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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…