Gwen inspects bus terminals

Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia conducted inspections at both the Capitol-operated South and North Bus Terminals in Cebu City on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, to check the situation and ensure the well-being of passengers traveling for the Holy Week.

- Mitchelle Palaubsanon, Staff Member

During her inspection, the governor again criticized Senator Raffy Tulfo, who recently made a surprise visit to the province-managed North Bus Terminal and raised concerns about the condition of its buses and facilities.

Tulfo, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Service, pointed out in his visit several concerns at the CNBT, including the absence of fire extinguishers, non-functioning electric fans and push carts, passengers paying for restroom use, and several other safety issues of the buses.

Garcia took issue with Tulfo's approach and statements, saying he disrespected not only government heads but also ordinary people.

"Being senator of the country, of the land, does not make you above the law and does not give you license to just barge in, with little knowledge about what the situation is, worse, with little knowledge of the law," Garcia said.

"You don't treat ordinary people like that, whether driver of a bus or a mere cashier, who do not dictate policies anyway. So that just gives you an inkling of what the character of the senator is," she added.

At the North Bus Terminal located within the SM City Cebu mall complex, Garcia re-enacted how Tulfo allegedly barged into the terminal and told a private restroom attendant she would no longer have a job the following day.