Expect more power outages

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/16/2016

Cebuanos can expect more power interruptions within the coming days. Because no maintenance work will be allowed a week before the elections up to when election-related activities are over, the Visayan Electric Company (Veco) will do its…

Intense heat, lack of water bring more woes

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/16/2016

IT IS not just heat strokes that the public needs to guard against in this time of high climatic temperature and low water supply. Poor hygiene brought about by water shortage could lead to skin diseases like…

YELLOW ALERT AND HEAT

Marites Villamor Ilano, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/15/2016

Cebu is still in the middle of a water crisis resulting from a prolonged dry spell and it is about to face another concern, a low power reserve. Cebu, and the rest of the Visayas, have been…

Will Cebu bets bring home the crown?

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/15/2016

CEBU’s bets Maria Gigante and Apriel Smith have been early favorites of the Bb. Pilipinas 2016 since the pageant started. The two Cebuanas have also gained supporters and compliments from non-Cebuanos as they stand out during press…

Cebu registers 44.1 degrees heat index

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/15/2016

CEBU registered its highest recorded heat index of 44.1 degrees Celsius at 12:49 pm Friday, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said. Weather specialist Manny John Agbay said Cebu registered 33.9 degrees Celsius in…

Visayas now under yellow alert for May 9 polls

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/15/2016

THE Visayas is now placed under yellow alert as preparation for the May 9 elections by the Department of Energy (DOE). Yellow alert means the Visayas grid already has limited reserves. Energy Secretary Zenaida Monsada said they…

Drought may find respite

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/14/2016

  THERE may yet be some respite to this long dry spell. Light to moderate rains were experienced yesterday in Toledo City and in the towns of Asturias and Balamban. Alice Canasa, weather specialist for Philippine Atmospheric,…

Firm eligible to undertake Sotto project

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/14/2016

ONE of three bidders for the proposed Cancer Center of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) was found eligible to undertake the project. The New CC Barcelona Construction, a Manila-based company, was able to comply with all…

Gwen on leave from UNA, backs Digong

Carmel Loise Matus, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/11/2016

CEBU third district Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia has decided to go on leave from the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) to fully support the presidential bid of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. After weighing her options, she decided to…

Cloudy with a chance of rains this week

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/10/2016

MASSIVE clouds that have been formed near the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) can bring rains in the next few days, providing relief to the parched lands in Cebu. “Pray it won’t dissipate,” said Alfredo Quiblat Jr.,…

APRIEL SMITH: Poised for the pageant

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/10/2016

A FEW years ago during “Pasko Sa Sugbo,” Apriel Smith was one of the “Gimik Sa Sugbo” performers at Fuente Osmeña Circle. About this  time  she was also mastering her walk for  the pageant and modeling because …

‘STATE OF EMERGENCY’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Sheila Mae Gumapon, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/08/2016

Mayor Michael Rama yesterday placed Cebu City under a “state of emergency” following an emergency meeting with concerned officials where it was affirmed that the city is now faced with a water crisis. In Cebu province, mayors…

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