800 Toledo City residents evacuated due to flooding, landslides

Nestle Semilla, Rosalie Abatayo 01/01/2018

CEBU CITY—Not one of them had the energy nor the enthusiasm to celebrate the New Year. At least 800 residents from 16 villages in Toledo City, midwest Cebu, slept through the night in the evacuation centers as…

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…

Cebu flights canceled due to bad weather

Morexette B. Erram 12/21/2017

More flights from Mactan Cebu Airport bound for Mindanao were canceled as Tropical Storm Vinta threatens the Caraga region. In an advisory issued past 7 p.m. today, five flights from Philippine Airlines (PAL) from Cebu bound to…

Southern Cebu under Signal No. 1 due to Tropical Storm Vinta

Morexette B. Erram 12/21/2017

The Philippines Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) hoisted Storm Signal No. 1 on Southern Cebu as Tropical Storm Vinta is about to make landfall on southern Mindanao this evening. The state weather bureau’s severe weather…

IT Park employees, residents temporarily evacuated due to vintage bomb extraction

Chris Ligan 12/20/2017

Workers in seven IT park buildings and residents near the area were temporarily evacuated during the extraction of a vintage bomb found in a construction site at the Cebu IT Park in Barangay Apas, Cebu City. Employees…

PRO-7 on full alert due to ‘Urduja’

Nestle L. Semilla 12/15/2017

The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) is on full alert for possible landslides and flooding in Cebu after Tropical Storm Urduja’s expected landfall was delayed until tomorrow morning. Police Supt. Reyman Tolentin, PRO-7’s information officer…

Boat trips canceled due to ‘Urduja’

Morexette B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla, Steffi Kyle Nolido 12/15/2017

  Due to Tropical Storm Urduja’s almost stationary movement, several larger passenger vessels from Cebu bound to Luzon and Mindanao have canceled their voyages scheduled today. As of 5:00 a.m. today, the Philippine Coast Guard in Cebu…

Northern Cebu under Signal No. 1 due to Tropical Depression Urduja

Morexette B. Erram, Steffi Kyle Nolido 12/14/2017

The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) placed Northern Cebu, including Bantayan Island, under Storm Signal No. 1 as Tropical Depression Urduja is expected to make landfall this evening at Northern Samar. Under tropical storm…

Death of 2 infants not due to vaccine

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Norman V. Mendoza 11/15/2017

DOH-7 DECLARES The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has ruled that the deaths of two infants in Lapu-Lapu City which were alleged to have been caused by the improper administration of immunization shots at the…

City Council OKs P56M settlement deal with ACTIEF

Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/11/2017

THE Cebu City government will enter into a P56-million settlement agreement with the Asian College of Technology International Education Foundation (ACTIEF). This developed after the City Council approved a resolution authorizing Mayor Tomas Osmeña to enter into…

Changing sentiment

Editorial 11/02/2017

The latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey taken on the period September 23 to 27 shows just how exactly uncertain Filipinos are with the government’s war on drugs. Connect that with a statement from Dangerous Drugs Board…

Mandani Bay to be completed early due to strong condo take-up

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/27/2017

THE P130-billion Mandani Bay project in Mandaue City is expected to be completed earlier on the back of a strong market demand, signifying that luxury condominiums are gaining ground in Cebu. Gilbert Ang, project director at HTLand,…

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