DOH advises public vs dehydration amid El Niño

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/23/2016

WITH the start of the Holy Week and the rising heat index that the country is experiencing, the Department of Health (DOH) is urging the public to take necessary measures to alleviate the effects of heat on…

MCWD gets more water

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/22/2016

TO cushion the effects of continued low water supply, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) plans to get additional water from private suppliers starting next month, but it will also mean slightly higher water cost for the…

Seaweed sector anticipates huge losses due to El Niño

Vanessa Claire Lucero 03/22/2016

Seaweed growers, traders and processors are anticipating losses this year as the rising sea temperatures caused by the raging El Niño phenomenon have brought down production. Yuri Yap, executive director of the Seaweed Industry Association of the…

Residents warned of flash floods unless quarrying halted

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/17/2016

ABOUT 200 residents living along or near the Mananga River in Talisay City are in danger of losing their lives and homes to flash floods if illegal quarrying in the area continues unabated. Julius Regner, Provincial Disaster…

With Mananga all dried up, quarrying activities worsen

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/17/2016

As early as 6 a.m. every day, Raul Cañeda readies his shovel and walks toward Mananga River in Talisay City to extract sand and gravel. Raul and his 55-year-old mother Estrella, both residents of Barangay Lawaan, have…

CEBU’S WATER DROPS

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/06/2016

Conserve water. This was the advisory from the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) yesterday after it announced that the surface water supplies in Cebu City and province have started to drop to a dangerous low. Faced with…

Inmates allowed to cool off outside cells to escape heat

Carmel Loise Matus 03/06/2016

The El Niño dry spell has forced the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) to allow their inmates to spend more time outside their cells during the day. This was before an inmate collapsed during a…

Prices of veggies surge in Carbon; dry spell blamed

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/26/2016

Prices of some vegetables like okra, string beans and eggplants have increased in Cebu City markets just this month. In Carbon Market, the price of eggplants is now P45 per kilo compared to P30 per kilo in…

Cloud seeding mulled for Cebu to offset dry spell

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/24/2016

PLANS to conduct cloud seeding to offset the El Niño dry spell were considered by Cebu province and the Department of Agriculture (DA-7), but a top DA official said it needs further study. Joel Elumba, DA-7  technical…

Water runs low in Borbon, Dalaguete due to dry spell

Jessie D. Campos, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/23/2016

Water supply is running low in the towns of Borbon in the north and Dalaguete in the south because of the prevailing dry spell caused by the El Niño phenomenon. At least 13 upland barangays in Dalaguete …

Hot, humid Sinulog weekend ahead

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/16/2016

WEAR light-colored and comfortable clothes. Bring hats, umbrellas and bottles of water, too. Weather specialists said it will be a hot and humid weekend, with above normal temperatures because of the El Niño phenomenon. Expect temperature of…

Rainy week ahead, says Pagasa

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/29/2015

CEBU will continue to experience rains in the afternoons or evenings this week, the weather bureau said. Alfredo Quiblat, chief of Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services (Pagasa) Mactan, said the rains are caused by the tail…

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