About 1,300 participants from the towns of Leyte, Bohol and North Cotabato are scheduled to arrive and stay at the City Central School in Cebu City from Jan. 17 to 22 or the day after the Sinulog…
LACK of potable water is now the main concern of residents of Barangay Santo Niño, in Malabuyoc town, after landslides destroyed water pipes, cutting off their water supply. Barangay Captain Erlinda Piedad said there had been…
More than 700 fire victims in Barangay Mantuyong, Mandaue City will get their water supply from the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) before Christmas. The MCWD, together with the Sustainable and Resilient Pro-poor Water Supply Project Cebu…
THE National Food Authority in Central Visayas (NFA-7) is limiting its distribution of the supply of NFA rice to accredited retailers in the region because the NFA has only a 9-day buffer stock for Central Visayas. Procopio…
THE increase in demand of flowers for the All Souls’ and Saints’ Days and the decrease in supply from local farms sent prices of some flowers at the Freedom Park in Cebu City soaring to as high…
FROM farm to table and more! GROWNYC Greenmarket Program, established in 1976, has been promoting regional agriculture, ensuring the supply of fresh local produce for New Yorkers. It supports farmers and preserves farmland for the future by…
THE public is advised to continue to store water. Edna Inocando, officer-in-charge of the Public Affairs Department (PAD) of Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) said water supply is continuously affected by the ongoing rotational brownouts. “Dependent man…
Kepco says they can help stabilize power situation in Metro Cebu The Naga City-based Kepco SPC Power Corp. (KSPC) is offering to help stabilize supply of power in Cebu especially in Metro Cebu. “Despite the 6.5-magnitude earthquake…
While facing a power crisis is not new to Cebu, local business leaders believe the present situation calls for additional investments in the energy sector in the Visayas to mitigate the effects of similar events in the…
Malabago, Badian Barangay Captain Epifania Alvizo lived an extravagant life that a public official with a meager income couldn’t possibly afford. And it was because of her extravagant lifestyle that authorities began to suspect the source of…
WITH 50 percent of its power supply coming from renewable energy sources, Cebu-based Visayan Electric Company (Veco) is a testament that it is possible for the Philippines to go green. Anton Perdices, Veco chief operating officer,…
The whole point of terror is to change us. . . . To change the way we look at ourselves, and even as this happens, to change the way we look at the world. We fear the…
