LPA now a tropical depression named ‘Carina’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/29/2016

It is a rainy Friday for Metro Cebu due to a low pressure area that developed into a tropical depression called Carina. The tropical depression was spotted 195 kilometers east of Borongan City in Eastern Samar with…

Expect rain in Cebu most of the day today

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/29/2016

It will rain most of the day today. Alice Canasa,Philippine Atmospheric, Geophyiscal and Astronomical Services Administration (Pag-asa) weather specialist, said that the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and Low Pressure Area (LPA) brought rains in Visayas. “The whole…

SUDDEN WINDS CAUSE DAMAGE

Carmel Loise Matus, Edison Delos Angeles, Leo Udtohan, Norman V. Mendoza 07/19/2016

A motorized boat carrying 16 people, including a 43-year-old Australian tourist, sank off Lapu-Lapu City after strong waves slammed the vessel as it was docking near a Mactan Island resort to unload its passengers and cargo yesterday.…

Motorboat capsizes due to waves; passengers, crew rescued

Norman V. Mendoza 07/19/2016

A motor boat carrying 10 passengers and three boatmen capsized off the Hilton Wharf at barangay Punta Engaño, Lapu-Lapu City at past 2 pm Monday. Some passengers and boatmen aboard the MB Nathan Express were rescued after…

Rain, strong winds persist in Metro Cebu

Edison Delos Angeles 07/19/2016

Metro Cebu residents were advised to go home early as light to moderate rain will still be experienced Tuesday night due to the formation of thick clouds in the Visayas area. “Based on our satellite data, raining…

Electrician lands in hospital for accidentally touching live wire

Edison Delos Angeles 07/19/2016

AN electrician of Barangay Guadalupe is in critical condition after he touched a live wire while trying to fix electric wires damaged by strong winds and rains which hit Metro Cebu area past 2 p.m. on Tuesday.…

‘Butchoy,’ now a typhoon, to bring more rain to Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/05/2016

Tropical storm “Butchoy” entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) yesterday and intensified into a typhoon, bringing rains in Cebu that caused the temporary suspension of boat trips between mainland Cebu and Mactan Island. As of 4…

‘Butchoy’ unlikely to make landfall

Julit C. Jainar, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 07/04/2016

  The chances of tropical storm “Butchoy” (international name: Nepartak) making landfall in the country appear to be slim, the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. Pagasa Mactan chief Alfredo Quiblat Jr. said the storm is expected…

July and the rain marches on . . .

Gerard Pareja 07/03/2016

“Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.” —Janis Joplin/Me & Bobby McGee When it rains shabu . . . pushers’ crimson in the street flows. Libuan ang nihatud ni Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz, ang gituohang…

Baga natag nawong kung si Duterte gihapoy pasulbaron sa basura

Lloyd Suarez 07/03/2016

Dili ma-spelling ang atong kahimtang niadtong Biyernes sa hapon hangtud sa gabii gumikan sa grabeng uwan dinhi sa Metro Cebu. Nagkagidlay kita sa grabeng traffic tungod kay daghang kalsada ang gipangbahaan. Daghang na-stranded. Daghang nangapasmo sa dalan.…

BLAME IT ON GARBAGE

Doris C. Bongcac, Jhunnex Napallacan, Nestle L. Semilla 07/02/2016

Over half-a-billion pesos in drainage improvement projects were undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Cebu city and province in the past two years but mere hours of steady rain still flooded and…

Pagasa says more rain, floods expected in Cebu this week

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/02/2016

EXPECT more rain and flood in Cebu in the coming days. The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) will continue to prevail in the Visayas and will bring light to moderate rains to Cebu in at least the next…

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