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Cebu bus operators complain of increased terminal fee
Barely two days after new rates took effect, mini-bus operators complained about the P200 fee charged for each bus that uses the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT), which is double the old rate. Julieto Flores, president of the Cebu Mini-Bus Operators Association (CMBOA), said they will file a petition on Monday to reduce the terminal […]
Terminal fee lifted, queing lines enforced
November 1, 2012
MORE than 20,000 passengers at the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT) had one less thing to worry about yesterday as they headed to their hometowns for the holidays. Annajel Cabaluna, a 38, of Sudlon 1, Cebu City, said while she’s glad that she won’t have to pay the P5 terminal fee, she hopes the fee […]
Capitol scraps P5 fee for terminal
October 30, 2012
PASSENGERS at the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT) will no longer be charged the P5 terminal fee starting Nov. 1. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia said she scrapped the fee based on appeals of allied Cebu legislators and mayors of Talisay City, Naga City, and Sibonga in the 1st district. The P5 bus terminal fee was […]
Cebu bus terminal fee lifted
October 29, 2012
Starting Nov. 1, the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT) won’t collect the P5 terminal fee from passengers. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia issued the directive upon the request of Congress allies during their meeting at the Capitol today. The directive was approved by the Economic Enterprise Council (EEC). The Capitol has been collecting the terminal fee […]
Jakosalem clan ready to sue whoever cuts down century-old trees planted by former Cebu governor
July 25, 2012
The Jakosalem clan is ready to sue whoever cuts down remaining century-old trees that line the national highway in south Cebu where a road-widening project has started. “That stretch of road is not even congested. Traffic congestion only happens at the center of Naga and Carcar City,” said Sylvan “Jack” Jakosalem, chairman of the […]
DENR to cut ‘defective’ trees and earthball 16 others
July 25, 2012
IT was as “good as dead,” said a environment official. The tree stump that Cebu Daily News photographed of a giant acacia already cut down and lying by the road in barangay Tinaan, Naga City is one of nine century-old trees considered “defective” and targeted for removal for public safety, said Eddie Llamedo, spokesman of […]
Amid ban, century old tree cut down
July 22, 2012
The days of the century-old heritage trees affected by the ongoing road-widening project in the cities of Naga and Carcar may be numbered. A tree stump was photographed by Cebu Daily News standing in the middle of towering century-old trees in barangay Tinaan, Naga City last Saturday. The felled century old tree was seen on […]
Mini-buses forced to use One Citilink terminal
May 1, 2012
A ban on the loading and unloading of passengers by mini-buses at the South Bus Terminal in Cebu to decongest traffic took effect yesterday, drawing complaints from some bus operators. Drivers complained that Ordinance 2214 which requires them to load and unload passengers only at One Citilink a block away would result in lower income […]
Cebu buses to charge P8.50 fare rate today
March 27, 2012
CAPITOL employee Dionese Canonigo pays P40 as daily bus fare to go to work from his home in Toledo City, southwest Cebu, 50 kilometers away. With the new fare agreement signed by bus operators and the Capitol officials yesterday, his bus trip will cost him P50. He isn’t complaining loudly though. Bus operators have been […]
November 3, 2012
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