EMB: No oil sheen in site

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/08/2017

THE Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-7) said their inspection of the site where the MV Fortuner cargo vessel sank last Sunday showed no oil sheen at 11 a.m. yesterday. Engineer Luis Antonio Monisit, senior Environmental Management Specialist, and…

‘WATCH OUT FOR OIL’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/08/2017

‘No fishing ban yet but waters already ‘smell of gasoline’ With 10 family members to feed, fisherman Julian Abapo has more than enough reason to be worried about another possible oil spill in the waters off Talisay…

Protest movement vs death penalty travels from Mindanao up to Senate

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/08/2017

  THEY came all the way from Mindanao, starting in Cagayan de Oro, and are now in the Visayas, and they intend to travel all the way to Luzon, particularly at the Senate building. More than a…

Running priest: Don’t cut trees along BRT route

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/08/2017

  Running priest Fr. Roberto Reyes is urging the Cebu City government not to cut the trees that might be affected by the Cebu Bus Rapit Transit (BRT) project. Reyes said he was planning to tie white…

Civil society groups hold protest against death penalty, EJK

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/08/2017

More than 100 members of different civil society organizations (CSO) in Cebu staged a protest in front of Cebu Provincial Capitol Monday morning against death penalty and extrajudicial killings. Fr. Robert Reyes, the running priest, led the…

Ship sinks off Talisay

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/07/2017

A cargo vessel loaded with iron and metal billets sank in the waters about 2.2 kilometers from the shoreline of Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City, early on Sunday. All 22 crew members of the vessel were rescued; but…

Rains to provide respite for Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/07/2017

CEBU residents may experience some comfort from the relentless summer heat as the state weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said some rains will fall throughout the week. Nedz Saletrero, weather specialist of…

Cargo vessel sinks in Talisay waters

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/07/2017

CEBU CITY—A cargo vessel sank past 6 a.m. on Sunday, about a kilometer away from the shoreline of Talisay City, southern Cebu, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). Not one of the 22 crew members of…

IN CENTRAL VISAYAS More underage girls pregnant

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/06/2017

Pregnancies occurred in areas devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda More girls as young as 12 to 13 years old are getting pregnant in Central Visayas, the regional Population Commission (PopCom) office said yesterday. Carl Dave Black Ang,…

Malabuyoc top tourist destination closes

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/05/2017

About 1.5 kilometers from the highway in Barangay Montañeza, Malabuyoc, southwest of Cebu, is a hot spring that up until recently, drew in around 10,000 tourists each month. The natural attraction, aptly named “Mainit Spring”, which means hot…

200 college grads ask for diploma, TOR

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/05/2017

  More than 200 students who graduated from AMA Computer Learning Center (ACLC) College of Mandaue from 2011 to 2016 claimed that they have not yet received their college diplomas and transcript of records (TORs). With the…

DENR-7 suggests “earthballing” trees along BRT route

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/04/2017

UPROOT trees carefully and move them elsewhere to give way to urbanization. Such might be the best solution to preserve nature as Cebu City tackles effects that a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system will have on the…

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