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2 Mactan export firms disown sugar shipment
TWO Mactan export firms which were earlier identified as consignees of ten container vans of smuggled Thai sugar have disowned the cargo. They said unscrupulous persons had “recycled” freight documents using the name of the companies. “We specifically deny any knowledge, much less participation, in this illegal importation,” wrote Senecia A. Clarit, finance manager of […]
Devotees in wheelchair, bicycle join Pedro’s send-off
October 17, 2012
AT the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, 37-year-old Shiela Padilla arrived alone in her wheelchair. Polio struck her at the age of 4, leaving her with feelings of self-pity and uselessness. She became a devotee of Pedro Calungsod after his 2000 beatification. While she didn’t find a cure, she found hope that life would still be good […]
‘Venture won’t affect airport lot sale bid’
September 10, 2012
REP. Tomas Osmeña of Cebu City’s south district was lukewarm over news of the Ayala-Aboitiz joint venture for the Mactan Cebu International Airport’s passenger terminal project. “Cebu will have to wait another 30 years…We could have beaten Manila in 10 years. Now Bohol, Palawan, Camarines Sur and Caticlan can catch up with Cebu. I said […]
Mar, airport officials to finalize terminal expansion plans
July 25, 2012
TRANSPORTATION and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas will meet with general manager Paul Villarete of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) to finalize the arrangements for implementing the airport’s terminal expansion project. ‘We are glad that the President mentioned it in his annual address. The passenger terminal building project becomes inevitable and it now comes to […]
3rd Mactan bridge not feasible says Tomas
July 6, 2012
A third bridge across the Mactan Channel has long been proposed by development planners. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama mentioned it again as one of his priority plans in his State of the City Address on Monday. He said he is counting on the support of Cordova municipality on the other side of the channel. […]
BRIDGE REPAIR STARTS
June 4, 2012
Commuters and motorists traveling to and from the cities of Cebu and Mandaue to Lapu-Lapu City should brace for heavy traffic caused by the expansion joint repairs on the Marcelo Fernan bridge which starts today. The brunt of the traffic is expected to be focused on the old Mactan-Mandaue bridge, the sole gateway connecting the […]
2-hour travel delays
May 22, 2012
Give yourself leeway of at least two hours travel time to reach your destination if you’re crossing the Marcelo Fernan Bridge in June, especially if you’re heading for the Mactan Cebu International Airport to catch a flight. With the bridge repair starting on June 4, the public has to be prepared for some delays on […]
Fernan Bridge repair to start on June 4
May 18, 2012
EXPECT an hour’s delay in crossing the Marcelo Fernan Bridge once repair work starts on Monday, June 4. One lane of the four-lane bridge will be closed at a time for repair work that will run for 88 days until the first week of September. The one-hour estimated traffic delay was given by officials of […]
‘July is best time for bridge repairs’
May 2, 2012
THE best time to repair the Marcelo Fernan Bridge and temporarily close some lanes is in July, said Paul Villarete, general manager of the Mactan Cebu International Airport. “I would rather do the repair in July because May has the highest passenger movement going to the airport and June is the opening of classes,” he […]
Kadaugan to honor Lapu-Lapu’s heroism
April 27, 2012
The epic battle between Lapu-Lapu and the Portuguese-Spanish conquistador Ferdinand Magellan 491 years ago will be reenacted today in the Liberty Shrine in barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City. A Mass will be held at 7 a.m. followed by the flag raising and floral wreath laying at the monument of Datu Lapu-Lapu. The Philippine Air Force will […]
December 8, 2012
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