One of the chokepoints, highlighted in yesterday’s Asean summit traffic dry run, is the first Mactan-Mandaue Bridge, above in the early stage of the exercise. (Sun.Star photo/Allan Cuizon)
AS PLEASED as they were with the “generally successful” dry run, organizers warned Cebuano commuters to brace for worse traffic during the Southeast Asian summit on Dec. 10 to 14.
“For a first dry run, it was okay,” said Ambassador Marciano Paynor, secretary-general of the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit, who observed the dry run from a helicopter.
198 killed, 260 still missing MANILA - Typhoon Reming smashed into the Bicol Region with heavy rains and winds gusting up to 265 kilometers per hour, spawning flash floods and sending walls of muddy volcanic ash and red-hot boulders crashing down on several villages, officials said yesterday.
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940 jail inmates now fill one building in Kalunasan
THE transfer of the remaining 1,500 male inmates at the Bagong Buhay Rehabilitation Center (BBRC) to the facility in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City was suspended yesterday noon pending an inspection of the new building.
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Drivers group offers to stay off streets
TRANSPORT group Nadsu asked that Asean summit organizers subsidize the drivers, who are directly affected by the rerouting and road closures to be implemented during the activity next month.
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