Motorized banca runs aground off Cordova: 58 passengers saved in 3 accidents; gale warning ignored

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/20/2014

Three sea accidents involving motor bancas that were gripped by rough seas ended on a happy note. All 58 distressed passengers and crew were saved. The coast guard and the navy rescued 48 passengers and seven crewmen…

Tornado rips off roof of SWU; ‘Buhawi’ blows in Borbon town

Chito O. Aragon, Doris C. Bongcac, Fe Marie Dumaboc, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/19/2014

A tornado damaged school buildings of Southwestern University (SWU) on Urgello Street in Cebu City about 5:30 a.m. yesterday , one of the effects of tropical storm “Mario”. Violent gusts of a “buhawi” or waterspout were reported…

DOH 7 starts probe of 2 Cebu hospitals

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/19/2014

A full-blown investigation will be made of two Cebu hospitals that handled a pregnant mother whose delivery on Sept. 14 ended tragically with the death of her son. Regional Director Jaime Bernadas of the Department of Health…

Mario causes heavy downpour, flooding in Metro Cebu

Anie M. Paujana, Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/18/2014

Classes are suspended in all towns and cities in Cebu while thousands of passengers heading to work were stranded when rains brought by tropical depression Mario caused metro-wide flooding. The state weather bureau Pagasa warned of heavy…

Mama’s ultrasound test: Son ‘alive’ before delivery

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/18/2014

The 29-year- old mother from Mandaue City who delivered a boy whom the hospital said was a “still birth” challenged the findings by showing results of her ultrasound test . The baby was still “alive” in her…

Hospital says baby ‘dead’ when mother was admitted

Carine M. Asutilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/17/2014

The administration of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) said the baby of pregnant Antonieta Torreon was already dead when she reached the hospital’s admission section last Sunday dawn. “This was a case of a previable…

‘Why didn’t they tell us sooner?’

Carine M. Asutilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/17/2014

RENJIE Torreon and his wife Antonieta had planned to name their first born “Luis” after the typhoon that hit the country recently. Thirteen hours after his wife was admitted at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC),…

Sogod village probed for typhoid

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/16/2014

After five cases of typhoid fever were reported in Sogod town, water sampling was conducted last week in barangay Calumboyan to trace the source in northern Cebu. Reynan Cimafranca, chief of The Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit…

10 Cebu towns yet to get Yolanda shelter aid

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/16/2014

Six Cebu towns received emergency shelter assistance (ESA) after supertyphoon Yolanda struck but 10 others in northern Cebu are still waiting for their aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) ten months after the…

Search and rescue continue for missing passengers of MV Maharlika Dos

Apple Ta-as, Inquirer, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/15/2014

Huge waves and strong winds resulted in sea tragedies over the weekend. A 44-year-old fisherman from barangay Luyang in Carmen town has been reported missing. Steban Luna Jabilles sailed despite bad weather last Friday and has since…

2 dengue deaths but no cause for alarm

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/14/2014

Dengue cases in Balamban town, midwestern Cebu resulted in two deaths but the situation is not an epidemic, said a health official. Reynan Cimafranca, chief of the DOH Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (Resu-7), said they are…

Public told: Brace for heavy rains

Inquirer, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/12/2014

Tropical depression “Luis” will enter the Philippines today and is expected to make landfall in northern Luzon. While the Visayas is not in its path, expect heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon which may be intensified…

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