Fire victims from Barangays Guizo and Mantuyong of Mandaue City, who have been given shelter on the grounds of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) for over a month now, were asking for more supply of water.…
The back-to-back typhoons “Nona” and “Onyok” left many parts of the archipelago flooded, lives lost, agriculture and livelihoods devastated and thousands stranded. The dire situation is a rehash of past calamities. More and stronger impacts of climate…
THE Women in Literary Arts-Cebu Inc. (Wila) will hold a “Women in Disaster” creative nonfiction writing seminar-workshop on Oct. 10 and 11 at St. Mark Hotel in Cebu City. Fifteen fellows, composed of 10 Wila members and…
ABOUT P30 million will be allocated by the Cebu City government to fund improvements in evacuation centers of 21 of its barangays. Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak said the allocation is based on the programs of works…
The Cebu provincial government only has P3.9 million left in its Quick Response Fund (QRF) as of yesterday, which constitutes 30 percent of its total P121 million Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) fund for this year.…
Personnel of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) conducted a microtremor survey near the Monterazzas in barangay Guadalupe as part of their efforts to draft a hazard map of Metro Cebu. “A microtremor survey identifies…
A PANEL of sanitation and health experts declared barangay Sillon in Bantayan island “zero-open defecation” or ZOD despite the lack of household toilets. After typhoon Yolanda in November 2013, several disaster response teams focused on sanitation. Islamic…
CEBU may not lie in the path of an approaching tropical storm, but disaster councils in Cebu city and province are bracing for the worst. The slow-moving tropical storm Noul, which will be named “Dodong” once it…
Include disaster preparedness in the elementary and high school curriculum to better prepare students against calamities. Cebu City Mayor Mike Rama asked this of the Department of Education (DepEd)-Cebu City Division, the city’s Local School Board and…
Daanbantayan Mayor Augusto Corro went to Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III last Friday to hand over his two-page letter asking for the governor’s help in securing World Bank-funding for rehabilitation projects in his town. “Mangayo lang ko’g…
The Cebu City Council has approved an ordinance prescribing guidelines in the implementation of forced evacuation during disasters and emergencies. No penalties would be imposed on residents who won’t follow evacuation orders, but the ordinance frees the…
With the concrete Dumlog bridge cut off, people traveling through Sibonga town in south Cebu have to take a detour. Bus passengers get down and transfer to a habal-habal or motorcycle-for-hire that takes riders through a barangay…
