CEBU CITY – A group of private charitable foundations turned over the first tranche of salary and bonus assistance to nurses who are serving in Covid-19 hospitals in Cebu as part of its “Project Balik Buhay’s Salary and Bonus Assistance for our Bidas” (PBB-SalBaBida) program.
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Sunday, September 19, 2021
Saturday, September 11, 2021
More nurses deployed to Covid wards
CEBU CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) said some 164 additional nurses were deployed to private and public hospitals in Cebu to augment the existing healthcare workers manning the Covid-19 wards.
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Governor Gwen thanks PDP-Laban for holding ‘important’ meeting in Cebu
CEBU – Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has thanked President Rodrigo Duterte and the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) for holding its National Council Meeting in Cebu City.
Friday, April 9, 2021
Cebu City launches online sign up for vaccination rollout
CEBU CITY – Mayor Edgardo Labella said the local government has launched an online registration for the vaccination of senior citizens and people with comorbidity.
Friday, September 25, 2020
Chinese traders urged to explore opportunities in Cebu, Visayas
CEBU CITY – Presidential Assistant for the Visayas, Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino, has encouraged Chinese businessmen, especially from Fujian province, to look at Cebu and the rest of the Visayas as a potential site for investment.
Saturday, February 8, 2020
PAL revives direct flights to Los Angeles
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Airlines (PAL) is set to resume direct flights from here to Los Angeles in the United States, according to Presidential Assistant for the Visayas, Michael Lloyd Dino.
Dino, who welcomed the revival of the Cebu-Los Angeles flights, said it will further boost the tourism industry in the province. He said the PAL will start its direct flights to the sprawling Southern California city and the center of the America’s film and television industry on May 2.
Dino, who welcomed the revival of the Cebu-Los Angeles flights, said it will further boost the tourism industry in the province. He said the PAL will start its direct flights to the sprawling Southern California city and the center of the America’s film and television industry on May 2.
Friday, January 31, 2020
NEDA to study proposed monorail project
CEBU CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority Investment Coordination Committee (NEDA-ICC) is set to study the proposed P78.9 billion Cebu monorail project, according to Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Lloyd Dino.
He said the monorail will have the capacity of a light rail transit (LRT) and can accommodate up to 15,000 passengers per hour per direction.
He said the monorail will have the capacity of a light rail transit (LRT) and can accommodate up to 15,000 passengers per hour per direction.
Friday, January 24, 2020
Duterte proposes monorail plan for Cebu to ease traffic problems
CEBU CITY – President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to help provide funds for above-ground infrastructure projects to improve the traffic condition in Metro Cebu which, experts say, has cost the local economy over P1 billion in daily productivity.
“Cebu is an old city… Wala pa atong gobyerno, naa na ang inyong daan. So when it became a city, mao nang naghuot mo, you cannot expand it anymore even if you’ll have mass transportation. So it’s either train or sa taas,” Duterte said during his recent visit here.
“Cebu is an old city… Wala pa atong gobyerno, naa na ang inyong daan. So when it became a city, mao nang naghuot mo, you cannot expand it anymore even if you’ll have mass transportation. So it’s either train or sa taas,” Duterte said during his recent visit here.
Saturday, January 11, 2020
More infra, development projects for Cebu
CEBU CITY - The province of Cebu concluded 2019 with a bullish investment program on infrastructure development aimed at addressing traffic congestion and flooding.
“In the pipeline are the big-ticket projects which the Duterte administration is determined to finance to boost socio-economic development in Central Visayas and to ease our burden due to traffic problem,” said Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas.
He said at least 7 big-ticket projects include infrastructure development programs aimed at addressing traffic congestion in Metro Cebu. Among the projects is the 73-kilometer Metro Cebu Expressway that will span from Naga City in the south to Danao City in the north is a long high standard arterial road to meet existing and future traffic demands.
The P28-billion expressway project which traverses mountain slopes in Cebu is expected to serve as another north-south backbone highway aimed to provide seamless traffic flow from Naga City to Danao City.
Next to the expressway is the Talisay-Minglanilla-Naga and Mandaue-Consolacion-Liloan bypass roads worth P200 million each. The roads are expected to ease the traffic situation in Metro Cebu and are on the list of the proposed priority programs of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH-7) and included in the budget proposal of the DPWH central office for fiscal year 2020.
