Toledo fire affects 16 families

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/07/2016

SIXTEEN families were affected by the fire that broke out yesterday noon in Sitio Luray I, Barangay Poblacion, Toledo City. The fire allegedly started at the house of Vicente Fabroa, a vegetable vendor in the city. SFO3…

Vessel’s owner told: Upgrade systems

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/07/2016

Nearly a month after their vessel ran aground off Monad Shoal in Daanbantayan town, the management of the Panamanian vessel MV Belle Rose was advised to set up an electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS). Philippine…

Sunny weather ahead as “Butchoy” leaves PH

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/07/2016

SUNNY to partly cloudy weather lies ahead for Cebu as typhoon “Butchoy” (international name Nepartak) is expected to leave the country tomorrow. Jomar Eclarino, weather specialist of the state weather bureau Pagasa, said Butchoy is headed to…

Fire guts 15 houses, displaces 15 families in Toledo City

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/07/2016

13 houses were totally destroyed and 2 partially damaged by fire that broke out at 12:05 p.m. on Thursday at Sitio Luray I, Barangay Poblacion, Toledo City. SFO3 Julius Dagatan, Toledo City fire investigator said the fire…

‘Butchoy,’ now a typhoon, to bring more rain to Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/05/2016

Tropical storm “Butchoy” entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) yesterday and intensified into a typhoon, bringing rains in Cebu that caused the temporary suspension of boat trips between mainland Cebu and Mactan Island. As of 4…

Villar to meet with mayors on flooding woes

Carmel Loise Matus, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/05/2016

PUBLIC works and highways Secretary Mark Villar will meet with Metro Cebu mayors and Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III to discuss ways to resolve the flooding in their respective areas today. Michael Dino, presidential assistant for the…

DepEd Cebu waiting on LGUs to declare suspension of classes

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/05/2016

The Department of Education (DepEd) in Cebu is waiting on local governments to give the go signal to suspend classes in preparation for tropical storm Butchoy. “In case there’s no typhoon signal but the situation in the…

‘Butchoy’ unlikely to make landfall

Julit C. Jainar, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 07/04/2016

  The chances of tropical storm “Butchoy” (international name: Nepartak) making landfall in the country appear to be slim, the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. Pagasa Mactan chief Alfredo Quiblat Jr. said the storm is expected…

July 6 is non-working holiday

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/04/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte declared July 6 as a non-working holiday to give way for the annual observance of the Muslim holiday Eid’l Fitr. The Eid’l Fitr marks the end of Ramadhan and the completion of fasting for…

GETTING READY FOR ‘BUTCHOY’

Doris C. Bongcac, Julit C. Jainar, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/04/2016

Still coping with the effects of the rain-induced floods that hit Metro Cebu on Friday, Cebuanos were told yesterday to again brace for more heavy rainfall when a tropical storm enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR)…

Two areas in Talamban still submerged in flood

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/03/2016

Heavy rains that slammed Metro Cebu on Friday night have left at least 250 people still stranded in their homes in Barangay Talamban, Cebu City, two days after several areas were inundated by rising flood waters. On…

Tropical Storm ‘Butchoy’ to enter PH on Tuesday

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/03/2016

A LOW pressure area outside the country has turned into a tropical storm Sunday morning. Vhan Singson, weather specialist of the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa, said the storm will enter the country on…

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