Potable water for typhoon-hit towns in southern Cebu

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/06/2015

Potable water was provided yesterday by a Manila-based  firm to Ronda town, one of the towns hardest hit by typhoon Seniang in southern Cebu. The Manila Water Development Inc. set up a mobile water treatment plant that…

Family is everything

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 01/05/2015

A Happy New Year to all! We are filled with the hope that we are stronger in facing life’s challenges and resolutely to be in a constant state of gratitude for the wonderful blessings that come our…

VP Binay visits towns hit by Seniang

Doris C. Bongcac 01/05/2015

Vice President Jejomar Binay gave out 7,500 food packs to families affected by tropical storm Seniang (international name: Jangmi) in southern Cebu yesterday. “Titingnan ko muna ho kung magkano ang [kailangan] pero pinangako po namin kay mayor…

20-ton vehicles can pass in south’s alternate route

01/05/2015

Buses and cargo trucks weighing up to 20 tons may now use the Lindogon, Simala road as an alternative route to and from southern Cebu in the light of the damage to the bridge at the national…

4th sinkhole found in Badian

Apple Ta-as 01/05/2015

Another sinkhole was discovered last Saturday afternoon in a river in the mountain barangay of Talayong, Badian, southern Cebu. This is the fourth new sinkhole found in the south and the third in Badian after typhoon Seniang.…

Sinulog Fun Run finally kicks off today

Dale G. Rosal 01/04/2015

The much awaited 2015 Sinulog Fun Run finally kicks off today with around  a thousand runners expected to answer the starting gun at the Cebu City Sports Center. The fun run was supposed to be held last…

Last of the season

Raymund Fernandez 01/04/2015

By Monday it will be back to work for him! He promised himself. He misses it. Work. The holiday season seemed alternately longer and shorter than just two weeks. This season particularly; visited as it was with…

Firecrackers, Sinulog and Seniang

Ricky Poca 01/04/2015

Let me wish everyone a very prosperous and  blessed New Year with the hope that 2015 will be a better year for all of us, economically and health-wise. Last year was a good year for many of…

Mayor appeals for patience; tents for southern commuters

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/04/2015

While engineers are rushing to install a temporary steel bridge, Sibonga Mayor Lionel Bacaltos said the municipal government will do whatever it can to ease the inconvenience of commuters and drivers passing through his town in south…

Order to evacuate high-risk areas ‘didn’t reach some barangays’

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Peter L. Romanillos 01/03/2015

Storm warnings were given a day before typhoon Seniang made landfall in Sibonga,  south Cebu on Dec. 30. The Capitol sent  advisories for pre-emptive evacuation on  Monday but the message didn’t trickle down to some high-risk communities.…

Eroded part of Transcentral Highway needs ‘realignment’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/03/2015

Part of the Transcentral Highway which caved in last December 29 during typhoon Seniang will need “realignment” to avoid the damaged portion. Engineers of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH-7) proposed to…

Eroded part of Transcentral Highway needs ‘realignment’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/03/2015

PART  of the Transcentral Highway which caved in last December 29 during typhoon Seniang will need “realignment” to avoid the damaged portion. Engineers of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH-7) proposed to…

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