Tours in southern Cebu suspended due to ‘Vinta’

Morexette B. Erram 12/22/2017

The Provincial Tourism Office (PTO) has suspended all tourism activities in the south, from towns of Moalboal to Santander as Tropical Storm Vinta is expected to barrel the Visayas region today. Recent data from the Provincial Disaster…

NFA rice supply in CV good for 9 days

Futch Anthony Inso 12/05/2017

THE National Food Authority in Central Visayas (NFA-7) is limiting its distribution of the supply of NFA rice to accredited retailers in the region because the NFA has only a 9-day buffer stock for Central Visayas. Procopio…

Davide defends disaster risk chief

Morexette B. Erram 11/09/2017

  CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III defended the chief of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) from allegations of sexual harassment, saying he is a victim of envy. Davide defended PDRRMO chief Baltazar Tribunalo…

Study: World pollution deadlier than wars, disasters, hunger

AP 10/20/2017

NEW DELHI — Environmental pollution — from filthy air to contaminated water — is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world, more than smoking, hunger or natural disasters, and more than…

GEOSTORM: Unbelievably ridiculous disaster film

Jeff Ruffolo 10/12/2017

Let’s just take a moment for all of us take a deep breath. We’ll need it. Now, let’s all communally close our eyes. Go ahead. Now breathe and let your mind drift away. It’s the only way…

DepEd, Smart strengthen disaster preparedness of Ormoc youth

PR 10/04/2017

Residents of Ormoc City in the province of Leyte are no strangers to calamities. The province has been battered by typhoons, landslides and earthquakes, the most recent of which was the magnitude 6.5 quake that shook Jaro…

NTC-7 launches program for disaster preparedness

Futch Anthony Inso 09/27/2017

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) in Central Visayas has created the Rapid Emergency Telecommunications Team (RETT) to provide integrated communication flow before, during and after disasters. During the symposium conducted by the Kapisanan nga mga Brodkaster ng…

Barangay chiefs told: Prepare disaster plans

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/06/2017

Better be safe than sorry. This was the advise of Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak to the city’s barangay officials whom he asked to already start preparation of their respective disaster preparedness plans. Preparedness, Tumulak said, will…

Mandaue City to stage disaster simulation exercise

Norman V. Mendoza 08/16/2017

THE Mandaue City Council will be initiating a disaster preparedness simulation exercise involving an after-explosion scenery with the use of an improvised explosive this Friday. The simulation exercise, to be held at the Session Hall, will be…

Quick, effective disaster response

Editorial 07/27/2017

President Rodrigo Duterte’s call on Congress to create a new agency or department that would be “responsive and empowered to deal with changing and prevailing 21st century conditions and deliver enhanced disaster resiliency and quick response measures”…

Disaster management chief spending funds on preparedness projects

USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/11/2017

WHILE the Cebu City government affirmed the Commission on Audit report claiming the disaster management fund was underutilized by the city, the current city disaster management chief is already spending funds for preparedness projects. “We spend our…

Technology, disaster, and conservation

Jason A. Baguia 05/19/2017

I do not know if I will find the time to read the writing about someone’s family’s slave that has apparently become an internet sensation. But a quote from the story’s author posted by a colleague interests…

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