PDRRMO readies for rains from new LPA

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/17/2018

  JUST as the low pressure area (LPA) which brought heavy rains early this week dissipated, another weather disturbance may bring the rains back this Friday and threatens to dampen the scheduled Walk with Mary at 4…

PDRRMO tells residents: Vacate landslide-prone areas

Morexette B. Erram 09/22/2017

FOLLOWING last Thursday night’s landslide that killed two persons in Cebu City and the series of flash floods in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Talisay and Toledo, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) urged…

Quake drill: Simulated rescues done at Capitol

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/31/2017

AT 9 A.M., Cebu provincial employees trooped outside the Capitol building as part of the evacuation plan as rescue workers went to work at the Capitol building where at least 35 casualties were scattered all over the…

Busy week for gov

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/20/2017

Surigao trip on Thursday to deliver aid, Iloilo meet on Friday as new RPOC-7 chief It will be a busy week for Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III, who was officially appointed as the new chairperson of the…

Earthquake, typhoon resilient building built within Capitol grounds

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/14/2017

A 9×7 meter earthquake-and typhoon-resilient concrete building has risen inside the Capitol compound within a span of two days over the weekend. According to Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) head Baltazar Tribunalo, the structure…

FLIGHT TO SAFETY

Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 01/16/2017

Hours of heavy rain on Monday killed at least two people, including a four- year-old girl, and caused the evacuation of hundreds in Mandaue City as the murky waters of Butuanon River overflowed, unleashing knee- to waist-deep…

SINULOG grand parade Chocolate Queen to grace Capitol’s P500K float

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/14/2017

A P500,000 float will be the Cebu Provincial government’s centerpiece in its Sinulog participation. Provincial Tourism Officer Joselito “Boboi” Costas said that they have also invited Raquel Choa, the country’s “The Chocolate Queen” who hails from Balamban,…

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…

High school, elementary classes suspended in Cebu province due to Auring

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Lesley Cara Delos Santos 01/08/2017

Classes for public and private elementary and high schools in Cebu province for January 9 will be suspended after the state weather bureau Pagasa placed the province under signal No. 1 due to tropical cyclone “Auring.” Suspension…

Capitol ready to extend aid to typhoon victims in Luzon

Morexette Erram, Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/26/2016

The Cebu provincial government is ready to extend relief assistance to storm-ravaged areas in Luzon, a Capitol official said. Baltazar Tribunalo Jr., head of the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), said they are…

Cebu spared from Tropical Storm Nina but it’ll be a rainy weekend

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/23/2016

A great Christmas gift from above! While Cebu may experience rains on Christmas weekend, it will be spared by severe Tropical Storm Nina, which entered the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) at 3 a.m. Friday. Nina is…

PB okays proposed budget for 2017

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/19/2016

THE 14th Sangguniang Panlalawigan has approved the Cebu provincial government’s proposed 2017 budget in the amount of P3.6 billion. During its last regular session for the year yesterday afternoon, the Provincial Board unanimously approved on its second…

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