Strong quake hits Mindanao, no damage reported so far

Inquirer.net 04/29/2017

DAVAO CITY — The 7.2-magnitude quake that struck at Celebes Sea, 53 kilometers southwest of Sarangani Island in Davao Occidental, around 4:23 a.m. Saturday caused a sudden rise in water level; but no damage had been registered…

Capitol pegs Crising damage at P84.8 M

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/25/2017

  Crising,” the low pressure area (LPA) downgraded from its initial tropical depression status not only claimed several lives but also wreaked havoc in millions worth of damages. A partial damage assessment report of the Cebu Provincial…

More damage reports reach Capitol

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/21/2017

TROPICAL DEPRESSION CRISING The Cebu Provincial Veterinarian Office (PVO) has recorded almost a million pesos’ worth of damage in poultry and livestock caused by Tropical Depression Crising when it hit northern Cebu over the weekend. Dr. Mary…

Fire guts old office buildings of DENR 7 in Banilad

Norman V. Mendoza 03/13/2017

CEBU CITY—Fire destroyed two 2-story buildings of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR 7) located at Greenplains Subdivision in Barangay Banilad, Mandaue City about 3 a.m. on Monday. The blaze of still…

PASSENGERS RECOUNT HARROWING ORDEAL

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/19/2017

A loud thud and confusion followed What was supposed to be a relaxing 3-hour sea trip through a fastcraft from Ormoc to Cebu City turned out to be a harrowing experience for its 90 passengers as the…

Classes in Maribago suspended after fire damaged 12 classrooms

Norman V. Mendoza 02/14/2017

  An early morning fire damaged 12 classrooms at the Maribago Elementary and High School located at Sitio Datag, Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City. Classes remained suspended while firefighters do overhauling at the fire site, said school principal…

Rains damage P.5-M crops in Cebu

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/23/2017

The low pressure area (LPA) that brought continuous rains in Cebu over the past two weeks has caused more than P500,000 in damage to crops in the three local government units. Assistant provincial agriculturist Roldan Saragena said…

Damage to 10 Cebu City brgys: P1.9M

Inna Mejia 01/20/2017

RECENT landslides in at least 10 mountain barangays in Cebu City have resulted to P1.9 million worth of damaged crops and livestock. Arlie Gesta, assistant head of the City Agriculture Department (CAD), said that these damaged crops…

STATE OF CALAMITY

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 01/17/2017

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…

’No more tsunami warnings’

11/14/2016

WELLINGTON, New Zealand— New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is traveling to the epicenter of Monday’s powerful earthquake to survey the damage. Key is taking a helicopter to the small South Island coastal town of Kaikoura. The…

Four hurt as tornado hits Bogo village

Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles, Lesley Cara Delos Santos 09/08/2016

Four persons were injured while 17 houses were damaged after a tornado hit Barangay Odlot in Bogo City, northern Cebu late Wednesday afternoon. Odlot barangay chairperson Emily Juanilla said the strong winds turned a house upside down…

Fire guts 15 houses, displaces 15 families in Toledo City

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/07/2016

13 houses were totally destroyed and 2 partially damaged by fire that broke out at 12:05 p.m. on Thursday at Sitio Luray I, Barangay Poblacion, Toledo City. SFO3 Julius Dagatan, Toledo City fire investigator said the fire…

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