Fifteen-hour water interruption in 44 areas served by MCWD

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/07/2016

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…

Dry spell forces farmer to commit suicide

02/07/2016

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…

Present El Niño the most intense in world history, extends to 2016

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/14/2015

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…

Expect hot days in Central Visayas until July 24

Melissa Q. Cabahug 07/15/2015

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 …

174 hectares of crops in four areas damaged

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/01/2015

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…

Funds ready for LGUs affected by dry spell

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Norman V. Mendoza 05/22/2015

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…

2 more towns placed under state of calamity

Melissa Q. Cabahug 05/21/2015

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…

Disaster council cites ‘creeping disaster’

Melissa Q. Cabahug 05/20/2015

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…

State of calamity for 31 upland barangays

Marian Z. Codilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/14/2015

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…

Cebu is high risk area for El Niño: Acosta

Marian Z. Codilla 05/12/2015

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…

TAPS RUN DRY: MCWD output down by 10,000 cubic meters per day due to dry spell

Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/24/2015

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…

Margot asks where P11 million budget for farm aid went

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/09/2015

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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