Tourists urged avoid Sirao flower farms for now

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/19/2017

Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CCDRRMC) passed a resolution on Thursday afternoon recommending for the restriction of entry of visitors at the famous flower farms at Sitio Tawagan, Barangay Sirao in Cebu City due to the…

LANDSLIDE ALERT

Inna Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/18/2017

Always be cautious when passing through mountain barangays in Cebu City. This was the advice of city officials following recent episodes of landslides in the hinterlands, the latest of which occurred at dawn yesterday in Sitio Garaje…

More rain in Cebu today

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/18/2017

MORE rain is expected today which means landslides are more likely to occur in some parts of Cebu, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. “There’s still risk of landslides because the frequent…

‘Like an earthquake’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/18/2017

Janette Famador was still in her sari-sari store along the highway in the mountain barangay of Busay in Cebu City at 2 a.m. yesterday when she noticed small rocks rolling past the hillside. She said it has…

Clearing operations continue in Busay

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/18/2017

As of 11 a.m., a backhoe continues to remove huge slabs of cement, which used to be part of a retaining wall along a highway in Sitio Garaje, Barangay Busay, Cebu City. A portion of the retaining…

Landslide hits mountain barangay in Cebu City

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/18/2017

CEBU CITY—Nine public utility jeepneys (PUJs) and a private car were partially buried during a landslide in Sitio Garaje, Barangay Busay in Cebu City on Wednesday dawn. No one was reported hurt in the landslide that also…

STATE OF CALAMITY

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 01/17/2017

Days of incessant rain have placed in danger the lives of residents of Cebu City’s mountain barangays, forcing 99 families to flee their homes that were damaged or threatened by landslides and soil erosion. The threat to…

78-year-old killed in Kalunasan landslide

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/14/2017

A 78-year-old man died after he was pinned down in his home that was hit by a landslide in Sitio Lukana, Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City on Saturday afternoon. In a Facebook post by Cebu City Disaster Risk…

Landslides block mountain roads in Cebu City

Inna Mejia 01/11/2017

The rainy weather in the past few days has caused minor landslides in the mountain barangays of Cebu City. Nagiel Bañacia of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said boulders have blocked portions of the…

AURING’S FLOODS

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza, Rene F. Alima 01/09/2017

One killed, hundreds displaced in Toledo The rains she brought were mostly moderate, though unceasing, while her winds gusted at only 75 kph; but the strength of tropical depression “Auring”, though weakened on Monday, left several villages…

Landslide occurs in Sapangdako Cebu City

Inna Mejia 12/14/2016

A small landslide occured at Sitio Lanipao, Barangay Sapangdako in Cebu City Wednesday morning after a downpour the night before. Nagiel Bañacia of the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office said their team cleared the portion of…

Landslides hit 4 barangays in Cebu City, Asturias road

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/06/2016

RAINS in the past few days have caused minor landslides in some mountain barangays in Cebu City and in a town in midwestern Cebu. At least four incidents of landslides and soil erosions have been reported in…

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