Pagasa: LPA nearing PAR; brace for hot, humid weather

Cathrine Gonzales 05/08/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A low pressure area (LPA) east of Davao City is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) in a few hours, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said early…

Brace for more rains in the next few days

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 10/01/2018

AFTER yesterday’s heavy downpour which resulted in floods in different parts of Metro Cebu, the state weather bureau said Cebu will experience isolated rain showers in the next few days. Although Cebu was spared with a direct…

Brace for ‘Ompong’

AP, Jessa Mae O. Sotto, JOSE SANTINO BUNACHITA, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla, Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/14/2018

Typhoon “Ompong” (international name: Mangkhut) retained its ferocious strength and shifted slightly toward more densely populated coastal provinces in northern Luzon on Friday as it barreled closer to the northeastern Philippines, where a massive evacuation was underway.…

Cebuanos told to brace for hot weather

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/24/2018

  Thursday’s temperature of 35.2°C was the hottest that was experienced in Cebu the last two decades. The heat index was recorded at 42°C at 2 p.m. of the same day (August 23). Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and…

Consumers brace for hike in LPG prices

Jose Santino S. Bunachita and Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/31/2018

MANOLITA Enerlan feels like being hit by multiple whammy. Enerlan, who runs a small eatery along Gorordo Avenue in Cebu City could barely cope with the rising prices of meat and vegetables. Now, she had to face…

Cebuanos told: Brace for 10M Chinese tourists

Nestle L. Semilla 04/21/2018

PREPARE for the one million to ten million Chinese tourists. Assistant Secretary George Soriano said this amid negotiations between China and the Philippines to bring at least a million to ten million tourists a year to the…

MCWD warns public: Brace for low water supply

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/27/2018

THE public will have to brace for low and interrupted water supply in Metro Cebu in the coming weeks. The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) announced that the volume of potable water produced will start to decline…

Cebu, Bohol tourism players told: Brace for more visitors

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/26/2018

IMPENDING BORACAY CLOSURE Prepare for the expected influx of tourists in Cebu and Bohol. This is Director Shalimar Tamano of the Department of Tourism in Central Visayas (DOT-7) advice to local government officials, companies and persons involved…

Hotels near CBP brace for haze from Metro fire

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/07/2018

HOTELS within the vicinity of Cebu Business Park (CBP) will have to come up with their own measures to combat the smoke and haze coming from the Metro Ayala department store fire which has been running for…

Brace for more rains

Intern 12/12/2017

BRING raincoats and umbrellas in the next couple of days as the weather bureau has forecast rains in Metro Cebu on Wednesday until Saturday. Oscar Tabada, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration-Mactan (Pagasa-Mactan) regional director, said…

Public told: brace for the worst

Doris C. Bongcac 06/07/2017

CEBU CITY–Prepare for the worst. The Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH-7) announced on Wednesday the closure of the flyover in Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City from June 9 to 22 for retrofitting. The…

DPWH to start underpass construction in June; public told to brace for traffic

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/31/2017

CEBU CITY—Expect traffic to be heavy along N. Bacalso Avenue and F. Llamas Street next month when the Department of Public Work and Highways (DPWH) starts the construction of an underpass. A portion of the road would…

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