Blinken’s Manila visit aims to boost US-PH ties

Adrian Parungao 03/15/2024

MANILA, Philippines — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to the Philippines aims to boost mutual economic goals and strengthen cooperation between the nations. Blinken will be in Manila from March 18 to 19, the Department…

Amid coronavirus threat, Capitol places Cebu province under ‘State of Preparedness’

Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial government has placed Cebu province under a “State of Preparedness” as part of its measures against the threat of the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease ( 2019 n-CoV ARD)…

Australian state declares emergency due to wildfires

11/11/2019

CANBERRA, Australia  — Australia’s most populous state declared a state of emergency on Monday due to unprecedented wildfire danger as calls grew for Australia to take more action to counter climate change. New South Wales state Emergency…

Brazilian state declares state of emergency over oil spills

10/15/2019

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia declared a state of emergency Monday after several of its beaches were contaminated by oil sludge. Brazil’s environmental protection agency said Sunday that some 20 beaches in the…

PDRRMO: State of calamity stays until weather condition significantly improves

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The declaration of a state of calamity in Cebu province due to the prevailing weak El Niño remains active despite the official start of the rainy season. Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office…

Two Mambaling chiefs’ dispute may stall declaring state of calamity in barangay

Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Zena V. Magto 06/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The fire victims of Barangay Mambaling will have to wait for the state of calamity to be declared in their barangay following the fire that razed 105 houses in Sitio Puntod displacing 156…

Cebu City Council to hold emergency session to address water supply woes

Gerard Vincent Francisco 04/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council will reportedly be holding an emergency special session tomorrow, April 12, to discuss about the action to address the effects of El Niño.  Cebu City Councilor David “Dave” Tumulak…

Cebu LGUs urged to declare state of calamity in their levels if ‘necessary’

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With “worsened” effect of the weak El Niño in Cebu province, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) Head Baltazar Tribunalo is encouraging local government units (LGUs) to declare a state of calamity…

4 Cebu LGUs under state of calamity

Rosalie Abatayo 04/03/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — A state of calamity was already declared in at least four local government units (LGUs) in Cebu province. The legislative bodies of Carcar City in southern Cebu, Ginatilan town in the southwestern…

El Niño Phenomenon: Cebu province under state of calamity

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A state of calamity was declared in Cebu province today, March 25, to caution the ill effects of the El Niño phenomenon. Members of the Cebu Provincial Board (PB) passed a resolution authored…

With El Niño here, PDRRMO urges Gov. Davide to place province under state of calamity

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Following an interagency meeting among the different departments in Cebu, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has recommended to Governor Hilario Davide III to place the province under a state…

With El Niño’s effects starting to be felt, state of preparedness in Cebu pushed

Futch Anthony Inso 03/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has approved a resolution declaring a state of preparedness in the whole province of Cebu, which is in relation with the weak El Niño…

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