Ruby to landfall Sunday morning, Signal no. 3 in Samar provinces

Bencyrus Ellorin 12/06/2014

The state weather bureau has revised the estimated time of landfall of typhoon “Ruby” (international name: Hagupit) to Sunday morning in the vicinity of eastern and northern Samar. In its 5 a.m. Dec. 6, 2014 Severe Weather…

Pagasa: Ruby to hit land in Northern Samar tonight

Bencyrus Ellorin 12/06/2014

As Ruby nears land, Pagasa is expected to raise storm signal warnings to 3 and 4 for areas near the eye of the storm.   Weather in Eastern Visayas started to deteriorate last night as the outer…

Families still live in fear

Bencyrus Ellorin 11/24/2014

Cebu Daily News columnist Radel Paredes remembers Cynthia Oquendo-Ayon, one of the victims of the Maguindanao massacre, playing the piano in the dark halls of the University of San Carlos auditorium where  she was a political science…

Trending Thursday: #walangpasok

Bencyrus Ellorin 09/19/2014

THE hashtag #walangpasok topped yesterday’s trending list in social media. Local officials again turned to traditional and new media as an emergency communication network to reach out to the public. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, who was…

BFAR, advocates differ on shark importation ban

Bencyrus Ellorin, Melissa Q. Cabahug 09/19/2014

An executive of the regional office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource (BFAR–7) said that the proposed measure banning the trading of all species of sharks in Lapu-Lapu City is a good move, but City…

P-Noy told to ditch coal in UN speech

Bencyrus Ellorin, Inquirer 09/12/2014

President Aquino will be one of the world leaders set to speak at the UN Climate Change Summit on Sept. 23, a high level push led by UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon to reach a consensus among nations…

Showdown in HK as activists vow to block Cebu shark fins

Bencyrus Ellorin 08/25/2014

Despite playing host to the historic Shark Summit where conservationists pulled all the stops to heighten awareness on the need to protect these endangered marine species, large scale illegal trade of shark fins go on unabated in…

Ironman from a regular triathlete’s point of view

Bencyrus Ellorin 08/11/2014

For 51-year old company executive Alexis M. Sulatre, his first stint in the Cobra Ironman 70.3 Philippines was a learning experience. Sulatre, an operations manager of a gas company, finished the 1.9-kilometer swim, 90-km bike and 21-km…

Rainy weekend ahead

Apple Ta-as, Bencyrus Ellorin 08/01/2014

WEEKEND races for the Ironman 70.3 in Metro Cebu will have to deal with monsoon winds and rainshowers. Tropical storm Inday (Nakri) yesterday intensified the ’habagat” and raised the chance of rain in Central Visayas but the…

No casualties in Cebu as Glenda exits PH

Bencyrus Ellorin, Doris C. Bongcac, Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/16/2014

There were no casualties in Cebu as the state weather bureau Pagasa lifted the storm warning signal No. 1 over Cebu City, North of Cebu and the Camotes Group of Islands with the imminent departure of typhoon…

Glenda skips Cebu, but expect rains

Bencyrus Ellorin, Doris C. Bongcac 07/15/2014

The Cebu City government has placed on standby its disaster personnel, Kaoshiung buses and heavy equipment for quick response in case of landslides and flooding. The state weather bureau said that Tropical Storm Glenda will not directly…

Murder charges filed against cop official for King murder

Bencyrus Ellorin, Inquirer 06/24/2014

  MURDER charges were filed by the Davao City police against Senior Supt. Leonardo Felonia in relation to the June 12 murder of Cebu hotelier Richard King in Davao City. The filing of the complaint against Felonia…

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