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Yesterday, while driving home from southern Cebu, I found myself caught in an unusually heavy traffic buildup along the South Road Properties (SRP)...
Read ArticleWhen investors discuss opportunities in Eastern Visayas, attention often gravitates toward Tacloban City, Leyte, and Samar. Yet beyond the region’s...
Read ArticleI recently wrote a comment on the Central Visayas Regional Development Plan 2023–2028 examining the region from the perspective of regional economi...
Read ArticleToday, I attended a meeting where solid waste disposal finally took center stage. At one point, a lawyer asked me a direct question: If we are agai...
Read ArticleWhy Land Economics Must Anchor Urban Planning Urban land use planning in Cebu City cannot be treated as a purely local spatial exercise. As the pri...
Read ArticleWhen we speak about Carbon Market, the conversation is often framed as a city-level redevelopment issue. But from an economist’s and urban planner’...
Read ArticleWhen we talk about Carbon Market, the discussion too often centers on infrastructure — bricks, stalls, modernization, redevelopment. But to underst...
Read ArticleBy the end of 2025, one idea became clearer—not because it was new, but because it finally had a precise legal shape. Years of working around land ...
Read ArticleThe Cebu City Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) 2023–2032 is often defended on the ground that it significantly expands environmental protection b...
Read ArticleWhy the CLUP Cannot Be Overridden by a Simple Ordinance In conversations about Cebu City’s development, one dangerous misconception keeps circulati...
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