Thursday night rain floods Metro Cebu

Edison Delos Angeles 06/26/2015

Parts of Metro Cebu were flooded last Thursday evening due to a heavy downpour which lasted for nearly an hour. Residents living across  the University of San Carlos-Talamban Campus  were kept awake by the sight of knee-deep…

Demolition starts with 10 foot bridges

Edison Delos Angeles 06/24/2015

  WITH the onset of the rainy season and risk of flashfloods , at least 10 of 18  foot bridges on Mahiga Creek were dismantled  last June 22, Tuesday. The demolition which started at 9 a.m. was…

Rains in Metro Cebu to continue; El Niño too

Doris C. Bongcac, Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/21/2015

RAINSHOWERS  in various parts of Metro Cebu will continue in the next few days because of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. A low pressure area east of Guian, Eastern Samar  may bring more rain. If the rains continue, …

KNEE-DEEP FLOODING

Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/18/2015

Less rainfall, longer downpour in Metro Cebu Less than one millimeter of rainfall was recorded in Metro Cebu as of 3 p.m. yesterday, the state weather bureau Pagasa said. But the rains lasted for more than an…

Mayors want garbage disposal, obstructions in waterways probed

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/18/2015

INDISCRIMINATE waste disposal and obstructions in waterways were cited by some Metro Cebu mayors as the biggest problems that should be addressed in a new feasibility study for a metro-wide drainage and flood control plan. “For me,…

Rains slow down traffic in Metro Cebu

Marc Eric Cosep, Marian Z. Codilla 06/17/2015

An intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is affecting the Visayas and Mindanao causing thunderstorms in Metro Cebu. In its advisory the state weather bureau Pagasa said Metro Cebu will experience light to moderate rains and thunderstorms today. They…

Ample power assured for APEC meetings

Vanessa Claire Lucero 06/17/2015

Representatives of the Department of Energy (DOE) and Visayan Electric Co., Inc. (Veco) yesterday assured that Cebu will have adequate power supply during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings from August to October this year. Engineer Saul…

MVP keen on 3rd bridge, eyeing 2 Cebu hospitals

Marites Villamor Ilano 06/11/2015

Bridge project faces Swiss challenge Corporate tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) is keen on undertaking the proposed third bridge between mainland Cebu and Mactan Island. He is also hoping to acquire two private hospitals in Metro Cebu,…

2 RIVER CHAMPS

Eileen G. Mangubat, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/11/2015

                Senator Drilon to support  cleanup of  Cebu city rivers ‘one at a time’; Rama welcomes help after special meeting in  Manila Senate President Franklin Drilon has agreed to support…

Cebu City Council asked to support Green Loop concept

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/03/2015

The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) 7 asked the Cebu City Council to support the Green Loop concept for Metro Cebu. In a public hearing Wednesday morning, NEDA-7 senior economic development specialist Cornelio Guantero Jr. said the…

Veco de-loading program eases impact of shortage

Marites Villamor Ilano, Norman V. Mendoza 06/02/2015

Hour-long rotation brownouts continued in parts of Metro Cebu yesterday as demand still outstripped supply in the Visayas grid, especially during peak hours. As of 2 p.m., distribution utility Visayan Electric Co., Inc. (Veco) said four feeders…

E-train for Cebu City

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/07/2015

Route may go farther to Mactan airport; DOST signs agreement with Cebu City gov’t Metro Cebu may see a hybrid electric road train running in its streets by next year. Under an agreement signed yesterday with the…

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