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Cagayan de Oro City was placed under state of calamity by local officials early yesterday after a massive flooding in the city spawned by two weather disturbances. “City council declared a state of calamity in Cagayan de…
Days of incessant rain have placed in danger the lives of residents of Cebu City’s mountain barangays, forcing 99 families to flee their homes that were damaged or threatened by landslides and soil erosion. The threat to…
Due to the recent incidents of landslides, the Cebu City Council has placed all mountain barangays in the city under a state of calamity. The declaration was made during the council’s regular session on Tuesday afternoon. Aside…
Nearly 400 families who lost their homes to the New Year’s Day fire in Barangays Guizo and Maguikay, Mandaue City at past Sunday midnight may be allowed to rebuild their homes in privately owned lots. In yesterday’s…
Taft, Eastern Samar — A farmer was killed while at least 1,600 families were affected on Saturday when floods hit 11 villages here following incessant rains. Elpedio Zacate was found dead on Saturday after he drowned in…
Following the declaration of state of calamity due to dengue outbreak last month, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) will conduct a province-wide simultaneous clean-up drive on Thursday. PHO head Dr. Rene Catan said the activity will be…
As someone who is identified with the militant Left, Social Welfare secretary Judy Taguiwalo views anything associated with the US and other Western countries that are not socialist or communist as evil and having an ulterior agenda.…
Better safe than sorry. Although Cebu is not in the path of Super Typhoon “Lawin” (international name: Haima), local disaster and law enforcement authorities yesterday geared up for an intense weather disturbance that was bearing down fast…
The Commission on Audit in Central Visayas (COA-7) has denied the appeal of the Cebu City government to reconsider its ruling that disallowed the P20,000 calamity aid to city employees in 2013. COA-7 director Alicia Malquisto, in…
The rainy season now brings much apprehension to many. It can mean flooding, landslides, tornadoes and other related weather phenomena. Remember the children and their teachers entombed, among the reported 1126 deaths, in the deadly February, 2006…
Having served a two-month suspension, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama needs another suspension—this time, a six-month penalty—like he needs a hole in the head. Yet the prospect has become all too real as a copy of the…
NINE villages or barangays were placed under calamity status by the Toledo City government after water levels there dropped by more than 90 percent due to the ongoing dry spell. In a resolution approved last Friday, the…
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