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ABOUT 44 areas serviced by the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) will experience water supply interruption for 15 hours from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily starting Thursday. “Starting today, there will be low pressure to no…
COTABATO CITY — A 37-year-old farmer, who reportedly got so depressed after his farmland got parched by the dry spell, committed suicide in South Upi town in Maguindanao. Chief Insp. Roel Villarin, South Upi police chief, said…
The El Niño phenomenon which Cebu is experiencing will intensify and likely stretch to the second quarter of 2016. It may be the most intense one the world has ever experienced, said Al Quiblat, officer-in-charge of the…
After a spate of rain, Central Visayas will have sunny days starting yesterday until July 24, said a veteran weather official. This was the forecast of Engr. Oscar Tabada, chief meteorologist of PAGASA Visayas, in an agricultural …
The dry spell damaged 174.67 hectares of crops in at least four Cebu towns and cities. Dr. Roldan Saragena said the El Niño phenomenon has affected the towns of Samboan and Sibonga and the cities of Talisay…
GOV. Hilario Davide III assured that the Cebu Provincial Government will help all local government units (LGUs) affected by the dry spell. Davide said they have not received any damage reports from the towns but disaster funds…
TWO more Cebu municipalities have been placed under a state of calamity due to below-normal rainfall since March. Argao in the south and Borbon in the north joined Tuburan in passing separate resolutions declaring a state of…
The Cebu provincial disaster council yesterday recommended the declaration of a state of calamity in the entire province. Below-normal rainfall since March has damaged crops and caused water levels to go down, said Baltazar Tribunalo, Jr., head…
The Cebu City Council yesterday declared 31 upland barangays under a state of calamity because of the effects of the dry spell. This will enable the city to tap disaster funds for relief operations in areas which…
The Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said the El Niño dry spell will last until August at the earliest or January next year at the latest. During this morning’s water summit organized by the…
Jaclupan weir supply reached critical level in first week of April Constancia Delima, 68, walks about 30 minutes from her home in an upland barangay in Talisay City to buy water from a neighbor. She and…
FARMERS ASK FOR HELP Water drums, hoses needed for dry spell in upland Cebu city Where are the water hoses and drums whose purchase was budgeted by the Cebu City Council to help upland farmers cope with…
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