WATCH: Farmers in upland Cebu City give tomatoes for free as plants wilt

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – More than 15,000 kilograms of tomatoes from the upland barangays here will not make it to the markets in Metro Cebu. As the drought continue to devastate farmers and crops in the mountains…

Summer 2024: DOH-7 reports rise in dengue, influenza-like illnesses

Niña Mae Oliverio 04/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The scorching summer heat is already too much for the public to endure. Health experts say that over exposure to the sun may result to heat stroke, cramps, dehydration, and exhaustion. In addition,…

Poro parish church urges gov’t: Don’t chop down our trees

By Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/17/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A parish church in Poro, Camotes Island in northern Cebu wants to save dozens of decades-old trees that stand in the way of road widening projects there. The Sto. Niño de Poro Parish…

EXPLAINER: Why does the gov’t want to put a rotunda in UN Avenue?

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/17/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Motorists passing through the junction of U.N. Avenue and D.M Cortes Street in Mandaue City were surprised last Sunday, April 14, to see a mock-up roundabout in its center. It was an ‘experimental…

PISTON Cebu reiterates calls vs jeep modernization

By Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/16/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A transport group here reiterated its calls to scrap the government’s public transportation modernization program by staging protests in various areas in the city. The Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor…

Couple found dead in tent in Bohol: Death due to inhaling toxic fumes

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/15/2024

Trigger warning: This story mentions self-harm or suicide. CEBU CITY, Philippines – Investigations continue to shed light on the death of a French and Cebuana couple inside a tent in a subdivision in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. But…

Suicide: Probe ongoing on patient killed after falling from hospital building

Morexette Marie Erram 04/11/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Authorities are investigating the death of a patient who died from an apparent suicide after jumping from one of the buildings of a government hospital on Thursday, April 11. Police in Cebu City…

OBO Cebu City suspends operations of condo unit where kid fell

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 04/11/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Office of the Building Official, or OBO, in Cebu City has temporarily suspended the operations of the condo unit where the four-year-old kid fell and died. This after the OBO, headed by…

MCWD deploys mobile siphon tanks in 2 Cebu City barangays

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 04/09/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Metropolitan Cebu Water District or MCWD recently deployed two Mobile Siphon Tanks (MSTs) in barangays Cambinocot and Bonbon. This move was part of MCWD’s efforts to mitigate the impact of the El…

Massive forest fire hits 4 barangays in Oslob

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/07/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The mountains of Oslob town in southern Cebu became an inferno when a huge forest fire broke out late Saturday evening, April 6. The wildfire lasted for several hours and spread to at…

EXPLAINER: Why do we monitor the heat index?

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/04/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Once again, students and teachers in Cebu had to return to alternative modes of learning, like online classes and modular types, this summer. Face-to-face classes in several localities here have been suspended but…

Santo Entierro: Taking care of the dead Christ on the island

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/30/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The sun was beating down harshly one Friday at noon in Bantayan town in northern Cebu. In a family-owned compound in Barangay Ticad, its residents, workers, and volunteers did not mind the hot…

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