PDRRMO: State of calamity stays until weather condition significantly improves

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The declaration of a state of calamity in Cebu province due to the prevailing weak El Niño remains active despite the official start of the rainy season. Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office…

El Niño damages P121M worth of crops in Cebu province

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It may have rained in parts of Cebu province the last few days, but this was not enough to remedy the ill effects of the mild El Niño phenomenon. The Provincial Disaster Risk…

El Niño’s heat hurts coffee, corn in Tuburan

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/21/2019

CEBU, Philippines — The plantation of coffee in Tuburan town, 92 kilometers northwest of Cebu City, has not escaped from  the effects of the weak El Niño looming in the province and the entire country. Tuburan Mayor…

Damage caused by dry spell in Cebu now at P43.97M

Futch Anthony Inso 04/11/2019

  Cebu City, Philippines – The El Niño has already damaged P43.970 million worth of crops and livestock in Cebu Province, the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) reported. Rhee Telen, local DRRM officer…

Light rains can cause landslides in El Niño affected areas – PDRRMO

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — While residents of El Niño-affected areas celebrate the light rains that dampened Cebu’s soils in the last few days, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) warned of the possibility of…

Four more towns, one city in Cebu province set to declare state of calamity due to effects of El Niño

Zena V. Magto 04/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Five more local government units of the province of Cebu are set to declare a state of calamity in their localities due to the effects of the weak El Niño in their areas.…

Dengue kills two persons in San Remigio

Zena V. Magto 04/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two dengue fatalities have been reported from the town of San Remigio in the midst of the dry season in the province of Cebu. According to the latest situation report from the Provincial…

Cebu LGUs urged to declare state of calamity in their levels if ‘necessary’

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With “worsened” effect of the weak El Niño in Cebu province, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) Head Baltazar Tribunalo is encouraging local government units (LGUs) to declare a state of calamity…

Provincial water management body seeks passage of water code

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Amid scarcity of water supply due to the effect of the weak El Niño,  the Provincial Water Resources Authority (PWRA) hopes that the Provincial Board (PB) will prioritize the passage of the water…

4 Cebu LGUs under state of calamity

Rosalie Abatayo 04/03/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — A state of calamity was already declared in at least four local government units (LGUs) in Cebu province. The legislative bodies of Carcar City in southern Cebu, Ginatilan town in the southwestern…

Procurement of relief items for El Niño affected areas starts

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has started with the processing of the procurement requests (PR) for the relief items for El Niño affected areas in the province. Baltazar Tribunalo,…

PDRRMO asks Comelec for guidelines to ensure aid to El Niño-stricken areas will not be used for politicking

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/29/2019

CEBU CITY —  The Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for guidelines that will  ensure that the distribution of assistance to El Niño-stricken areas in the province…

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