Apart from these two bypass roads, the Guadalupe-Lahug Diversion Road is also among the infrastructure projects of DPWH-7 that will ease the traffic flow around the uptown district of this city.
Edgar Tabacon, DPWH-7 regional director, said the detailed engineering design for the P40-million diversion road project is part of the list of projects included in the 2020 budget proposal of the DPWH central office. The General Appropriations Act of 2019 allocated P90 million for the detailed engineering design of the Metro Cebu Flood Control and Drainage Master Plan, he said.
The provincial government of Cebu, through a resolution sponsored by Provincial Board Member Glenn Anthony Soco, encouraged local governments to align their respective drainage and flood projects to the master plan.
Dino said the Mandaue-Mactan link bridge with a segment for the Mandaue Coastal Road is also a high impact project to be funded through the Official Development Assistance from the Japanese government.
He said the New Cebu International Container Port in Talisay City which is now under construction is also expected to decongest both the container yard in the existing Cebu International Port and the traffic congestion along the service road that runs parallel with the Sergio Osmeña Street leading to a big mall at the North Reclamation Area and Mandaue Reclamation Area.
The Regional Development Council-7 has also endorsed P167.9-billion worth of programs, activities and projects for the Central Visayas with the biggest chunk worth P90 billion represents allocation for Cebu’s development program.
About 65 percent of the P90 billion will go to Cebu’s infrastructure program, while P30 billion for social development, P846.1 million for economic enterprises and P344.5 million for development administration, according to Dino.
He said among the projects to be funded is the construction of fire stations in Sibonga in Santa Fe, Aloguinsan, Poro in Camotes; Tuburan, Minglanilla and the rehabilitation of the Bureau of Fire Protection regional office here.
The body also endorsed the proposed construction of the regional office of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the construction of jail facilities in Carcar City, Argao, Barili, Oslob in the south and Carmen, Lapu-Lapu City, Cordova, Consolacion and Bogo in the north.
Dino said under the health facilities and enhancement program of the Department of Health (DOH-7), Cebu has requested P539 million for infrastructure, P260 million for equipment, P44 million for medical transport.
Imelda Laseras, regional director of the Department of Budget Management (DBM-7), reminded the government agencies to endorse implementation-ready projects.
For his part, Tabacon said the DPWH-7 is already conducting parcellary survey and appraisal of properties affected in the projects that they will implement in 2020. "We will already prepare the offer to pay the owner of the properties. Those who refused, we prepared expropriation case to be filed in court upon approval of the 2020 budget,” he said.
While he admitted that right of way acquisition was the challenge they are facing, Tabacon said they are exerting all efforts to address this issue on infrastructure development for the benefit of the public. (John Rey Saavedra)
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“In the pipeline are the big-ticket projects which the Duterte administration is determined to finance to boost socio-economic development in Central Visayas and to ease our burden due to traffic problem,” said Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas.
He said at least 7 big-ticket projects include infrastructure development programs aimed at addressing traffic congestion in Metro Cebu. Among the projects is the 73-kilometer Metro Cebu Expressway that will span from Naga City in the south to Danao City in the north is a long high standard arterial road to meet existing and future traffic demands.
The P28-billion expressway project which traverses mountain slopes in Cebu is expected to serve as another north-south backbone highway aimed to provide seamless traffic flow from Naga City to Danao City.
Next to the expressway is the Talisay-Minglanilla-Naga and Mandaue-Consolacion-Liloan bypass roads worth P200 million each. The roads are expected to ease the traffic situation in Metro Cebu and are on the list of the proposed priority programs of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH-7) and included in the budget proposal of the DPWH central office for fiscal year 2020.
Apart from these two bypass roads, the Guadalupe-Lahug Diversion Road is also among the infrastructure projects of DPWH-7 that will ease the traffic flow around the uptown district of this city.
Edgar Tabacon, DPWH-7 regional director, said the detailed engineering design for the P40-million diversion road project is part of the list of projects included in the 2020 budget proposal of the DPWH central office. The General Appropriations Act of 2019 allocated P90 million for the detailed engineering design of the Metro Cebu Flood Control and Drainage Master Plan, he said.
The provincial government of Cebu, through a resolution sponsored by Provincial Board Member Glenn Anthony Soco, encouraged local governments to align their respective drainage and flood projects to the master plan.
Dino said the Mandaue-Mactan link bridge with a segment for the Mandaue Coastal Road is also a high impact project to be funded through the Official Development Assistance from the Japanese government.
