CLOSE to 500 residents of Sitio Superior in Barangay Looc, Mandaue City again sought the help of the city government in solving the flooding in the area where the Land Transportation Office (LTO) is located. Dr. Danilo…
METRO Cebu and municipal governments should expedite their garbage disposal efforts to avoid worse flooding in the coming months, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. In yesterday’s 2nd quarter Provincial Disaster Risk…
Even as typhoon “Butchoy” (international name: Nepartak) had already left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the state weather bureau on Saturday morning raised rainfall warning in Metro Manila and several provinces in Central Luzon due to…
Newly-appointed Public Works Secretary Mark Villar vowed to address Cebu’s flooding and traffic problems “swiftly and relentlessly.” He said the 55-millimeter rainfall in Cebu that caused massive flooding and traffic gridlocks in many parts of Metro Cebu…
PUBLIC Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said he will address Cebu’s flooding and traffic problems “swiftly and relentlessly.” He said the 85 mm rainfall in Cebu that caused massive flooding and traffic gridlock in some parts…
Still coping with the effects of the rain-induced floods that hit Metro Cebu on Friday, Cebuanos were told yesterday to again brace for more heavy rainfall when a tropical storm enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR)…
Heavy rains that slammed Metro Cebu on Friday night have left at least 250 people still stranded in their homes in Barangay Talamban, Cebu City, two days after several areas were inundated by rising flood waters. On…
THE massive flooding of several areas across Metro Cebu over the weekend has prompted the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 7 to include Saturday’s inundation in a review of a 1995 feasibility study on drainage…
Over half-a-billion pesos in drainage improvement projects were undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Cebu city and province in the past two years but mere hours of steady rain still flooded and…
Local businessmen warned of the dire effects of flooding on Cebu’s economy and urged government officials to act now or suffer worse consequences later. Incoming Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) president Glenn Soco said the…
EXPECT more rain and flood in Cebu in the coming days. The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) will continue to prevail in the Visayas and will bring light to moderate rains to Cebu in at least the next…
THE continued presence of the Intertropical Convergence Zone continues to prevail over the Visayas, ensuring that rainy days lie ahead for Cebu this week. Alfredo Quiblat, Mactan chief of the state weather bureau Pagasa, said light to…
