Open to water and to life

Editorial 10/01/2017

It is almost late in the day for local governments in Cebu to prioritize implementing a comprehensive land use plan, but recent events underscored anew the urgency of this need. At least three persons, two of them…

Cebu City to grant financial, burial aid to drowning, landslide victims

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/30/2017

  Financial assistance worth P20,000, and burial assistance worth at least P10,000 will be given to the living relatives of the three persons who drowned in a creek in Sitio Riverside, Barangay Guadalupe, and to the 11-year-old…

Resto forced to stop operations

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/28/2017

Busay landslide cost ONE of the tourism destinations in Barangay Busay, the Lantaw Native Restaurant, in Sitio Graje has suspended its operations after the landslide on Monday blocked the road leading to the business establishment. Businessman Bunny…

Landslide blocks tourist spots

Rosalie Abatayo 09/26/2017

BARANGAY BUSAY Heavy rains that poured since last week finally led to a landslide, long feared, in the mountain village of Busay, Cebu City, on Monday. In Sitio Graje, huge amounts of soil fell from a mountain…

Busay road leading to Lantaw, Temple of Leah blocked by landslide

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/25/2017

The road leading to Mountainview Resort, Lantaw Restaurant and Temple of Leah in Barangay Busay, Cebu City has been blocked by debris following a landslide in the area on Monday evening, September 25. According to Busay councilman…

Cebu City responders told to monitor landslide, flood prone areas

09/25/2017

The Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management (CCDRRMC) called on all Barangay Disaster Management teams to stay alert for possible landslide and flood occurences following Monday’s rainfall in Cebu City. Nagiel Banacia, CCDRRMC Chief, said in his…

LANDSLIDE KILLS 2

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/22/2017

The rain that fell most of Thursday has already stopped when Jun Rey Oyao, 30, heard a loud and deep creaking sound outside their home in Sitio Lower Ponce, Barangay Capitol Site in Cebu City. Upon opening…

PDRRMO tells residents: Vacate landslide-prone areas

Morexette B. Erram 09/22/2017

FOLLOWING last Thursday night’s landslide that killed two persons in Cebu City and the series of flash floods in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Talisay and Toledo, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) urged…

Residents want to leave Sirao for fear of another landslide

06/07/2017

THE occupants of five houses that were damaged by the landslide that hit Sitio Langub, Barangay Sirao, Cebu City after a heavy downpour last Monday have already left the area and are living with their relatives at…

House owner told: Build retaining wall

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/26/2017

The city’s structural engineer has encouraged the owner of a house in Sitio Garaje, Barangay Busay, which was affected by last week’s landslide, to shore up the foundation of the house with a retaining wall. Engineer Nilo…

Landslide evacuees receive sleeping kit

01/24/2017

The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) has provided sleeping kits to 69 families last January 19 in Barangay Sirao, a mountain barangay in Cebu City. These families evacuated their houses after a…

DPWH: Sirao roads now passable

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/22/2017

Roads in Sitio Tawagan in the mountain barangay of Sirao that were damaged by last Monday’s landslide were now passable. Cracks and gaps on the concrete road in the area were filled with soil and other filling…

Previous           Next
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Subscribe to our newsletter!

By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy.

This is an information message

We use cookies to enhance your experience. By continuing, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more here.