He said the New Cebu International Container Port in Talisay City which is now under construction is also expected to decongest both the container yard in the existing Cebu International Port and the traffic congestion along the service road that runs parallel with the Sergio Osmeña Street leading to a big mall at the North Reclamation Area and Mandaue Reclamation Area.
The Regional Development Council-7 has also endorsed P167.9-billion worth of programs, activities and projects for the Central Visayas with the biggest chunk worth P90 billion represents allocation for Cebu’s development program.
About 65 percent of the P90 billion will go to Cebu’s infrastructure program, while P30 billion for social development, P846.1 million for economic enterprises and P344.5 million for development administration, according to Dino.
He said among the projects to be funded is the construction of fire stations in Sibonga in Santa Fe, Aloguinsan, Poro in Camotes; Tuburan, Minglanilla and the rehabilitation of the Bureau of Fire Protection regional office here.
The body also endorsed the proposed construction of the regional office of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the construction of jail facilities in Carcar City, Argao, Barili, Oslob in the south and Carmen, Lapu-Lapu City, Cordova, Consolacion and Bogo in the north.
Dino said under the health facilities and enhancement program of the Department of Health (DOH-7), Cebu has requested P539 million for infrastructure, P260 million for equipment, P44 million for medical transport.
Imelda Laseras, regional director of the Department of Budget Management (DBM-7), reminded the government agencies to endorse implementation-ready projects.
For his part, Tabacon said the DPWH-7 is already conducting parcellary survey and appraisal of properties affected in the projects that they will implement in 2020. "We will already prepare the offer to pay the owner of the properties. Those who refused, we prepared expropriation case to be filed in court upon approval of the 2020 budget,” he said.
While he admitted that right of way acquisition was the challenge they are facing, Tabacon said they are exerting all efforts to address this issue on infrastructure development for the benefit of the public. (John Rey Saavedra)
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Saturday, June 1, 2019
High hope for Cebu LRT project
CEBU CITY – Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Lloyd Dino expressed optimism that the Metro Cebu and the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project would materialize now that Cebu province and Cebu City have new elected leaders belonging to the same political party.
Dino also assured Cebuanos that the Metro Cebu Development Authority (MCDA) may soon have its “breath of life” because the province now has a new governor, Gwendolyn Garcia, and Edgardo Labella as new Cebu City mayor.
Presidential Assistant for the Visayas, Michael Lloyd Dino (center), leads the group handshake with Cebu Governor-elect Gwendolyn Garcia (left) and Cebu City Mayor-elect Edgardo Labella during the Unity and Solidarity Meeting held in Cebu City recently. With the election of Garcia and Labella, Dino expresses confidence that the Metro Cebu Development Authority and the Light Rail Transit project would soon materialize. (OPAV Photo)
Garcia is Cebu’s 3rd district congresswoman while Labella is Cebu City’s vice mayor and both won in the midterm polls. Dino said the LRT project may be operational before President Rodrigo Duterte's term ends in 2022. The Metro Cebu Development and Coordinating Board (MCDCB) pushed for the approval of an executive order creating MCDA that will act as the overall body to oversee services that have multi-local government unit or metropolitan-wide coverage.
The MCDA will also formulate, coordinate, regulate and monitor the short, medium, and long-term plans, policies, and programs for the sustainable development and integration of Metropolitan Cebu Area. Dino said the construction of the LRT would start soon after the approval of its feasibility study by the National Economic and Development Authority.
He said the national government would likely help Cebu, now that local government officials here are united and have the same vision of development as Duterte.
“President Rodrigo Duterte, as promised, wanted to refocus infrastructure projects from only in Luzon to Visayas, specifically Cebu City and Cebu Province,” he said, adding, the LRT, as mass transport backbone of Metro Cebu, will serve the Cebuanos from end-to-end under the Department of Transportation’s Integrated Inter-modal Transport System (IITS). Garcia, for her part, expressed support to the IITS project, saying that she believed the solution to traffic can be solved through coordination of the towns and cities in the metropolis.
