New Year and the new normal

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 01/04/2018

The year of the rooster, 2017, ended with two tropical storms named Urduja and Vinta that claimed lives and destroyed properties. And the year of the dog, 2018, also started with another tropical depression named Agaton. According…

Resiliency to calamities

Editorial 12/28/2017

If there is anything that the country’s national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, inculcated in us through his martyrdom which we will observe as a holiday tomorrow, it’s that we as a people have the capacity to endure…

TS Vinta damages Naga road

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/23/2017

TROPICAL Storm Vinta has left a damaged road and loss of income for a day for those handling whale watching activities in southern Cebu. Belinda Bairon, a staff member of the Research and Planning Division of the…

Vinta’ death toll rises to over 100, many missing

AFP, Inquirer 12/23/2017

The death toll in Mindanao from floods and slides spawned by Severe Tropical Storm Vinta (international name Tembin) had risen to over 100, officials said as of Saturday afternoon. Lanao del Norte suffered the most number of…

Vinta grounds 30 flights, strands 200 passengers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/22/2017

Christmas is the best time to go home especially for Filipinos who spend months working overseas for their family. So when Nerie Quiñonez, 45, learned that their 10:45 a.m. connecting flight from Cebu to Tandag City in…

Tours in southern Cebu suspended due to ‘Vinta’

Morexette B. Erram 12/22/2017

The Provincial Tourism Office (PTO) has suspended all tourism activities in the south, from towns of Moalboal to Santander as Tropical Storm Vinta is expected to barrel the Visayas region today. Recent data from the Provincial Disaster…

CEBU GETS READY FOR VINTA

Jessa Mae Sotto, Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/21/2017

  It was literally the “calm before the storm” in some towns of southern Cebu since fine weather prevailed in their areas yesterday morning. But local officials did not take any chances and instead used the opportunity…

Cebu City heightens storm alert as TS Vinta nears Visayas

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/21/2017

  AS Cebu City Hall prepares for expected strong winds and heavy rains as tropical storm Vinta made landfall, other agencies are also asked to stay on alert and do their part to mitigate the effects of…

‘Vinta’ strengthens into tropical storm, typhoon signals up – Pagasa

Inquirer 12/21/2017

  Typhoon signals were raised as “Vinta” intensified into a tropical storm, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Thursday. In its 5 a.m. bulletin, the state weather bureau said Vinta is expected…

‘VINTA’ INTENSIFIES

Jessa Mae Sotto, JOSE SANTINO BUNACHITA, Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/20/2017

Now a Tropical Depression, it is forecast to hit southern Cebu this weekend Another major weather disturbance threatens to dampen the holiday season just a few days after Tropical Storm Urduja exited the Philippines, leaving at least…

‘Urduja out, Vinta in sa Pasko’

Lloyd Suarez 12/17/2017

Kasub-anan ang pasko sa mga pamilya sa Eastern Visayas nga biktima sa pagkuso-kuso sa bagyong Urduja. Duna gyu’y nangamatay didto ug grabe ang nahimong kadaot sa mga kabtangan ug mga tanom. Bisan sa mga mountain barangays dinhi…

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