Crop losses incurred by 13 mountain barangays in Cebu City have reached over P5 million with five hectares of farm land affected by last week’s downpour, the City Agriculture Office said yesterday. Asst. City Agriculturist Arleigh Gesta…
Tourists are no longer allowed to visit the flower farms at Sitio Tawagan in the mountain barangay of Sirao in Cebu City. During their meeting yesterday afternoon, the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CCDRRMC)…
Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CCDRRMC) passed a resolution on Thursday afternoon recommending for the restriction of entry of visitors at the famous flower farms at Sitio Tawagan, Barangay Sirao in Cebu City due to the…
The provincial government allocated P24 million to develop contingency plans for dealing with calamity victims this year. Baltazar Tribunalo, the Capitol’s consultant for disaster risk reduction management, said the amount is part of a three-year program aimed…
Yesterday’s continuous heavy rains resulted to the swelling of rivers and flooding in different parts of Cebu. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pag-asa) said the amount of rainfall recorded yesterday was 64 millimeters. The…
While Cebu may experience a rainy Christmas this week, the state weather bureau Pagasa said it remains unclear if there will be a tropical depression or not. “There is a fifty percent chance that it will form…
AT least some of the 80 families living near the Sta. Felomina River in Barangay Poblacion, Sibonga town left their houses after they were asked to evacuate the area when the river overflowed after an hour-long heavy…
Some of the at least 80 families living near the Sta. Filomena River in Barangay Poblacion in Sibonga town in southern Cebu left their houses after they were asked to evacuate the area when the river overflowed…
The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) is putting most of its P1.4 billion budget in 2017 to the rehabilitation of coconut farms to reinvigorate the coconut industry in the country. PCA administrator Avelino “Billy” Andal told a news…
CEBU CITY—Elderly, women, children and persons with disabilities who were affected by the fire in Barangay Apas, Cebu City would be moved to St. Francis Kindergarten. The male fire victims, however, were asked to stay at the…
THE Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), the country’s major private sector coordinator in disaster management, presented “The Care Package” high-energy biscuits (HEBs) during a simple ceremony at the Shell House Building in Makati City recently. The PDRF…
Tropical Storm Marce brought power outages, flooding and damage to crops in northern Cebu, but people were thankful that it did not leave casualties in its wake. Around 25 families in Sogod town were evacuated when water…
