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…

Between drought and the deluge

Radel Paredes 07/02/2016

Friday night’s flooding, which caused some cars to be stalled or even literally submerged while thousands of commuters were stuck for hours in the rain, was a reminder once again of how those of us living in…

Rains to contine in Cebu this coming week

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/02/2016

THE continued presence of the Intertropical Convergence Zone continues to prevail over the Visayas, ensuring that rainy days lie ahead for Cebu this week. Alfredo Quiblat, Mactan chief of the state weather bureau Pagasa, said light to…

FLOOD STRANDS HUNDREDS

Carmel Loise Matus, Doris C. Bongcac, Jhunnex Napallacan, Julit C. Jainar 07/02/2016

Hundreds of commuters and pedestrians were stranded last night on the streets of Cebu City and nearby Metro Cebu areas after knee-to-chest level floods hit the metropolis following at least three hours of nonstop rain since Friday…

Hour-long rain causes floods, affects hundreds of commuters in Cebu City

Doris C. Bongcac 07/01/2016

CEBU CITY—Knee-deep flood left hundreds of commuters stranded on Friday afternoon following heavy rains that lasted for an hour. The Armed Forces Central Command based here deployed their rescue personnel to help a family who was left…

MCWD: Water production at normal levels

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/29/2016

DAILY water production in Metro Cebu has normalized this week according to the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD). In a press statement, MCWD attributed the normalization of the water tables to the rains brought about by the…

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