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…

Air Force willing to lend air assets for cloud seeding activities

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — While the effects of the weak El Niño have started to be felt in Cebu, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the province has expressed willingness to lend aircraft if local…

With El Niño here, PDRRMO urges Gov. Davide to place province under state of calamity

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Following an interagency meeting among the different departments in Cebu, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has recommended to Governor Hilario Davide III to place the province under a state…

With El Niño’s effects starting to be felt, state of preparedness in Cebu pushed

Futch Anthony Inso 03/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has approved a resolution declaring a state of preparedness in the whole province of Cebu, which is in relation with the weak El Niño…

Modern rescue vans to be stationed in key areas for Sinulog 2019

Rosalie Abatayo 01/10/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – Aside from deploying emergency responders, the two new modern emergency rescue vans of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) will also be positioned in key areas in Cebu City for…

PREEMPTIVE EVACUATION ON

Delta Dyrecka Letigio and Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/28/2018

Tropical Depression Usman, while not an extremely strong weather disturbance, is almost stationary and should not be taken lightly. “There are a lot of weather systems working on this weak storm that makes it moves so slowly…

PDRRMO, PENRO investigate reports of soil erosion in Lagtang, Talisay

Rosalie Abatayo and Zena Magto 10/23/2018

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) and the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (PENRO) have sent personnel to check and assess a part of Barangay Lagtang in Talisay City where boulders and soil have…

PDRRMO probes cracks in Tuburan mountain

Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/11/2018

NOT wanting to suffer the fate of Naga City, local government units have gone conscious of risks surrounding their localities, an official of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said Thursday. A team from…

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