passengers, 35 crew safe–PCG
July 31, 2011
by Nestor Burgos Inquirer Visayas ILOILO CITY, Philippines – A passenger ship from Cebu bound for Iloilo listed and sank off the coast of Iloilo Sunday morning, a Coast Guard official said. All 107 passengers and 35 crew members of the MV Asia Malaysia were safe and transferred to other ships and boats after the […]
Talisay tricycle drivers receive fuel subsidy
July 29, 2011
TRICYCLE drivers in Talisay City started receiving P150 cash for fuel subsidy on Wednesday. Emma Macuto, Talisay City treasurer, said there are 1,746 legitimate tricycle drivers in the city who will receive assistance from the government’s fuel subsidy program. She said they would accommodate 150 tricycle drivers per day and expect the distribution to be […]
August 16, 2011
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