NFA assures enough rice supply

Izobelle T. Pulgo 05/17/2016

The National Food Authority (NFA) regional office yesterday assured that there is enough rice supply for Central Visayas in the next two months. Nestor Alcoseba, NFA 7 assistant regional director, said around 2.18 million bags of imported…

MCWD: ‘Reuse your jeans’ to save water

04/15/2016

In celebration of World Water Day 2016, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD), together with Unesco Clubs in Cebu, launched the “Reuse your jeans” campaign to promote awareness on the need to conserve water. A popular international…

Residents warned of flash floods unless quarrying halted

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/17/2016

ABOUT 200 residents living along or near the Mananga River in Talisay City are in danger of losing their lives and homes to flash floods if illegal quarrying in the area continues unabated. Julius Regner, Provincial Disaster…

With Mananga all dried up, quarrying activities worsen

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/17/2016

As early as 6 a.m. every day, Raul Cañeda readies his shovel and walks toward Mananga River in Talisay City to extract sand and gravel. Raul and his 55-year-old mother Estrella, both residents of Barangay Lawaan, have…

Water runs low in Borbon, Dalaguete due to dry spell

Jessie D. Campos, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/23/2016

Water supply is running low in the towns of Borbon in the north and Dalaguete in the south because of the prevailing dry spell caused by the El Niño phenomenon. At least 13 upland barangays in Dalaguete …

Cebu to get additional 300MW by end-2018

Vanessa Claire Lucero 01/11/2016

Construction of the 340-megawatt (MW) coal plant by the Aboitiz-led Therma Visayas, Inc. (TVI) in Toledo City is on track and will be completed by the end of 2018. Sebastian R. Lacson, chief operating officer of Aboitiz…

Water supply, septage management projects planned for Metro Cebu

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/19/2015

The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) will commission next year two major projects that will improve water supply and wastewater management in parts of Metro Cebu. These are the P600-million Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system…

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