Thirty-five boxes of assorted fish caught through dynamite fishing were seized in barangay Cotcot, Liloan yesterday. The fish were transported from barangay Mahawak, Medellin town in northern Cebu en route to Pasil market in Cebu City. The…
Calamity-hit fisherfolk in northern Cebu were given “typhoon-resilient” cages to help them resume their livelihood. High-density polyethylene (HDPE) fish cages were distributed to 12 towns in northern Cebu, where bamboo fish cages were destroyed at the height…
Despite the rains, the public should prepare for warmer months ahead due to the El Niño phenomenon, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. “The community is quite confident now because of the…
The Cebu provincial government only has P3.9 million left in its Quick Response Fund (QRF) as of yesterday, which constitutes 30 percent of its total P121 million Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) fund for this year.…
The Cebu City Zoo is inviting private companies to adopt or sponsor a zoo animal in order to help cover the cost for their care. Cebu City Zoo Manager Giovanni Romarate said the program covers the care…
Eighty-seven families were recognized for their efforts to restore the giant clam population in their fishing village of Cantaan, Guinsiliban town in Camiguin province. From 30 in 1997, there are now over 4,000 clams in the area.…
Having spent 37 years teaching children, 62-year-old Blasa Perez finds contentment caring for plants in her backyard in Mandaue City. “Ig hikap nako sa tanon, akong stress ug problema mawala (Every time I touch the plants, the…
A family man in Davao City left his government job to take up cacao farming. Three years after, Grover Rosit, 55, has another advocacy—helping fellow farmers in Yolanda-hit areas become agriculture entreprenuers of cacao. “Now is the…
They clean and segregate their neighbors’ garbage and plant vegetables in open spaces. Outside their wooden shanties, housewives keep gardens of ampalaya, spinach, pepper, malunggay, eggplant and cabbage. With a broom and sack in hand, the women…
CEBU province moved one step closer to fully protect sharks in the waters of Cebu. The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) last Monday approved on second reading an amendment to a 2012 fisheries ordinance to include a ban…
THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) is looking into building more dams to augment the province’s water supply in the coming years. In yesterday’s 888 News Forum, Astrophel Logarta, MCWD department manager for production and distribution, said…
WASHINGTON — Earth dialed the heat up in June, smashing warm temperature records for both the month and the first half of the year. Off-the-charts heat is “getting to be a monthly thing,” said Jessica Blunden, a…
