A four-man team from Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB-7) was sent to Lumpan Lake in Barangay Montpeller, Alegria town, southwest Cebu on Wednesday to conduct an oil and grease measurement in the area following reports…
A suspected oil spill southwest of Cebu has led to a barrage of Facebook posts calling the attention of environment officials to the operations of a mining firm in the southwestern town of Alegria, Cebu. Photos posted…
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl died while her six friends were injured after they were swept away by rampaging waters in a river in Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City on Friday afternoon. Joy Erlim Sayre, a resident of Barangay Subangdaku…
Rescuers fished out from the Biasong River in the mountain Barangay of Bonbon in Cebu City the body of two siblings who drowned and went missing on Thursday night. Neighbors first found the body Jesan, 5, at…
The start of the rainy session was marked by floods in several streets in the cities of Mandaue and Cebu after a downpour that started at 3 a.m. on Wednesday. Traffic was heavy along S. Osmeña Street…
At least 60 families living near a bridge in Purok 2 and Purok 6 in Barangay Cubacub in Mandaue City were forced to evacuate their homes early Wednesday morning after early morning rain caused water level to…
ABOUT 200 residents living along or near the Mananga River in Talisay City are in danger of losing their lives and homes to flash floods if illegal quarrying in the area continues unabated. Julius Regner, Provincial Disaster…
Ug miabot na usab ang Lunes sa kalaay diin wala na say sulod ang akong bagulbagol ug mga butang nga angay ibutang ning atong lindog. Taligsik sa gawas. Maura ko’g kahilantanon. Ang taho sa gawas kabahin sa…
MANDAUE City Hall’s rescue team is still searching for the whereabouts of an elderly man who fell into and was swept by the strong current of the Butuanon River in barangay Maguikay, Mandaue City early today. Leah…
Floodwaters force more than 150 persons to flee homes Major rivers overflowed after intense rain yesterday, forcing more than 150 persons to flee their homes in at least four barangays in Cebu and Talisay cities. Two…
The Cebu City government ordered the demolition of a half-finished bridge across Tejero creek in Barangay Tejero which is said to constrict the flow of the Tejero River. “Ma-hamper ang flow sa river. Maglisod nata og limpyo…
Not too long ago, while travelling to the south of the island, we chanced upon a river that had split into two. The municipal government had deemed it practical to reroute it, but when a typhoon bore…
