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File photo from CCLEX website CEBU CITY, Cebu, April 26 (PIA) -- President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will visit Cebu for the second time this year on April 27 to attend two important events.     President Duterte will join the 501st anniversary of the Victory of Mactan and closing ceremony of the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines in Lapu-Lapu City.   The commemoration marks the triumph of the warriors of the island under chieftain Lapulapu over the Spanish conquerors led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.   On the same day, President Duterte will be the guest of honor during the ceremonial inauguration of the 8.9-kilometer Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) or the Third Bridge connecting mainland of Cebu and Mactan Island. It can be recalled that Pres. Duterte was present during the groundbreaking of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project on March 17, 2017 in Cordova town. CCLEX is envisioned not only to help decongest traffic in Metro C...

Pres. Rodrigo Duterte (2nd from left) leading the simultaneous inauguration of the Seven Seaport Development Project in Bohol on Oct. 29. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol) TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Oct. 29 (PIA) -- Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte led the simultaneous inauguration of Seven Seaport Development Projects (SSDP) in Bohol on Oct. 29 along with Department of Transportation (DOTr) Sec. Arthur Tugade and Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) General Manager Jay Santiago. The SSDP is part of the Duterte administration's billion-peso worth of major seaport investments in Bohol province from 2018 until the present, said Bohol Gov. Arthur Yap. Most of the projects under the SSDP involve government infrastructure that were damaged by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Bohol on Oct. 29, 2013. The inauguration, according to Pres. Duterte, will establish the island-province as a catalyst for economic recovery and growth, while fulfilling mobility demands amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The SSDP projects are par...