City eyeing assistance for Sirao families affected by landslides

Inna Gian Mejia 06/28/2017

The Cebu City Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) will conduct a consultative meeting tomorrow with the families affected by the landslides in the mountain barangay of Sirao. DWUP head Genevieve Alcoseba said they…

Sirao residents told: Leave homes, relocate

Nestle L. Semilla 04/10/2017

Residents of two sitios in the mountain barangay of Sirao in Cebu City were advised to evacuate following last Sunday’s landslide in the area. In a statement sent to media outlets, the regional Mines and Geosciences Bureau…

Tents for Sirao families

Inna Mejia 02/16/2017

ABOUT 84 families displaced by last month’s landslides in Barangay Sirao, Cebu City will be provided one tent each to serve as temporary shelter while the city government finds a suitable relocation site for them. “We will…

Sirao flower farms to welcome more guests

Dominic D. Yasay 02/11/2017

THE MUCH raved about flower farms at Sitio Tawagan in the mountain village of Sirao, Cebu City will widely open their gates this Valentine’s Day for couples and families who fancy spending the love day amid a…

Retail sector cashes in on Valentine’s Day

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/09/2017

WHILE February is generally considered a “slack month” for business, brisk sales are expected days leading up to the occasion most lovers look forward to each year. Robert Go, president of the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) in…

Villages lose P5M in crops

Inna Mejia 01/24/2017

Crop losses incurred by 13 mountain barangays in Cebu City have reached over P5 million with five hectares of farm land affected by last week’s downpour, the City Agriculture Office said yesterday. Asst. City Agriculturist Arleigh Gesta…

No entry to Sirao flower farms

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/19/2017

Tourists are no longer allowed to visit the flower farms at Sitio Tawagan in the mountain barangay of Sirao in Cebu City. During their meeting yesterday afternoon, the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CCDRRMC)…

STATE OF CALAMITY

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 01/17/2017

Days of incessant rain have placed in danger the lives of residents of Cebu City’s mountain barangays, forcing 99 families to flee their homes that were damaged or threatened by landslides and soil erosion. The threat to…

CCDRRMO advises food poisoning patients not to self-medicate

Inna Mejia 12/22/2016

RESIDENTS of Barangay Sirao in Cebu City who were hit by food poisoning on Monday still came in trickles at the city-run hospital in Barangay Guba yesterday even as most of the over 200 persons who were…

232 DOWNED BY FOOD POISONING

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 12/21/2016

What’s supposed to be a happy gift-giving moment in one of the mountain barangay in Cebu City turned out to be a misfortune for nearly two hundred residents who were rushed to different hospitals in the city…

Cebu LGUs on alert

Inna Mejia, Nestle L. Semilla 11/24/2016

Classes in province suspended; landslide areas under watch Cebu province is placed under Code Red: Alert Charlie after it was placed on signal No. 1 by the state weather bureau Pagasa due to the arrival of Tropical…

It’s harvest time for Cebu’s cut flowers

Apple Ta-as 10/29/2016

It’s going to be busy days ahead for the flower growers in the mountain barangays of Cebu City, with only days away from the commemoration of All Saints’ Day and Souls’ Day on the first two days…

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