She said the traffic problem is not limited only to Cebu City. Metro Cebu has three independent cities, Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu, and four component cities namely Danao, Talisay, Naga, and Carcar with 6 municipalities Compostela, Lilo-an, Consolacion, and Cordova in the North, and Minglanila and San Fernando in the South with 2.849 million in population spread all throughout 349 villages. (John Rey Saavedra)
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Friday, May 24, 2019
Include Metro Cebu in emergency powers revival to solve traffic woes
CEBU CITY – Presidential Assistant for the Visayas, Michael Lloyd Dino, expressed full support to proposals that will grant President Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers to solve the traffic problem in Metro Manila, and other big cities like Cebu.
Dino backs proposal made by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade to give Duterte emergency powers to solve road congestion in the remaining three years of his term. He said this proposal is backed with facts and realities.
He wanted Metro Cebu to be included in the scope of the presidential emergency powers, saying that the metropolis has been “experiencing traffic congestion due to lack of mass transport system and narrow roads not having been widened for so many years.”
According to Dino, unresolved traffic problem in Metro Cebu has caused at least P1.1 billion in economic losses a day. “I am confident that our lawmakers will look into Sec. Tugade’s proposal. Lawmakers who frequent Metro Manila to attend to their official functions have also experienced being stuck in traffic in Metro Cebu,” Dino told the Philippine News Agency.
Dino also recalled having proposed to include Metro Cebu when Tugade pushed for the emergency powers on the side lines of the presentation of 10-point socio-economic agenda of the Duterte administration at the SMX Convention Center in Davao City on June 21, 2016. “I have presented our case in Metro Cebu when the idea on emergency powers was hatched in Davao in 2016. The national government supported our cause and local government officials supported the call to include us in case Congress passes that emergency powers bill,” he said.
Dino said he attended several public hearings by the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation, headed by Rep. Cesar Sarmiento of Catanduanes, and pitched in strategies on how to solve the traffic problems in Metro Cebu. “It has long been recognized that Metro Cebu’s traffic is brought about by lack of efficient mass transport system and overcapacity of our existing roads,” he said, stressing that “while the crisis is still manageable, we need to act now”. Dino said Tugade has offered Metro Cebu a “basket of solutions” to solve the traffic woes.
“The Cebuanos believe that such emergency powers will hasten the implementation of infrastructure projects aimed to add more capacity on our existing roads and the mass transport backbone which is the Light Rail Transit,” he noted.
He said he already conducted a series of consultation with the local government units in Cebu, the business community, and the regional executives from transportation-related agencies of government to ferret out more ideas on how to solve the woes on Metro Cebu’s thoroughfares. (John Rey Saavedra)
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Dino backs proposal made by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade to give Duterte emergency powers to solve road congestion in the remaining three years of his term. He said this proposal is backed with facts and realities.
He wanted Metro Cebu to be included in the scope of the presidential emergency powers, saying that the metropolis has been “experiencing traffic congestion due to lack of mass transport system and narrow roads not having been widened for so many years.”
According to Dino, unresolved traffic problem in Metro Cebu has caused at least P1.1 billion in economic losses a day. “I am confident that our lawmakers will look into Sec. Tugade’s proposal. Lawmakers who frequent Metro Manila to attend to their official functions have also experienced being stuck in traffic in Metro Cebu,” Dino told the Philippine News Agency.
Dino also recalled having proposed to include Metro Cebu when Tugade pushed for the emergency powers on the side lines of the presentation of 10-point socio-economic agenda of the Duterte administration at the SMX Convention Center in Davao City on June 21, 2016. “I have presented our case in Metro Cebu when the idea on emergency powers was hatched in Davao in 2016. The national government supported our cause and local government officials supported the call to include us in case Congress passes that emergency powers bill,” he said.
Dino said he attended several public hearings by the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation, headed by Rep. Cesar Sarmiento of Catanduanes, and pitched in strategies on how to solve the traffic problems in Metro Cebu. “It has long been recognized that Metro Cebu’s traffic is brought about by lack of efficient mass transport system and overcapacity of our existing roads,” he said, stressing that “while the crisis is still manageable, we need to act now”. Dino said Tugade has offered Metro Cebu a “basket of solutions” to solve the traffic woes.
“The Cebuanos believe that such emergency powers will hasten the implementation of infrastructure projects aimed to add more capacity on our existing roads and the mass transport backbone which is the Light Rail Transit,” he noted.
He said he already conducted a series of consultation with the local government units in Cebu, the business community, and the regional executives from transportation-related agencies of government to ferret out more ideas on how to solve the woes on Metro Cebu’s thoroughfares. (John Rey Saavedra)
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