Trailer truck overturns on Butuanon Bridge

Mary Rose S. Sagarino 05/17/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – A trailer truck tipped over at the Butuanon Bridge near the intersection of UN Avenue and MC Briones St., close to a mall in Mandaue City, on Friday, May 17. The truck was…

Early Warning Systems of Mandaue: Most of them already fixed, operational

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/02/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Almost all of the Early Warning Systems (EWS) of the Mandaue City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) are now operational. CDRRMO Assistant Department Head Karlo Cabahug, said that only the EWS…

CDRRMC wants state of calamity declared in Mandaue City

Doris C. Bongcac 09/10/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Members of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) saw the need to place the city under a state of calamity following the massive flooding that forced the evacuation of more…

IN PHOTOS: Landslides, floods in Metro Cebu due to torrential rains on Friday

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The torrential rains on Friday night, Sept. 9, 2022, caused landslides, swollen rivers, and produced waist-deep flooding in various parts of Metro Cebu. READ: Pagasa: Heavy to torrential rains felt in cities of…

2 kids 6 and 7 years old drown in Butuanon River

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/03/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Two kids were found dead in the Butuanon River in what authorities believed to be a case of drowning in Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City on Wednesday noon, August 3. The victims were identified…

Centro policemen jump into a river to catch fleeing drug suspect

Norman V. Mendoza 02/09/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Determined policemen swam through the chest-deep water of the Butuanon River to arrest a fleeing drug suspect during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Paknaan in Mandaue City at past noon on Sunday, February…

Gealon: Binaliw landfill stands on a protected area, part of ‘Butuanon watershed’

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Binaliw landfill is situated in a protected area that has been identified by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources as part of the Butuanon Watershed. Lawyer Rey Gealon, Cebu City legal…

Planting along Butuanon River

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 10/18/2018

Our intention is to plant along the river because its purpose is for the prevention of soil erosion. The skies were clear and there were no rains; and so it was a good time to plant that…

Renewed hope for Butuanon River

Jerry Roa 10/13/2018

Residents and visitors of Mandaue, known as the industrial hub of Cebu, can now look forward to a new site to promenade along the banks of the city’s primary inland body of water with the groundbreaking of…

Hopes high for Butuanon River’s rehabilitation

Norman V. Mendoza 11/22/2017

There was indeed hope for the Butuanon River to be rehabilitated after environmentalist and former Environment Secretary Gina Lopez assessed the river’s current situation in a visit yesterday in Mandaue City. Various stakeholders from the Department of…

Employees, volunteers, gov’t workers retrieve trash from Butuanon River

Norman V. Mendoza 10/05/2017

AN establishment along the Butuanon River in Mandaue City joined the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the observance of National Clean-up Month. Last September 23, employees of Virginia Farms, which is located in Sitio…

DENR eyes Butuanon to become model river

Fe Marie Dumaboc 06/14/2017

The regional offices of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) and Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-7) are trying to develop the Butuanon River to become a model of water bodies in response to the key programs…

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