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Editorial 12/20/2016

KARMA A city official was moping because he and his staff were not invited to a Christmas party which was being held outside the building where he holds office. Some city personnel were busy putting up the…

E. Samar floods: 1,600 families affected; 1 killed

12/19/2016

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…

Boy carried by strong river current; vessel fails to dock at port

Nestle L. Semilla, Rene F. Alima 12/17/2016

A five-year-old boy drowned as he was carried by strong current in a river during last Friday’s downpour in Barangay Camp Ocho, Toledo City. The body of John Ray Swerte was found in Barangay Canban-ug, around 25…

Lapu residents express relief as flood recedes

Norman V. Mendoza 11/09/2016

AFFECTED residents in four sitios of Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City expressed relief as floodwater already subsided. The residents were already walking on dry ground after being besetted with flood for more than a month due to continuous…

Landslides hit 4 barangays in Cebu City, Asturias road

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/06/2016

RAINS in the past few days have caused minor landslides in some mountain barangays in Cebu City and in a town in midwestern Cebu. At least four incidents of landslides and soil erosions have been reported in…

City working to clear floodwaters

Morexette Erram 11/04/2016

The Lapu-Lapu City government added yesterday two more water pumps to the one siphoning water out of four flooded low-lying sitios in Barangay Basak in Lapu-Lapu City. Mayor Paz Radaza ordered the city’s Clean and Green Office…

Kin wade through flooded cemetery to visit tombs

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morexette Erram, Norman V. Mendoza 10/31/2016

THE ankle-to-knee-deep waters flooding the municipal and protestant church cemetery in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City, failed to stop some visitors yesterday from visiting the tombs of their loved ones there. These visitors, who wanted to avoid the…

Sunday rain brings flood in some metro areas

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/30/2016

AN almost 12 hours of heavy rain last Saturday evening until early Sunday morning resulted in flooding in some parts of Metro Cebu. Vhan Singson, weather specialist of Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Mactan…

The Big Day

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 10/30/2016

Have you watched the riveting film “Before The Flood”? It premiered yesterday, October 30, and is aired on the National Geographic Channel starting October 30 until November 6 in 171 countries and 45 languages. With this documentary,…

Barangays in Talisay, Minglanilla experience floods

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 09/15/2016

    Two barangays in Talisay City and Minglanilla town experienced floods Thursday afternoon. Gieuly Abatayo, Minglanilla Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, said the areas are flood prone. Alfredo Quiblat Jr., chief of the Mactan office of…

Rains to persist in Metro, nearby areas

08/28/2016

THE state weather bureau yesterday warned that rains would continue to persist in the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby provinces due to the enhanced southwest moon (habagat). In its 10 a.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical…

Afternoon rain causes floods in Mandaue City

Julit C. Jainar, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/05/2016

  MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—The Mandaue City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) personnel are now on standby for floods following heavy rains on Friday afternoon triggered by the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Felix Suico, CDRMMO officer,…

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