Forgetting Yolanda

08/10/2015

He may have resigned as rehabilitation czar for the Yolanda rebuilding program, but former senator Panfilo Lacson isn’t quitting on his efforts to remind the national government about its obligation to those who were devastated by the…

Cebu braces for strong typhoon

Melissa Q. Cabahug 08/05/2015

A strong typhoon will enter the country before noon today, packing  maximum winds of 215 kilomters per hour and gusts up to 250 kph. A gale warning for strong winds may be issued, said Engr. Alfredo Quiblat,…

Restoring Gabaldon schoolhouses

08/03/2015

When super typhoon Nitang struck Cebu in 1984, a Gabaldon schoolhouse in Jampang, Argao sustained massive damage. Five years later, the building that housed the Jampang Primary School in the early 1900s was still in disrepair. It…

Airliner builds homes for typhoon-affected families in north Cebu

PR 05/11/2015

The Korean Air partnered once again with Habitat for Humanity Philippines (HFHP) to build shelters in northern Cebu for the victims of typhoon Hagupit that struck last December. Last April 11, 16 Korean Air employees and outsourced…

Sta. Fe asks for shelter aid balance

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/11/2015

The municipal government of Sta. Fe town in Bantayan Island, Cebu called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to release the P55.2 million balance of its Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA). Sta. Fe Mayor Jose…

Typhoon Dodong to move to Samar; Cebu to have slight rains

05/07/2015

Typhoon Dodong (international name Noul) entered the country at 5 a.m. Thursday, packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour with gusts reaching up to 170 kph, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa…

Disaster councils brace for typhoon

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Nestle Semilla 05/05/2015

CEBU may not lie in the path of an approaching tropical storm, but disaster councils in Cebu city and province are bracing for the worst. The slow-moving tropical storm Noul, which will be named “Dodong” once it…

Pagasa: No supertyphoon this weekend

Inquirer 04/01/2015

While typhoon Maysak continued to intensify as it neared the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), the weather bureau yesterday said the cyclone would not hit the country as a supertyphoon. The typhoon which will be named Chedeng…

Typhoon Chedeng to be felt on Good Friday

Inquirer 03/31/2015

A Typhoon headed towards Luzon is expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Wednesday, the weather bureau said. The effects of the typhoon with the international name Maysak will start to be felt on…

Incoming storm Chedeng may affect Holy Week travelers

03/30/2015

A typhoon approaching the country from the east will enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Wednesday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said yesterday. In its 10:30 a.m. weather bulletin, the state…

Pagasa: Typhoon to enter PAR on Holy Wednesday

03/29/2015

MANILA, Philippines — A typhoon approaching the country from the east will enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Wednesday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Sunday. In its 10:30 a.m…

Egg sales help Medellin folk

Melissa Q. Cabahug 02/01/2015

More than a year after surviving the onslaught of supertyphoon Yolanda, northern Cebu residents like Raul Remulta have picked themselves up and rebuilt their lives. Remulta, a barangay councilman of barangay Caputatan Norte in Medellin town, Cebu…

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