Labella: Previous unliquidated assistance, not politics, delays P5 million aid to barangays

Rosalie Abatayo 12/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Some Cebu City barangays’ failure to liquidate previous financial assistance from the city government has stalled the distribution of their P5 million financial assistance intended for garbage management. Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella…

Vice Mayor Rama: Having a signal shutdown in Sinulog is ‘jurassic,’ ‘primitive’

Rosalie Abatayo 12/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philipines — Instead of settling for a signal shutdown as a security measure for the activities in Sinulog 2020, Vice Mayor Michael Rama has called on the police to find or devise better ways to…

Public urged on Rizal Day: Honor heroes by upholding democracy

Rosalie Abatayo 12/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Do your part in nation-building and in upholding democracy.” This was the message of Dr. Jocelyn Gerra, commissioner of Cebu City’s Cultural and Historical Affairs Commission (CHAC), as the city commemorated on Monday…

Colder days ahead in Cebu as Amihan kicks on New Year’s eve — Pagasa

Rosalie Abatayo 12/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuanos will start to feel the breeze of the northeast monsoon or Amihan before the new year unfolds. Jhomer Eclarino, a weather specialist at the Mactan Station of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and…

Capitol assures: We’ll address livelihood concerns of Ursula-hit areas

Rosalie Abatayo 12/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Getting back on their feet, for victims of Typhoon Ursula, may be harder if it is their livelihood that is directly affected. Neil Angelo Sanchez, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO)…

Napocor promises to help upgrade Camotes Island’s power distribution lines

Rosalie Abatayo 12/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It’s been 28 years since power distribution lines in Camotes Island were installed.  These lines never experienced any upgrade since. The presence of an already outdated single-phase distribution line is blamed for rotational…

FACES OF CEBU: Jobert Flores, security guard

Rosalie Abatayo 12/28/2019

“Lima na ko katuig nga nag-gwardiya. Pila pa lang ko ka bulan dinhi na-assign sa Daanbatayan. First time nako ron nga wala ko kauli sa akong asawa ug anak atol sa Pasko. Taga Bacolod ko pero tua…

Ursula damages Daanbantayan’s ‘disaster-resilient’ homes

Rosalie Abatayo 12/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Risa Estrera thought that her days of worrying over the safety of her family when typhoons hit Daanbantayan were over. She felt this way in January 2019 when they moved into their new…

Priest appeals for help to restore Daanbantayan church

Rosalie Abatayo 12/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The church still looks unscathe from the outside as it stood silent right there surrounded by uprooted trees and various debris. Inside the church is another story. It was like witnessing a repeat of…

State of calamity to be declared in Daanbantayan town

Rosalie Abatayo 12/25/2019

DAANBANTAYAN, Cebu — Uprooted trees, roofless houses, shattered pump boats. These are common sights in the northern Cebu town of Daanbantayan on December 25, Christmas Day. The strong winds brought about by Typhoon Ursula on Christmas Eve,…

4 boat operators missing in Santa Fe; 9k families evacuated

Rosalie Abatayo 12/25/2019

CEBU, Philippines — Four boat operators from Santa Fe town, Bantayan Island have been reported missing hours after the onslaught of Typhoon Ursula in northern Cebu. According to the situation report of the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk…

Weather improving in Cebu

Rosalie Abatayo 12/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The sun has come out in Cebu on Christmas Day, December 25, 2019, bringing a ray of hope to those who have been stranded because of Typhoon Ursula. Netherlen Seletrero, weather specialist in the…

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