Seven babies born amid typhoon’s wrath

Peter L. Romanillos, Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/08/2014

DAANBANTAYAN, Cebu  — Seven babies were born at the town’s district hospital here as rainfall and strong winds caused by Typhoon Ruby hit northern Cebu towns last Saturday night. One of the seven newborns was named by…

Power cut in north Cebu as Ruby topples poles, damages structures

Apple Ta-as, Doris C. Bongcac, Peter L. Romanillos, Rene Alima, Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/08/2014

Parts of northern Cebu were left in the dark as Typhoon Ruby made its presence felt in these areas yesterday. Provincial Information Officer Ethel Natera said strong winds toppled seven electric poles from barangay Don Pedro to…

Daanbantayan neighbors open homes to evacuees

Peter L. Romanillos 12/07/2014

Daanbantayan – Neighbors in this northern Cebu town  are opening their homes  to evacuees. At least  463 families started hosting  evacuees  from areas at risk of storm surges caused by supertyphoon Ruby. Daanbantayan Mayor Augusto Corro said…

‘Presidencia’ all boarded up

Peter L. Romanillos 12/06/2014

“I was inside my office during Yolanda when the glass wall and the windows broke. It can’t handle the pressure of the wind,” said Daanbantayan Mayor Augusto Corro. Daanbantayan, Cebu — The facade of the municipal hall…

Ruby nears, storms signals up

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Peter L. Romanillos 12/05/2014

Classes were ordered suspended in Cebu City and province today till Saturday to prepare for ‘Ruby’ which is now a supertyphoon approaching with winds over 200 kilometers per hour. Gov. Hilario Davide III  yesterday met with mayors,…

North Cebu towns apply Yolanda lessons

Peter L. Romanillos 12/04/2014

Camotes Island – While some residents dread the the coming of a “Yolanda-like’ storm this weekend,  town officials said they have learned their lesson and are preparing early. Anito Nodalo of South Poblacion said his purok (sub-village)started…

Gov distributes bonuses for barangay workers

Peter L. Romanillos 12/03/2014

CAMOTES Island – Nearly 600 barangay workers in the towns of Tudela and Pilar here received their year-end bonuses from the Cebu provincial government ahead of the holidays. Gov. Hilario Davide III and Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale…

15 southern Cebu towns declared under state of calamity

Peter L. Romanillos 12/01/2014

  The Cebu provincial government declared 15 towns in southern Cebu under a state of calamity after they were hit by typhoon Queenie last week. Damages done in the towns of Argao, Dalaguete, Alcoy, Boljoon, Oslob, Santander,…

Palma still hopeful on Pope’s 2016 IEC visit

Peter L. Romanillos 12/01/2014

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said he and the rest of the archdiocese continue to pin their hopes on a visit by Pope Francis to Cebu City for the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) in  2016. Speaking in…

Killer ‘Queenie’

Ares P. Gutierrez, Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles, Peter L. Romanillos 11/28/2014

Seven-year-old Jason Baldado was soundly asleep with his mother, Alona,  inside their shanty in barangay Sto. Niño in Malabuyoc town,  southern Cebu when heavy rains brought by tropical  depression Queenie fell before dawn Thursday. Queenie, the 20th…

Filinvest Cyberzone soft opening set

Peter L. Romanillos 11/26/2014

Filinvest Land Inc.’s Cyberzone Project, the P5-billion business process outsourcing (BPO) complex, beside the Cebu IT Park will have its  soft opening tomorrow with the assurance that the controversial wall demolition issue has been resolved. “The dispute…

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…

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