Hundreds of commuters and pedestrians were stranded last night on the streets of Cebu City and nearby Metro Cebu areas after knee-to-chest level floods hit the metropolis following at least three hours of nonstop rain since Friday…
CEBU CITY—Knee-deep flood left hundreds of commuters stranded on Friday afternoon following heavy rains that lasted for an hour. The Armed Forces Central Command based here deployed their rescue personnel to help a family who was left…
THE public is advised to bring umbrellas and rainwear in the next few days after the weather bureau’s forecast of light to moderate rains in the Visayas starting Saturday until Wednesday. Alfredo Quiblat, chief of the Philippine…
A least six classes were disrupted at the Naga Central Elementary School in Naga City in southern Cebu after a downpour early yesterday morning flooded its low-lying classrooms. Delight Mae Santos, a Grade 5 teacher, told CEBU…
HOUSTON — Authorities in central Texas have found two more bodies along flooded streams, bringing the death toll from flooding in the state to six. It was unclear Sunday whether a body found in Travis County near…
At least 60 families living near a bridge in Purok 2 and Purok 6 in Barangay Cubacub in Mandaue City were forced to evacuate their homes early Wednesday morning after early morning rain caused water level to…
THIS early, Cebu officials and residents were warned to prepare for the rainy season which is seen to be much worse due to the onset of the La Niña phenomenon. Engr. Oscar Tabada, Visayas chief of the…
Rains flood SRP site for closing Mass; Options weighed With three days left before the end of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC), the Cebu Archdiocese is faced with a wet challenge. The 27-hectare vacant lot at…
Some 569 passengers were stranded in different ports of Cebu, or 300 more from last Monday, due to a gale warning raised by the state weather bureau Pagasa in the Visayas. Commander Agapito Bibat of the Philippine…
After a slight delay, consultants will soon be in Cebu to conduct a study to update a much-needed drainage master plan for Metro Cebu. Engr. Nonato Paylado of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 7…
The Cebu City government ordered the demolition of a half-finished bridge across Tejero creek in Barangay Tejero which is said to constrict the flow of the Tejero River. “Ma-hamper ang flow sa river. Maglisod nata og limpyo…
