Pagasa: Slow speed of storm means more rain; Evacuees in Cebu city came ‘too early’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/07/2014

4 DAYS OF RAIN   The ‘slow’ travel of  typhoon Ruby across the Visayas will bring more rain starting today till Wednesday, said weather experts. Pagasa Visayas chief  meteorologist Oscar Tabada said he was concerned about the…

Volunteers needed; CICC is made repacking hub

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/07/2014

Volunteers have started preparing relief packs for eventual distribution to typhoon victims. More hands are needed. The Cebu International Convention Center in Mandaue City  was designated a food repacking hub for the region. Social Welfare Secretary Corazon…

Flights cancelled, ships grounded

Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/06/2014

AIRPORT operations remained uninterrupted at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) yesterday despite the cancellation of at least seven Cebu Pacific flights because of threats by typhoon Ruby (international name: Hagupit). The airport website shows that flights…

Medellin family prepares better for Ruby

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/05/2014

HAVING witnessed how supertyphoon Yolanda devastated Medellin town in November 8 last year, Renalyn Mondigo and her family in sitio Pio, barangay Antipolo in Medellin town, northern Cebu aren’t taking chances with typhoon Ruby (international name Hagupit).…

Queenie aftermath

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/03/2014

192 Badian studes to share  classroom STUDENTS from Grade 1 to 4 at the Basangpangpang Elementary School in Badian town, southern Cebu will have to share one classroom after their school building was heavily damaged during the…

Kawasan opens, but guides required; Boljoon cleans up

Marian Z. Codilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/01/2014

  Kawasan Falls, which sustained damage from tropical depression Queenie, opened to the public yesterday, but authorities will require tourists to have tour guides. In Boljoon town, residents started cleaning up a flooded school to the resumption…

Kawasan Falls: A paradise lost to Queenie

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/30/2014

KAWASAN Falls – the multi-layered waterfalls considered as the pride of Badian town – was an unimaginable picture of devastation as the weather cleared the day after tropical depression Queenie unleashed its wrath over southern Cebu. Badian…

Veco seeks to recover capex for cable project

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/26/2014

The Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) will ask the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to let the consumers pay for the capital expenditure for their P78 million underground cable line project. Recovering the capital expenditure from the consumers for…

LTFRB-7 holds fare rollback hearing on Dec. 17

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/26/2014

The regional office of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) scheduled a Dec. 17 public hearing on a fare rollback petition filed by former Cebu City councilor Augustus Pe Jr. Pe petitioned for a 50-centavo…

Queenie in town Pagasa forecasts heavy rains as storm passes thru

Edison Delos Angeles, Inquirer, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Peter L. Romanillos 11/26/2014

Tropical depression Queenie is expected to continue to batter the Visayas and Mindanao with heavy rain as it crosses the southern part of the country from Wednesday night up to today, the state weather bureau said. Northern…

12-year-old is Cebu’s youngest mother

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/26/2014

A 12-year-old girl is the youngest mother in Cebu, the Commission on Population in Central Visayas (PopCom-7)  revealed. Popcom-7 Director Bruce Ragas said the 12-year-old girl gave birth last year in a hospital in Bogo City, northern…

Typhoon Queenie sweeps Visayas; 250 passengers stranded

Marian Z. Codilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/26/2014

About 250 passengers were stranded as of 10 am after 4 vessels canceled trips in Visayas due to typhoon Queenie. Typhoon Queenie is now located 21 km east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur and is expected to…

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