Danao is top LGU in disaster management

Nestle L. Semilla 10/12/2016

DANAO City leads the top five local governments that have active disaster management offices, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management office (PDRRMO) said. Julius Regner of the PDRRMO said these local governments have staff and purchased equipment.…

Landslide hits Manipis Road

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/09/2016

The national road in Barangay Manipis, Talisay City was rendered impassable to four-wheeled vehicle yesterday after a series of landslides hit the area since Friday night, covering a wide portion of the road with boulders and loosened…

Explorer Cousteau’s granddaughter urges Pinoys to protect Tañon, oceans

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/05/2016

A NATIONAL Geographic emerging explorer and the granddaughter of popular explorer and scientist Jacques-Yves Cousteau yesterday called for ocean conservation especially in the Tañon Strait Protective Seascape (TSPS) in the country. Alexandra Cousteau, who was in Cebu…

Canyoneering on again

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 08/29/2016

Suspension of extreme sport in Alegria, Badian to be lifted on Sept. 1 Adventure enthusiasts can enjoy canyoneering activities again in southern Cebu towns starting Sept. 1 when the Capitol lifts the suspension of holding this extreme…

Canyoneering now clear in Alegria

Nestle L. Semilla 08/29/2016

Tourists can now resume canyoneering in Alegria town by September 1. Mae Listones, Alegria Local Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (LDRRMO) chief, said the the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) trained 70 people as guides…

Davide extends suspension of canyoneering

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/29/2016

Thrill-seekers who want to experience the canyoneering adventure in the southern towns of Alegria and Badian will have to wait a little longer. In an executive order (EO) he released yesterday, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III has…

Rains to continue this week; teams readied for La Niña

07/13/2016

METRO Cebu and the rest of Cebu province will experience rain and thunderstorms for the rest of the week, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. In response to this weather advisory, the…

12-year-old boy falls off 70-ft cliff

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Rene Alima 07/03/2016

RESCUERS ended the search for a 12-year-old boy who fell off a deep cliff in northern Cebu last Saturday after the boy’s body was found in a riverbed in Sitio Lower Taloot Barangay Valencia, Carcar City, at…

Search ongoing for missing boy in Carcar City

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/03/2016

A SEARCH is ongoing for an 11-year-old boy who went swimming at a waterfall in sitio Canbaliwan, barangay Valencia in Carcar City despite a downpour at 8 am last Saturday, July 2. Baltazar Tribunalo, chief of the…

Tour guides, defying canyoneering ban, told: Obey or else . . .

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/04/2016

THE chief of Capitol’s disaster risk reduction and management office warned tour guides, who continue their canyoneering activities in Alegria and Badian towns in southwestern Cebu, of harsher penalties if they continue to defy the temporary canyooneering…

Stipends sought for Cebu’s fishery wardens

Carmel Loise Matus 06/04/2016

PROVINCIAL Agriculturist Roldan Saragena proposed for the allocation of allowances to fish wardens, saying they deserve to receive incentives like barangay volunteer workers. Saragena said this was also proposed by Baltazar Tribunalo Jr., chief of the Provincial…

Suitability map for Cebu pushed

Izobelle T. Pulgo 05/16/2016

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) yesterday emphasized the need for Cebu province to have a suitability map, which is another important tool to create an action plan that is disaster risk reduction and…

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