MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) is urging residents affected by the Navotas Sanitary Landfill fire to stay indoors and use specialized face masks to protect themselves against hazardous smoke and fine particulate matter. DOH Undersecretary…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Air quality in Metro Cebu improved to “fair” on Friday, April 24, following days of haze and elevated pollution levels, the Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB-7) said. Data from EMB-7’s air…
CEBU CITY, Philippines— The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-7) has announced significant improvements in the air quality in Metro Cebu calling it fair from bad over the past week. According to EMB-7’s latest Air Quality Status update on…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Air quality in parts of Metro Cebu has reached levels “unhealthy for sensitive groups” due to haze. This has prompted the Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB-7) to advise precautionary measures amid…
NEW DELHI (AP) — Thick smog shrouded New Delhi and other cities around South and Southeast Asia as air pollution levels soared Thursday. Air pollution in the region worsens particularly in winter when the burning of crop…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Hazy skies settled over Cebu City on Thursday morning, November 14, 2024, prompting officials to warn residents, especially those with respiratory conditions, of potential health risks. The Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The light haze detected in Cebu City on Thursday, Nov. 14 may prevail until Friday, the state weather bureau said. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration in Mactan (Pagasa-Mactan) said that…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Visayas has confirmed the presence of light haze in Cebu. Van Sabellano, a weather specialist at Pagasa-Visayas, said they had observed the light haze…
CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) is not confirming reports that a female college student from Cebu did indeed die because of the haze that blanketed Metro Cebu in the past days.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has directed the City Health Office (CHO) to distribute N95 masks to help protect city residents from the ill effects of the haze that is now experience in…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB-7) recorded a 47 microgram per normal cubic meter (ug/ncm) particulate matter in the atmosphere on Friday, which is well within the maximum average of 50…
HOTELS within the vicinity of Cebu Business Park (CBP) will have to come up with their own measures to combat the smoke and haze coming from the Metro Ayala department store fire which has been running for…
