LOOK: Landslide closes Manipis Road in Talisay City

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 06/26/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The road in the mountain barangay of Manipis in Talisay City was closed on Monday morning, June 26, after it was covered with loose soil and some rocks. Alvin Santillana, head of the…

‘Danger Zone’ expands

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/31/2017

The municipal government of Boljoon has expanded the areas affected by the landslide in Barangay Lower Becerril to three sitios and required all of its residents to abandon these places as it is no longer safe for…

Moving north

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/20/2017

Developers expand to north Cebu with horizontal projects in Consolacion and Compostela towns As real estate prices continue to shoot up in Cebu City, homegrown developers are setting their eyes on northern Cebu to take advantage of…

Bureau completes soil fertility survey of rice areas in Cebu

USJ-R Journalism Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/05/2017

THE Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Central Visayas has completed the soil fertility survey of the 26 municipalities of Cebu that are declared as rice areas. The survey…

Residents want to leave Sirao for fear of another landslide

06/07/2017

THE occupants of five houses that were damaged by the landslide that hit Sitio Langub, Barangay Sirao, Cebu City after a heavy downpour last Monday have already left the area and are living with their relatives at…

Capitol pushes e-waste info drive

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/26/2017

A resolution calling on two government agencies to spearhead an information campaign on the proper disposal of electronic waste or e-waste was passed by the Provincial Board (PB) last Monday. The resolution authored by PB Member Jonkie…

Relocation sites sought for families

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/01/2017

The Cebu City Council called on the National Housing Authority (NHA) to help identify relocation sites for residents in the mountain barangays of Sirao, Adlaon and Busay who were displaced by last month’s landslides. In a privilege…

‘Like an earthquake’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/18/2017

Janette Famador was still in her sari-sari store along the highway in the mountain barangay of Busay in Cebu City at 2 a.m. yesterday when she noticed small rocks rolling past the hillside. She said it has…

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