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Chamber of Secrets? UST’s flood-control project 75% complete, to end mid-2021
The joke among University of Santo Tomas (UST) students and alumni is that one’s academic experience won’t be complete without getting stuck on campus surrounded by floodwaters. Sampaloc, where Asia’s oldest university is found, is often beset by flooding during the rainy season. But things are looking up for UST with its soon-to-be-completed new drainage ...
Trade Department to give incentives to companies opening outside of Metro Manila
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) today said that it will provide incentives for businesses that will open outside Metro Manila in support of a program called...
Cebu’s Mactan International Airport bags an award at World Architecture Festival
Mactan-Cebu International Airport’s Terminal 2 has nabbed an award at the World Architecture Festival, which concluded today in Amsterdam. Read: Cebu, Iloilo airports in...
Oh no you don’t! : Senator Drilon slams plan to grant Duterte additional powers to complete projects
The government should focus on completing its infrastructure projects through the usual means rather than granting President Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers supposedly intended...
Duterte’s ‘Build, Build, Build’ program a ‘dismal failure,’ Senator Drilon says
Upon learning that after two years, only nine of the Duterte administration’s 75 flagship infrastructure projects have started construction, Senate Minority Leader Franklin...
15 modern ‘bus-jeeps’ ply Cebu city, passengers ride 2 weeks for free
Commuting in the Philippines can be a drag, especially when so many buses and jeepneys are not just old, but unsafe. Cebuanos, however, will hopefully find traveling just a bit...
War-torn Marawi’s rebuild ‘painfully slow’: Red Cross chief
The “painfully slow” reconstruction of a Philippine city flattened in a war with Islamic militants is causing discontent, the head of the International Committee of...
Millions hit in Manila’s ‘worst’ water shortage in years
"We need an alternative water source and we need it yesterday."
Opening of steep ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Kamuning footbridge deferred, to undergo redesign
They’re finally coming to their senses. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) finally listened to the public and said it will postpone the opening of the...
Plastic trash found in Boracay shore after first day open to public
Are we back to square one? It’s only been a day since Boracay was re-opened to the public but it looks like people are back to polluting the area. At least that’s what...