Shorter class hours and online learning can mitigate hot weather impact on schools — teachers’ group

Jean Mangaluz 04/22/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A teacher’s group said that shorter class hours and online learning can help alleviate the impact of the record-breaking high temperatures on students and teachers. According to a Department of Education (DepEd) memorandum posted…

Cebu logs one of highest heat index on March 31 in PH — Pagasa

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 04/01/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu is one of the places in the Philippines with the highest heat index recorded on Friday, March 31, 2023. The latest data from the state weather bureau, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical…

CCLEX to be a traffic discipline zone

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/28/2022

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Those who wish to pass the Cebu Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) will have to follow the traffic regulations dictated by the Traffic Code. This was the statement of The Cebu Cordova Link…

Antarctica appears to have broken a heat record

AP 02/08/2020

WASHINGTON — The temperature in northern Antarctica hit nearly 65 degrees (18.3 degrees Celsius), a likely heat record on the continent best known for snow, ice and penguins. The reading was taken Thursday at an Argentine research…

Pagasa warns of wet Kalag-Kalag celebration

Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Don’t forget to bring your umbrellas. Joseph Gerald Merlas, weather specialist at the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Mactan station, said that parts of Metro Cebu will have cloudy skies with…

Cloudy skies, humid day to greet students on 1st day of classes

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Despite partly cloudy skies welcoming start of classes for public schools on Monday, June 3, students and parents are still advised to bring umbrellas, stay away from the sun and to stay hydrated…

A slightly cooler Sunday, expect light rains, says Pagasa-7

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–It would be a good time to go out today, Sunday, March 17, as temperatures are expected to ease from heat with the forecasted rain. Engineer Al Quiblat, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Sciences Association…

Slight drop in temperature expected

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/01/2018

With the start of December, expect a slight drop in temperature, the weather bureau Pag-asa said. Weather Specialists Jomar Eclarino of Pagasa Mactan said they anticipated about a temperature ranging from 24 to 30 degrees Celsius this…

Record high temperature in Japan as heat wave grips the region

AP 07/23/2018

TOKYO — The temperature in a city north of Tokyo reached 41.1 degrees Celsius on Monday, the highest ever recorded in Japan, as a deadly heat wave gripped a wide swath of the country and nearby South…

Warm weather still in Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/01/2017

CEBU will still continue to experience warm weather despite the declaration of the onset of the rainy season by the state weather bureau Pagasa this month. Vhan Singson, weather specialist of Pagasa’s Mactan office, said the southwest…

Temperature in Cebu starts to rise

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/02/2017

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Mactan recorded a weather temperature of 34.5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday afternoon in Cebu. Alice Canasa, weather specialist of Pagasa Mactan said they recorded the temperature at 1:41…

Get ready for hotter days

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Norman V. Mendoza 03/27/2016

Stay indoors, especially from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and wear clothes in light colors to beat the searing heat. This was the advice of Pagasa Mactan officer-in-charge Alfredo Quiblat Jr. after temperature rose to 33 degrees…

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