Small fishing vessels told not to sail off Daanbantayan waters for now

Morexette B. Erram 07/21/2017

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) sent out an advisory prohibiting small fishing vessels in Daanbantayan from sailing to the sea. PDRRMO chief Baltazar Tribunalo told Cebu Daily News that three waterspouts occurred in the…

Police to focus on calamity aid trainings

Nestle L. Semilla 02/28/2017

AFTER being sidelined in the war on illegal drugs, the Philippine National Police (PNP) shifts its focus to crime prevention and disaster preparedness. Cebu’s police joined representatives of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and…

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…

Zero casualty, minor damage wrought by Marce

Inna Mejia 11/25/2016

Tropical Storm Marce brought power outages, flooding and damage to crops in northern Cebu, but people were thankful that it did not leave casualties in its wake. Around 25 families in Sogod town were evacuated when water…

Cebu LGUs on alert

Inna Mejia, Nestle L. Semilla 11/24/2016

Classes in province suspended; landslide areas under watch Cebu province is placed under Code Red: Alert Charlie after it was placed on signal No. 1 by the state weather bureau Pagasa due to the arrival of Tropical…

Provincial disaster reduction unit places Cebu under Code Red

Nestle L. Semilla 11/24/2016

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) placed the entire Cebu province under Code Red:Alert Charlie following the entry of tropical depression Marce in the Philippine Area of Responsibility. Kathy dela Calzada of PDRRMO said they…

Yolanda 3rd Anniversary: New homes, new lives

Nestle L. Semilla 11/07/2016

Three years after one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the planet smashed into the Philippines on November 8, 2013, thousands of victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda in Northern Cebu would still be without a decent…

No typhoon but rains to persist

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Morexette Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 11/03/2016

A LOW pressure area (LPA) developed inside the country at dawn yesterday, raising the possibility of more rains in Cebu for the week, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. Pagasa Mactan weather…

Disaster office eyes PB

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/27/2016

THE Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) is considering asking the Provincial Board to create an ordinance encouraging all local chief executives to retain their town’s disaster responders despite their different political affiliations. Julius Regner of…

Community program in Bantayan

Nestle L. Semilla 10/24/2016

ASIDE from a Bantay Dagat outpost, Sitio Mambacayao Dako in Barangay Lipayran, Bantayan town will also be a beneficiary of the provincial government’s integrated development program. Baltazar Tribunalo Jr., Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) chief,…

DSWD sends food packs for Lawin victims

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla 10/21/2016

Capitol plans to deploy disaster team to help in relief efforts in northern Luzon The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) sent 2,200 family food packs yesterday morning for distribution in areas in…

Capitol sets aside P749M investment budget

Nestle L. Semilla 10/20/2016

  ABOUT P749 million had been approved for the province’s annual investment plan (AIP) for next year. The biggest chunk of the AIP worth P166 million was allocated for the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO).…

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