TACLOBAN CITY — The public market in Oras town in Eastern Samar province was destroyed on Sunday morning after it was ravaged by fire, the biggest to hit the municipality in more than two decades. Oras Mayor…
Get your umbrellas ready as it well be wet in Cebu in the next three days, with flash floods projected in many low-lying areas in Metro Cebu, induced by a low pressure area (LPA) spotted off the…
Taft, Eastern Samar — A farmer was killed while at least 1,600 families were affected on Saturday when floods hit 11 villages here following incessant rains. Elpedio Zacate was found dead on Saturday after he drowned in…
Communist rebels raided a police station in Balangkayan town, Eastern Samar on Monday night and escaped with 17 firearms, laptops and personal belongings of policemen. The five policemen on duty were overpowered by at least 20 armed…
Signal No. 1 in north Cebu due to ‘Nona’ Some 1,532 passengers were stranded in Cebu City ports yesterday after the Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu Station barred sea travel for vessels going to Eastern Visayas and Manila due…
RAINSHOWERS in various parts of Metro Cebu will continue in the next few days because of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. A low pressure area east of Guian, Eastern Samar may bring more rain. If the rains continue, …
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas sent 17,000 sacks of food packs to areas badly hit by typhoon Ruby in northern Cebu as of 11 a.m. yesterday. DSWD-7 Assistant Director for Operations…
(Second Update) More areas in the country are under storm signal as “super typhoon” Yolanda (international name Haiyan) prepares to take a landfall in the vicinity of Samar and Leyte tomorrow. Signal No. 4: Eastern Samar, Samar, Leyte,…
