‘Auring’ to enter PH today

Nestle L. Semilla 01/07/2017

A tropical depression, the first to enter the country this year, is expected to make landfall over Surigao province either later this evening or tomorrow morning, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday.…

‘Nina’ likely to bring stormy weather over northern Cebu

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/22/2016

Northern Cebu will need to brace for a Christmas Day stormy weather as a public warning signal might be raised over the area, including Camotes Islands, once tropical cyclone Nina (international name: Nock-ten) enters the Philippine Area…

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…

Between the crisis and the catastrophe

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 11/26/2016

Before retiring last night, I had our lamp and radio, two vital tools during a calamity, recharged. The weather reports had warned of a tropical storm that would make landfall after midnight. We happened to live in…

Capitol suspends classes in all public schools in Cebu across all levels

Nestle L. Semilla 11/24/2016

Due to the looming Tropical Depression “Marce,” Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III ordered the suspension of classes in all levels in all public schools in the province today, November 24, and tomorrow November 25. Cebu Provincial Information…

Dino to lobby for the lifting of environmental certificates TRO in Bantayan Island

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/20/2016

Pending the lifting of a court temporary restraining order (TRO) that bars any form of development on the whole Bantayan Island, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino urged a contractor to do what it can to…

90 housing units for Yolanda victims to be turned over by December

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/20/2016

At least 90 housing units in Barangay Antipolo, Medellin have been committed for turn over for Yolanda victims before December 1 this year. Project Engineer Elizer dela Paz of RFN Construction and Development Corp., the project contractor,…

Dino orders contractor to turn over Yolanda housing within the year

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/20/2016

Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino has ordered the contractor of a relocation site for families displaced by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” in Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu, to turn over housing units to the beneficiaries before the end…

Voices of courage

Madrileña de la Cerna 11/12/2016

A most fitting way to remember the most talked about Super Typhoon Yolanda three years after is the coffee table book “Haiyan the Aftermath: Images and Stories of Recovery in Samar and Leyte” written by Lucien Y.…

YOLANDA STATUS REPORT: More work to be done, 3 yrs after

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/08/2016

Government agencies have completed 74 percent of all Yolanda rehabilitation projects in Central Visayas after three years, but an official of the regional National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA-7) said a lot remains to be done. Based…

NHA urged help in making Yolanda projects possible

Nestle L. Semilla 11/08/2016

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III is encouraging the National Housing Authority to fast track their housing projects for Super Typhoon Yolanda victims. Davide made the call since three years has passed and the resettlement projects had yet…

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…

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