Life after Yolanda

Michelle Joy Padayhag and Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/08/2018

It was early morning of November 8, 2013, when their lives changed after Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) battered northern Cebu and the rest of the Visayas region. With the blink of an eye, what they…

Pagasa belies ‘super typhoon’ speculations, calls for vigilance

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/10/2018

Weather bureau assures: No supertyphoon ‘Neneng,’ no landfall in Visayas Tropical depression Neneng won’t develop into a super typhoon and won’t make landfall in the Visayas.” Al Quiblat, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration Mactan (Pagasa-Mactan),…

The act of giving

Radel Paredes 12/17/2016

One of the most common moral dilemma is how to do a good turn and resist the temptation to advertise it. We are all guilty of it, this urge to announce our acts of charity and how…

MAO BA? Mendicant mind-set

11/09/2016

A barangay official in Sta. Fe said there were folks in their town who wished that another Yolanda or a supertyphoon hits their area so they can receive more aid. “Kanusa man magkabalik og Yolanda diri sa…

DSWD’s call: We need more donations for 1.3M Lawin victims

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/27/2016

A CALL for donations in cash and in kind has been sounded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the more than a million people affected by Supertyphoon Lawin in the northern areas of…

Agencies prepare to help Lawin victims

Edison Delos Angeles, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Norman V. Mendoza 10/19/2016

As typhoon Lawin (Haima) began to intensify into a supertyphoon yesterday afternoon, public agencies in Central Visayas advised government personnel to be on alert, ready to respond to serious problems that may arise today in provinces of…

ALERT UP FOR LAWIN

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Edison Delos Angeles, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 10/19/2016

Better safe than sorry. Although Cebu is not in the path of Super Typhoon “Lawin” (international name: Haima), local disaster and law enforcement authorities yesterday geared up for an intense weather disturbance that was bearing down fast…

Vessels now allowed to sail

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/17/2016

Most of the vessels whose trips were cancelled due to typhoon Karen were allowed to sail yesterday, according to PO3 George Monel of the Philippine Coast Guard-Visayas. One of the vessels, Manila-bound passenger vessel MV Pope John…

Thousands evacuated as Nepartak hits Taiwan

07/10/2016

Super Typhoon Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan on Friday, forcing more than 15,000 people to flee their homes as the strongest winds in over a century lashed part of the island. The season’s first major storm hit…

World’s strongest storm went ‘island-hopping’

Bencyrus Ellorin 11/09/2013

SUPERTYPHOON ‘Yolanda’ made landfall five times yesterday as it swept through the Visayas. Philippine weathermen and international agencies agree that its strength on hitting land was unprecedented. CNN last night described it as probably the world’s most…

Yolanda batters northern Cebu, power cut off, trees and lines toppled

Apple Ta-as, Christine Emily L. Pantaleon, Gabriel C. Bonjoc, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Peter L. Romanillos 11/08/2013

Roofs were torn off and parked vehicles and motorcycles were dragged several meters away as super typhoon “Yolanda” barreled its way through Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu. Packing winds of 215 kph, Yolanda made its third landfall in…

Cooking away a supertyphoon

Jobers R. Bersales 11/06/2013

Past Forward It was supposed to be all systems go for the launching tomorrow of Louella Eslao Alix’s book on heritage cooking entitled, ‘Hikay: The Culinary Heritage of Cebu’ at Casino Español de Cebu. Planned way ahead…

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