I was getting ready for a meeting last Friday when heavy rainfall and the consequent flooding again hit Metro Cebu for the second time last week. Since my colleagues and I knew better than to get stuck…
Members of Cebu City Hall’s Probe team demolished a wall of a mall in Colon street that encroached the easement of Estero Parian, Friday. The demolition of the wall of 138 Mall as well as the earlier…
All storm signals were lifted as Tropical Storm “Egay” (international name: Linfa) moved out the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday morning, the state weather bureau said. As of 8 a.m. Egay was spotted 320 kilometers…
The stone riprap built on both sides of a road in barangay Guizo, A.S. Fortuna Extension in Mandaue City is an example of a national government project with little input from the affected community it’s supposed to…
The stone riprap is supposed to be an anti-flood structure to protect residents in A.S Fortuna Extension in barangay Guizo, Mandaue City. But the new “walls” on both sides of a one-way road, a project of the…
Several stakeholders will be converging today to discuss how to solve flooding and drainage problems in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Talisay. “We want to let the people know that we are serious in addressing the…
The Cebu City slaughterhouse may be located in barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City, but the Cebu City government owns the lot where it stands. General Services Office (GSO) chief Dionisio Gualiza showed a copy of Transfer Certificate of…
The effects of El Niño may be felt in November or not at all. But what’s certain is that there will be strong typhoons until December, said Engr. Oscar Tabada, PAGASA Mactan director. “We experienced that before.…
