Kin wade through flooded cemetery to visit tombs

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morexette Erram, Norman V. Mendoza 10/31/2016

THE ankle-to-knee-deep waters flooding the municipal and protestant church cemetery in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City, failed to stop some visitors yesterday from visiting the tombs of their loved ones there. These visitors, who wanted to avoid the…

Lapses found in Cebu City cemeteries

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/31/2016

Minor deficiencies were noticed by city officials after inspecting some cemeteries in Cebu City on Monday morning. Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) operations chief Harold Alcontin said the entrance and exit areas in…

Sunday rain brings flood in some metro areas

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/30/2016

AN almost 12 hours of heavy rain last Saturday evening until early Sunday morning resulted in flooding in some parts of Metro Cebu. Vhan Singson, weather specialist of Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Mactan…

ALERT UP FOR KALAG-KALAG

Dominic D. Yasay, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/30/2016

As the exodus of thousands departing for their hometowns peaked today, local officials and law enforcement agencies are on high alert to watch over those heading out of Cebu as well as those who have started to…

ALERT UP FOR LAWIN

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Edison Delos Angeles, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 10/19/2016

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…

Cebu City ready to aid Luzon amid ‘Lawin’s’ arrival

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/19/2016

Cebu City Hall is ready to send a team to northern Luzon to assist areas hit by supertyphoon Lawin. Nagiel Banacia, Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) chief, said they signified their intent to…

Labella asks Cebu City disaster office to assess soil erosion in Budlaan

Margarette Managaytay 09/30/2016

CEBU City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella requested the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) officer-in-charge Nagiel Bañacia to conduct a “more intensive assessment” in Sitio Lower Tac-an, Barangay Budlaan. This is due to the…

Cliff dwellers seek help amid landslide risks

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/28/2016

On the hillylands of Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City, several residents live in peril as their homes sit dangerously at the edge of a cliff right beside a small river. The houses numbering eight are among 62 structures…

Five fall ill for eating tuna

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/12/2016

Five persons from Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City were taken to the hospital after they reportedly fell ill due to eating tulingan (frigate tuna) on Monday noon. The victims were identified as Jessie Navarro, 43; his wife Estrelita,…

Worker dead as wall collapses on him

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/31/2016

CEBU CITY–A 20-year-old worker was killed after a concrete wall and steel piles fell on him while working at a construction site along Salvador Extension in Barangay Labangon, Cebu City, Wednesday morning. John Eric Llera was welding…

New barangay health centers to decongest city hospital

Margarette Managaytay 08/19/2016

Come November, Cebu City will have new barangay-based emergency medical response units and health care facilities to improve emergency response time and to decongest the already crowded Cebu City Medical Center. The project is a new partnership…

Cebu City traffic group gets additional patrol cars

Margarette Managaytay 08/15/2016

THE Cebu City government turned over six patrol vehicles to the Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) at the Cebu City Hall grounds yesterday morning. CCTO head Rafael Christopher Yap said the additional vehicles will help improve their…

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