More rain in Cebu today

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/18/2017

MORE rain is expected today which means landslides are more likely to occur in some parts of Cebu, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. “There’s still risk of landslides because the frequent…

‘Like an earthquake’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/18/2017

Janette Famador was still in her sari-sari store along the highway in the mountain barangay of Busay in Cebu City at 2 a.m. yesterday when she noticed small rocks rolling past the hillside. She said it has…

Radaza orders village chiefs to prepare for continuous rains

Norman V. Mendoza 01/18/2017

LAPU-LAPU City Mayor Paz Radaza cautioned the barangay captains in a meeting yesterday morning to make the necessary preparations due to continuous rains and bad weather. She instructed those barangay captains whose barangays have flooding problems like…

Clearing operations continue in Busay

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/18/2017

As of 11 a.m., a backhoe continues to remove huge slabs of cement, which used to be part of a retaining wall along a highway in Sitio Garaje, Barangay Busay, Cebu City. A portion of the retaining…

Landslide hits mountain barangay in Cebu City

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/18/2017

CEBU CITY—Nine public utility jeepneys (PUJs) and a private car were partially buried during a landslide in Sitio Garaje, Barangay Busay in Cebu City on Wednesday dawn. No one was reported hurt in the landslide that also…

Cagayan de Oro declares state of calamity

01/17/2017

Cagayan de Oro City was placed under state of calamity by local officials early yesterday after a massive flooding in the city spawned by two weather disturbances. “City council declared a state of calamity in Cagayan de…

STATE OF CALAMITY

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 01/17/2017

Days of incessant rain have placed in danger the lives of residents of Cebu City’s mountain barangays, forcing 99 families to flee their homes that were damaged or threatened by landslides and soil erosion. The threat to…

The floods that snatch ‘Inday’ away

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/17/2017

While most were just about to start their week, “Inday Emyat” never got to start hers. What would have been a normal Monday for a little four-year-old girl who goes to day care, turned out to be…

Missing the sunlight

Raymund Fernandez 01/17/2017

After too many days of incessant rain, one misses the sunlight. Though rain, of itself, is also quite nice. But the grayness can be quite depressing. This, and things like the mud that creeps over floors, the…

Osmeña orders suspension of classes in elementary and high school

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/16/2017

Classes in Cebu City have been suspended on Monday afternoon due to incessant rains. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña made the announcement on his Facebook page at around 12 noon on Monday. The suspension covers all public and…

4-year-old girl dies, mother survives after floodwaters swept them away in Naga City

Doris C. Bongcac 01/16/2017

CEBU CITY–A four-year-old girl drowned while her mother survived after they were swept by floodwaters early morning on Monday in a mountain village in Naga City, about 23 km south of here. Rey Mantalaba, Naga disaster personnel,…

Quisumbing orders pre-emptive evacuation in some Mandaue City barangays

Doris C. Bongcac, Norman V. Mendoza 01/16/2017

At least 60 families were evacuated in different barangays in Mandaue City on Monday morning in the wake of heavy rains that triggered floods in some parts of Cebu. Mandaue City Mayor Gabriel Luis Quisimbing said he…

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