Tribunalo clears office; to leave PDRRMO Friday

Rosalie Abatayo 11/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Outgoing Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) Chief Baltazar Tribunalo Jr. has started to clear his office on Thursday, November 14. Tribunalo will spend his last day in the office tomorrow,…

No total revamp of department heads in Capitol — Gwen’s lawyer

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/26/2019

CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES—The executive department in the Capitol will be a mix of new and old faces once Governor-elect Gwendolyn Garcia officially assumes office. Lawyer Manolette Dinsay, a member of Garcia’s transition team, said some of the…

National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill to test LGU’s disaster preparedness

Gerard Vincent Francisco 06/17/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – Do not be afraid if you hear the wailing of sirens at exactly 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 20. This will mark the official start of the National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill that will…

Cebu LGUs urged to declare state of calamity in their levels if ‘necessary’

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With “worsened” effect of the weak El Niño in Cebu province, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) Head Baltazar Tribunalo is encouraging local government units (LGUs) to declare a state of calamity…

Procurement of relief items for El Niño affected areas starts

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has started with the processing of the procurement requests (PR) for the relief items for El Niño affected areas in the province. Baltazar Tribunalo,…

With El Niño here, PDRRMO urges Gov. Davide to place province under state of calamity

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Following an interagency meeting among the different departments in Cebu, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has recommended to Governor Hilario Davide III to place the province under a state…

With El Niño’s effects starting to be felt, state of preparedness in Cebu pushed

Futch Anthony Inso 03/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has approved a resolution declaring a state of preparedness in the whole province of Cebu, which is in relation with the weak El Niño…

Cebu City Agriculture allots 10M to prepare farmlands for El Niño

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Agriculture Office (CAO) has allotted P10 million for the purchase of water drums, hoses, and power sprayer to prepare the upland barangays and farmlands for the El Niño. Apple Tribunalo, CAO head,…

Tribunalo: No signs of life in landslide site

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/26/2018

As of 12 noon on Wednesday (September 26), the Incident Management Team (IMT) has recorded at least 63 casualties, 18 injured, and 28 missing persons due to the landslide that hit Barangay Tinaan, City of Naga, Cebu.…

2 dead in Malabuyoc

Morexette Erram, Nestle Semilla, Rosalie Abatayo 01/02/2018

  CEBU CITY—Two persons were killed during a landslide that hit Barangays Sto. Niño and Looc in Malabuyoc town, southern Cebu following heavy rains triggered by tropical storm “Agaton” on Tuesday. The victims were identified as Richie Pimentel…

Tribunalo replaced as Penro head

Morexette B. Erram 11/13/2017

Baltazar Tribunalo Jr. vacated on Monday the office of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) to give way to Rodel Bontuyan, the former supervising environment management specialist, who is now the officer in charge. But…

Davide defends disaster risk chief

Morexette B. Erram 11/09/2017

  CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III defended the chief of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) from allegations of sexual harassment, saying he is a victim of envy. Davide defended PDRRMO chief Baltazar Tribunalo…

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