China marks anniversary of killer Sichuan quake

China Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake which killed more than 80,000 but some said questions remained over the thousands of children who died as their schools collapsed.

China Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake which killed more than 80,000 but some said questions remained over the thousands of children who died as their schools collapsed.

The death toll in Bangladesh’s worst industrial disaster rose to 482 on Friday after 41 bodies were pulled from the wreckage of an eight-storey building overnight, the army said.
Of the four flyovers in Cebu City, the structure in barangay Mambaling needs the most corrections to ensure road safety based on a March 1 audit report of the Cebu City Traffic Operations Management (Citom).
There are no flyovers in the list of projects worth P1.2 billion that were proposed for national funding next year in Cebu City.

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Friday ordered an immediate review of the standards applicable to the use of scaffolding in construction, noting that most of the recent accidents in construction were caused by defective or faulty scaffolding.
Cebu and Thai businessmen will explore possible partnerships in the field of electronics, agriculture, renewable energy, and construction in a business matching activity today at the Radisson Blu Hotel. This would be the first trade delegation that the chamber would be engaging this year, which would be timely considering the thrust of most businesses today [...]
NO new projects will be approved by the Cebu City Council for next year until the Department of Engineering and Public Works (DEPW) provides updates of projects funded for implementation this year.
SITE development of Children’s Center of Mandaue City dubbed Home of Positive Encouragement was already done.

A laborer doing roof repairs at a construction property in Quezon City died Thursday after he fell and hit his head on the concrete.
I went to Manila for official business with my brother-in-law Jerome Cuizon and his son Lambert to visit the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC), specifically Undersecretary Jose Perpetuo Lotilla, to address a business concern, one shared by others in the tourism business.
THE Ayala-run City Sports Club in Cebu City is investing P76 million to upgrade its facilities with an eye to get a bigger share of the growing market for meetings,incentives, conventions and expositions (MICE).
Cebu City Mayor Micahel Rama said he is not worried about revived efforts to push for more flyovers in the city.
Even before the Palace invitation for a meeting on flyover projects with President Benigno Aquino III last year, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and flyover critics knew at the back of their minds that power politics was at play on a national level.