Visayas grid power supply assured after landslide

Inquirer 09/23/2018

The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is taking steps to prevent any shortage of electricity in the Visayas grid after a landslide in Cebu downed three transmission towers. NGCP, in a statement, said as of…

NAGA LANDSLIDE: Death toll rises to 42

Nestle L. Semilla 09/23/2018

As of Sunday morning (September 23), the Naga City police station has recorded at least 42 fatalities and nine survivors three days after a massive landslide that hit Sitio Sindulan, Barangay Tinaan last Thursday (September 20). Authorities…

San Fernando, Minglanilla help regulate traffic

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 09/22/2018

  Neighboring towns pledged their help in regulating traffic in the City of Naga days after the landslide hit one of its barangays. Capitol traffic management consultant Jonathan Tumulak said San Fernando and Minglanilla towns deployed their…

NAGA LANDSLIDE UPDATE: Cimatu order relief of four MGB-7 officials, suspension of Apo Land’s quarry operations, ECC

Ador Mayol, Morexette Erram, Rosalie Abatayo 09/21/2018

Four officials from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Central Visayas (MGB -7) are ordered relieved by the Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu following the massive landslide in Barangay Tinaan, Naga City, south Cebu. During…

NAGA LANDSLIDE: Ground zero starts to stink

Ador Vincent Mayol 09/21/2018

  Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) head Nagiel Bañacia posted on his Facebook account that the ground zero in Barangay Tinaan, City of Naga, southern Cebu, is beginning to stink. Bañacia said rescuers…

DENR to investigate cause of Naga landslide

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/21/2018

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu conducted a site inspection at the landslide area at Sitio Sindulan, Barangay Tinaan in the City of Naga on Friday noon (September 21). In a brief interview with the media, Cimatu said he…

Death from above

Jhunnex Napallacan and Rosalie Abatayo 09/20/2018

KILLER LANDSLIDE IN SINDULAN Alejandro Ravanes was lying on his bed in Barangay Tinaan, Naga City, when he felt the earth shake before 6 a.m. on Thursday. He brushed it aside. What followed was a nightmare that…

Surface cracks noted, evacuation began before the landslide

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/20/2018

JUST three weeks ago, the residents of Sitio Tagaytay in Barangay Tinaan, Naga City, have reported cracks in the surface of the mountain where their houses stand. Tinaan Barangay Captain Teodoro Cantal Jr. said he asked the…

MGB-7: Heavy rainfall triggered landslide

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/20/2018

Incessant rains brought by the prevailing southwest monsoon (locally known as habagat) may have caused the landslide in Sitio Sindulan, Barangay Tina-an in Naga City that claimed, as of 5:10 p.m. yesterday, 10 lives and injured 12…

ITCZ seen to hamper rescue of landslide victims

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 09/20/2018

CEBU will remain damp and gloomy for the next few days due to the prevailing Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). This is bad news for those conducting search and rescue operations for the more than 60 persons feared…

Tinaan landslide damaged 3 NGCP towers

Doris C. Bongcac 09/20/2018

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) reported that at least three of their electric towers were damaged during the Thursday morning landslide which hit Sitio Sindulan, Barangay Tinaan in Naga City. NGCP posted on its…

Duterte expected to visit landslide victims in City of Naga

09/20/2018

            President Rodrigo Duterte may arrive in Cebu earlier than scheduled to visit the landslide victims in Naga City, said Association of Barangay Councils-Naga City President Scott Chiong. He said that Girlie…

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