PDRRMC to layout implementation of emergency response plan as dry spell continues

Rosalie Abatayo 03/26/2019

CEBU CITY — The Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (PDRRM) Council will layout the implementation of an existing emergency response plan after the entire province was placed under a state of calamity. Totch dela Cruz,…

DA-7 has P35M standby fund to mitigate El Niño’s effect in agri sector

Futch Anthony Inso 03/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) has already allocated a standby fund amounting to P35 million which will be used to mitigate the effect of the weak El Niño phenomenon that…

DA-7: 417.3 hectares of farmland in CV affected by dry spell

Futch Anthony Inso 03/26/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) said that 417.3 hectares of farmland in the region have been affected by the dry spell. Joel Elumba, regional technical director of DA-7, said that…

Dad: Distribution of drums, hoses for Cebu City farmers will depend on farmland damage

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will control the distribution of water drums and hoses among the 28 upland barangays based on the needs of each area. Councilor Alvin Arcilla,  Committee on Agriculture chairman, said…

El Niño Phenomenon: Cebu province under state of calamity

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A state of calamity was declared in Cebu province today, March 25, to caution the ill effects of the El Niño phenomenon. Members of the Cebu Provincial Board (PB) passed a resolution authored…

El Niño damages P4.6 M crops in Cebu City farmlands

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/25/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — A month since the start of the dry spell in the country, the Cebu City Agriculture Office (CAO) already recorded P4.6 million worth of crop damages in the upland barangays. Apple Tribunalo,…

Drought hits 80 hectares of farmlands in Central Visayas, says DA-7 exec

Futch Anthony Inso 03/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) has already recorded more than 80 hectares of farmlands in the region to have experienced drought due to the effect of the weak El Niño…

With El Niño here, PDRRMO urges Gov. Davide to place province under state of calamity

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Following an interagency meeting among the different departments in Cebu, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has recommended to Governor Hilario Davide III to place the province under a state…

With El Niño’s effects starting to be felt, state of preparedness in Cebu pushed

Futch Anthony Inso 03/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has approved a resolution declaring a state of preparedness in the whole province of Cebu, which is in relation with the weak El Niño…

DA-7 sends out team to monitor irrigation dam situation in Central Visayas

Futch Anthony Inso 03/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) will deploy personnel starting today to check on the situation of irrigation dams in the region. DA-7 Information Officer Melquiades Ibarra said that they would…

Archdiocese of Cebu to issue Oratio Imperata on El Niño; gov’t urged to make long-term solutions

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Archdiocese of Cebu is going to issue an Oratio Imperata for the El Niño that has begun to dry the farmlands and to deplete the water sources in Cebu in early March. Cebu Archbishop…

Pagasa-7: Low pressure area expected to bring rain, respite from El Niño’s heat

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An interlude to the El Niño heat may come earlier than expected, says the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Sciences Association in Central Visayas (Pagasa-7). Engineer Al Quiblat, Pagasa-7 chief, said in a…

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