Massive Bohol landslide: Area to be declared danger zone

Leo Udtohan - Correspondent / @leoudtohanINQInquirer Visayas 11/12/2025

TAGBILARAN CITY — The Bohol Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has recommended that the massive landslide site in Barangay Candanas, Garcia Hernandez, be declared a danger zone due to the continuous movement of the…

Uwan downs power, communications; displaces over 63,000 in E. Visayas

Joey A. Gabieta 11/09/2025

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Philippines — Super Typhoon Uwan unleashed its fury across Eastern Visayas on Sunday, Nov. 9, displacing 18,959 families or 63,826 individuals, according to a progress report released by the Police Regional Office (PRO-8). Local…

No crocodile escape confirmed in Talisay City wildlife park after Tino

Hazel P. Villa 11/04/2025

Emergency crews and local officials in Talisay City in Cebu moved quick Tuesday, November 4, to secure animals at Crocolandia after floodwaters reportedly breached parts of the park’s perimeter as Typhoon Tino’s rain inundated low-lying areas. Initial…

Manjuyod White Sandbar closed temporarily 

Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 10/28/2025

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Island Region— Manjuyod Mayor Raffy Alipio Andaya has temporarily suspended visits to the Manjuyod White Sandbar after the collapse of the Lagoon dike at the URC-SURE Bais Distillery caused water discoloration in the coastal…

Thresher sharks spotted off Negros Occidental

Carla P. Gomez - Correspondent / @carlagomezINQ 10/27/2025

  BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL — Thresher sharks were spotted by a diving team at the Sipaway Island Marine Protected Area (MPA) in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, October 25, 2025. Their presence was captured…

Cebu quakes could cause ground cracks near Kanlaon – Phivolcs

Carla Gomez 10/14/2025

BACOLOD CITY—The earthquakes that hit Cebu could cause the opening of fractures within the Kanlaon Volcano because the ground shaking was strong, a Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) official said on Monday. But government seismologists…

Whirlwind kills 3 with 1 missing in Maripipi Island in Biliran

Joey A. Gabieta 09/27/2025

TACLOBAN CITY  — Three people were killed, a child went missing, and 12 others were injured when a whirlwind spawned by Severe Tropical Storm “Opong” (international name: Bualoi) struck the island town of Maripipi, Biliran, early Friday.…

Nearly 4,000 evacuated in northern Cebu due to Opong

Jhunnex G. Napallacan 09/26/2025

CEBU CITY – Around 977 families or 3,952 individuals were evacuated in at least seven towns and one city in northern Cebu, while classes on Friday were suspended across the province due to Severe Tropical Storm “Opong”…

Cebu now on heightened alert as Opong intensifies

Nestle L. Semilla 09/25/2025

CEBU CITY—The entire Cebu province has been placed under blue alert after Tropical Storm “Opong” intensified into a severe tropical storm, according to the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO). With Cebu now under…

Man rescued after jumping overboard from passenger ferry near Bohol

Leo Udtohan 09/02/2025

TAGBILARAN CITY — A passenger of MV Lite Ferry 10 jumped overboard shortly after 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 1, prompting a swift rescue operation near the waters off Cabilao Island in Loon, Bohol. According to a…

Ormoc City priest suspended after taking part in Masonic rites

Joey Gabieta 09/01/2025

TACLOBAN CITY—The Order of the Discalced Augustinians (OAD) has suspended Fr. Libby Daños, one of its pioneering priests in Asia, after he was found to have joined the blessing of a Masonic marker in Ormoc City, an…

Ilijan Hill in Tubigon: Bohol’s newest tourism attraction

Leo Udtohan 08/26/2025

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol — Rising from the plains of Tubigon town in Bohol province, Ilijan Hill is more than a striking landmark. To geologists, it is a volcanic plug—the hardened core of an ancient volcano. To locals,…

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