Sunny weather ahead as “Butchoy” leaves PH

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/07/2016

SUNNY to partly cloudy weather lies ahead for Cebu as typhoon “Butchoy” (international name Nepartak) is expected to leave the country tomorrow. Jomar Eclarino, weather specialist of the state weather bureau Pagasa, said Butchoy is headed to…

‘Butchoy,’ now a typhoon, to bring more rain to Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/05/2016

Tropical storm “Butchoy” entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) yesterday and intensified into a typhoon, bringing rains in Cebu that caused the temporary suspension of boat trips between mainland Cebu and Mactan Island. As of 4…

‘Butchoy’ unlikely to make landfall

Julit C. Jainar, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 07/04/2016

  The chances of tropical storm “Butchoy” (international name: Nepartak) making landfall in the country appear to be slim, the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. Pagasa Mactan chief Alfredo Quiblat Jr. said the storm is expected…

Typhoons and the Asean Summit

Jaime Picornell 06/18/2016

In September 2006, Rafaelita Pelaez invited me to Manila to attend the piano concert of her son Rudolf Golez at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). Included with the plane ticket was a voucher to stay…

SM, donors turn over biggest housing village to Yolanda survivors

04/20/2016

For 64-year-old pedicab driver Rogelio Palma Consalida, Nov. 8, 2013 is a date he will never forget for the rest of his life. It was when Supertyphoon Yolanda made landfall in his hometown of Tacloban City, Leyte…

A climate-responsive budget

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 12/20/2015

The back-to-back typhoons “Nona” and “Onyok” left many parts of the archipelago flooded, lives lost, agriculture and livelihoods devastated and thousands stranded. The dire situation is a rehash of past calamities. More and stronger impacts of climate…

‘Onyok’ weakens; Expect good weather Christmas Day

Jhunnex Napallacan 12/19/2015

  Tropical depression Onyok has weakened and slowed down, but continued to  disrupt air and sea travel in the Visayas and Mindanao. Bad weather caused a Cebu Pacific plane bound for Surigao City to return to  Mactan,…

Climate change plan

Editorial 12/18/2015

The recently concluded climate change conference in Paris, France,  known as the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), may not draw praise from environmental groups who said the agreement signed by the world’s nations was  inadequate. But First…

Six vessels grounded in Cebu due to ‘Onyok’

Jhunnex Napallacan 12/18/2015

SIX vessels were grounded by the Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu station due to the presence of tropical depression Onyok in Caraga region and other parts of Mindanao. Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu station commander Agapito Bibat said they barred a…

LPA looms as typhoon Nona exits

Jhunnex Napallacan 12/16/2015

EXPECT rain in the next few days due to the low pressure area (LPA) that is seen to affect Eastern and Central Visayas, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. Pagasa Mactan weather…

Typhoon Nona weakens; Classes suspended in N.Cebu

Jhunnex Napallacan, Julit C. Jainar, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 12/15/2015

Classes were suspended yesterday in eight northern Cebu towns and the city of Bogo due to typhoon Nona, which is expected to weaken on Thursday and exit the country this weekend. There were no early reports of…

No na, Nona, kay Christmas na

Gerard Pareja 12/15/2015

Maurag daghan sa atong mga kaigsuonan ning atong nasod ang mag pasko gawas sa ilang panimalay. Kani kon mopakita sa iyang kabangis si Nona, ang bagyo nga gitawag sa gawas og Melor. Si Nona may gikusgong 220…

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