A 78-year-old man died after he was pinned down in his home that was hit by a landslide in Sitio Lukana, Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City on Saturday afternoon. In a Facebook post by Cebu City Disaster Risk…
BEIRUT — A fragile cease-fire was back on in Syria on Monday, as buses resumed evacuating those still remaining in eastern Aleppo following days of delays and others departed with the sick and wounded from two rebel-besieged…
AT least some of the 80 families living near the Sta. Felomina River in Barangay Poblacion, Sibonga town left their houses after they were asked to evacuate the area when the river overflowed after an hour-long heavy…
About 300 victims of a fire which struck Sitio Ponce I, Barangay Carreta, on Monday may have no place to go beginning Sunday, December 4, as they have outlived their welcome in classrooms which had served as…
The readiness to respond during emergency situations will be put to the test as premier estates Cebu Business Park and Cebu IT Park are set to conduct the annual Parkwide Emergency Evacuation Drill tomorrow, September 27. The…
Construction worker Elmer Labastida isn’t convinced that his home in the Inayawan landfill is in a danger zone. “Ug magbagyo dili man gani na matumpag ang basura. Kung mag linog sad wala pud na mabungkag. Wala sad…
Is the relocation of 70 families in the Inayawan landfill site tied to plans for commercial development? Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama yesterday said it was not but that he’s serious about converting the site into a…
Storm warnings were given a day before typhoon Seniang made landfall in Sibonga, south Cebu on Dec. 30. The Capitol sent advisories for pre-emptive evacuation on Monday but the message didn’t trickle down to some high-risk communities.…
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…
Instead of a stethoscope, Cebu City Veterinarian Dr. Pilar Romero was armed with a broom and a trash bag yesterday. Cebu City Hall’s 5,000 employees were yesterday tasked to clean the 137 schools and gyms that were…
4 DAYS OF RAIN The ‘slow’ travel of typhoon Ruby across the Visayas will bring more rain starting today till Wednesday, said weather experts. Pagasa Visayas chief meteorologist Oscar Tabada said he was concerned about the…
For villages still without electric power, plastic bottles can be turned into household light bulbs. “Solar night lights,” a simple technology being promoted for calamity-hit communities, costs P550 to P600 to make, said Joel Villanueva, director-general of…
