Rains slow down traffic in Metro Cebu

Marc Eric Cosep, Marian Z. Codilla 06/17/2015

An intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is affecting the Visayas and Mindanao causing thunderstorms in Metro Cebu. In its advisory the state weather bureau Pagasa said Metro Cebu will experience light to moderate rains and thunderstorms today. They…

Rains to come late in June

Inquirer, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/14/2015

The prevailing El Niño dry spell will delay the onset of the rainy season by a week or two, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said yesterday. With about 60 percent of the country in…

A prayer for rain

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/28/2015

As temperatures continue to rise, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged the people to turn to prayer. He did not issue an oratio imperata, or mandatory prayer for deliverance from calamities. But he urged priests to lead the…

Typhoon Dodong to move to Samar; Cebu to have slight rains

05/07/2015

Typhoon Dodong (international name Noul) entered the country at 5 a.m. Thursday, packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour with gusts reaching up to 170 kph, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa…

Heavy rains, winds in Cebu due to cold front

12/17/2014

Heavy rain and strong winds in Cebu caused by the tail-end of a cold front affecting Central and Southern Luzon, the state weather bureau Pagasa said early today. Pagasa advised the public to take precautionary measures against…

Rains to continue in Central Visayas

Inquirer 12/14/2014

There will be no let-up in heavy rains in the Visayas as another low pressure area inches closer to eastern Philippines, the state weather bureau said yesterday. Based on a weather bulletin released by the Philippine Atmospheric,…

Weather improves as low pressure dissipates

12/01/2014

The low pressure area affecting the eastern part of Mindanao and the southern part of Luzon is expected to dissipate today, bringing improved weather over storm-battered Visayas and Mindanao, according to the state weather bureau. Cloudy skies…

‘Keep kids safe’

Doris C. Bongcac 09/14/2014

Make sure your children are in a safe place when rains fall. This reminder from   the head of operations of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council to parents and guardians of children came ahead…

Wet week ahead with more rains and flooding

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Norman V. Mendoza 09/02/2014

Each time it rains hard, 11-year-old Cherry Mae Pangatungan wades to school in knee-deep water in Lapu-Lapu City. Sometimes, teachers accompany the children wading 30 meters to 40 meters through a flooded passageway when no tricycles are…

No casualties in Cebu as Glenda exits PH

Bencyrus Ellorin, Doris C. Bongcac, Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/16/2014

There were no casualties in Cebu as the state weather bureau Pagasa lifted the storm warning signal No. 1 over Cebu City, North of Cebu and the Camotes Group of Islands with the imminent departure of typhoon…

Strong winds and heavy rains in northern Cebu as Glenda moves to Manila

Marian Z. Codilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/15/2014

(Second update: 3:15 p.m.)   Strong winds and heavy rains hit the northern towns of Cebu as typhoon Glenda headed to Manila from from east of Catarman in northern Samar where it was located at speeds of…

Heavy rains expected as ‘Glenda’ enters PH

07/14/2014

Tropical storm Glenda (international name Rammasun) is expected to bring heavy to intense rains over a wide swath of Luzon, including Metro Manila, in the next three days after it entered the Philippine area of responsibility late…

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