Toledo places nine villages under calamity status

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/09/2016

NINE villages or barangays were placed under calamity status by the Toledo City government after water levels there dropped by more than 90 percent due to the ongoing dry spell. In a resolution approved last Friday, the…

Calamity status declared on fire-struck Mandaue sitio

Nestle L. Semilla 12/01/2015

DESPITE questions raised by their barangay chairman, the Paknaan barangay council declared Zone Camansi under a state of calamity a day after fire gutted 26 homes and left 57 families homeless. Paknaan barangay chairman Malaquis Soco said…

4 sitios of barangay Tisa under state of calamity

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/17/2015

Buhisan Dam overflowed during downpour, says MCWD Four sitios of barangay Tisa in Cebu City were declared under a state of calamity after the flooding that damaged several houses last Tuesday. The flooding was traced to the…

PB declares Cebu province under state of calamity

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/26/2015

THE Cebu Provincial Board yesterday declared a province-wide state of calamity which would allow the Capitol to tap disaster funds to counter the effects of a  dry spell on agricultural communities. With this, the Cebu Provincial Disaster…

2 more towns placed under state of calamity

Melissa Q. Cabahug 05/21/2015

TWO more Cebu municipalities have been placed under a state of calamity due to  below-normal rainfall since March. Argao in the south and  Borbon in the north  joined Tuburan in passing separate resolutions declaring a state of…

Zero casualties but crop damage high

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Peter L. Romanillos 12/10/2014

Cebu City had zero casualties after typhoon Ruby but the City Council still declared the city under a state of calamity after close to P40 million worth of crops and livestock in upland barangays were  reported damaged.…

15 southern Cebu towns declared under state of calamity

Peter L. Romanillos 12/01/2014

  The Cebu provincial government declared 15 towns in southern Cebu under a state of calamity after they were hit by typhoon Queenie last week. Damages done in the towns of Argao, Dalaguete, Alcoy, Boljoon, Oslob, Santander,…

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