Cebu City to rent mechanical suction machines in desilting rivers

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 07/24/2024

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will never be spared from flooding during the rainy season. That’s the harsh reality that every city resident must accept and endure. Because of this, the City Government is eyeing…

CCENRO to expedite water quality testing through outsourced team

Kim Ablaña 02/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CCENRO) is planning to outsource its own water quality monitoring team to expedite the testing of water samples from the city’s existing rivers and waterfronts.…

DPS collects 92.13 tons of garbage in city-wide clean-up drive on Saturday

Wenilyn Sabalo 06/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s Department of Public Services (DPS) collected at least 92.13 tons of garbage during a clean-up drive held on Saturday, June 10, 2023. This volume is equivalent to 43 truckload of garbage,…

Early Warning Systems of Mandaue: Most of them already fixed, operational

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/02/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Almost all of the Early Warning Systems (EWS) of the Mandaue City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) are now operational. CDRRMO Assistant Department Head Karlo Cabahug, said that only the EWS…

Cimatu wants dredging master plan for Cebu City

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 10/12/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Task Force Gubat sa Baha chairman and former Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has requested the city engineer’s office to prepare a dredging master plan for all of the city’s rivers and…

Cebu City to demolish buildings encroaching 3-meter easement along rivers

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/24/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Buildings encroaching the three-meter easement along the rivers of Cebu City will be demolished. This was the statement of Mayor Michael Rama on June 24, 2022, when asked about the city’s plans to…

Rivers in Cebu City dirty, unsafe but hope remains — CCENRO, EMB

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City’s major river systems are dirty and unsafe for the public, especially the downstream. This was the report of the representative of the City Environment and Natural Resources (CENRO) and the Environment…

13K tons of garbage collected in Cebu City’s ‘biggest’ coastal clean-up

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 06/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The fourth Cebu City-wide coastal and riverside clean-up collected a total of 13,000 tons of garbage in the four-hour activity conducted by various groups on June 19, 2021. Reymar Hijarra, the subcommittee chairperson…

Guardo seeks P200M budget for drainage projects to mitigate flooding

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The continuous flood problems most Cebu City barangays face during the rainy seasons is a cause for concern and needs urgent solution. This was the statement of Cebu City Councilor Jerry Guardo in…

Cebu City to lead province-wide clean-up on Saturday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/17/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Coastal Management Task Force (CMTF) will be leading a province-wide coastal and riverways clean-up on Saturday, June 19, 2021.  According to Reymar Hijarra, the subcommittee chairperson of the CMTF, the…

In Photos: Danao City DRMMO monitors water level in rivers

Doris C. Bongcac 01/11/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Disaster personnel in Danao City inspected the different rivers in their area on Monday morning, January 11, 2021, following the issuance of an orange rainfall warning by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical…

Coastal clean-up drive for 13 areas in Cebu City starts at dawn on Saturday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Coastal Management Task Force (CMTF) will be conducting another clean-up drive in seven major coastal and river mouth areas in Cebu City on Saturday, December 5, 2020 dawn. The task…

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