PCIC tells fishermen, farmers with insured crops to file for indemnity claims

Futch Anthony Inso 04/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Farmers with insured crops and fishermen affected by the El Niño phenomenon can file for indemnity claims with the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) to cover for their losses. “So kinahanglan nga mag-file…

Cebu’s temperature peaked at 34.6 degrees Celsius on Black Saturday

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Mactan station recorded a temperature of 34.6 degrees Celsius and a heat index of at least 42 degrees Celsius on Black Saturday, the highest…

Cebu City disaster head eyes bigger allocation for El Niño mitigation

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 27 million allocation which the Cebu City Risk Reduction Management Office (CCRRMO) requested earlier is no longer enough to caution the ill effects of the El Niño phenomenon. Anticipating the damage caused…

MCWD to ration water in 2 Cebu City brgys today

Doris C. Bongcac 04/06/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Prepare your water containers. The Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) will be sending trucks to deliver water to residents of Barangays Sambag 1 and 2 in Cebu City starting at 3 p.m. today,…

4 Cebu LGUs under state of calamity

Rosalie Abatayo 04/03/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — A state of calamity was already declared in at least four local government units (LGUs) in Cebu province. The legislative bodies of Carcar City in southern Cebu, Ginatilan town in the southwestern…

Heat drains water from Buhisan dam

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Buhisan dam in Cebu City is almost dried up. Charmaine Kara, spokesperson of the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD), said that as of today, March 26, they were already unable to extract…

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