The Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH-7) will start building a temporary steel bridge in barangay Dumlog, Sibonga town tomorrow. “We are trying our best to finish this quickly. Again, we will have…
A shipping lines was fined after one of its vessel was found carrying passengers beyond its capacity. M/V Graceful Star violated the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) Order No. 2003/43 or the guidelines for preventing excess…
Vice President Jejomar Binay gave out 7,500 food packs to families affected by tropical storm Seniang (international name: Jangmi) in southern Cebu yesterday. “Titingnan ko muna ho kung magkano ang [kailangan] pero pinangako po namin kay mayor…
Buses and cargo trucks weighing up to 20 tons may now use the Lindogon, Simala road as an alternative route to and from southern Cebu in the light of the damage to the bridge at the national…
By Monday it will be back to work for him! He promised himself. He misses it. Work. The holiday season seemed alternately longer and shorter than just two weeks. This season particularly; visited as it was with…
Storm warnings were given a day before typhoon Seniang made landfall in Sibonga, south Cebu on Dec. 30. The Capitol sent advisories for pre-emptive evacuation on Monday but the message didn’t trickle down to some high-risk communities.…
With the concrete Dumlog bridge cut off, people traveling through Sibonga town in south Cebu have to take a detour. Bus passengers get down and transfer to a habal-habal or motorcycle-for-hire that takes riders through a barangay…
Cebu’s retail industry is considered one of the fastest growing industries this year with many new entrants in the market fueled by the growing local demand, a high demand for recovery goods, tourism and generally a robust…
POWER OUTAGES, HEAVY RAIN Power outages were reported in south Cebu towns of Oslob and Alcoy as typhoon Seniang made a second landfall in Bohol province about 10 p.m. last night. The storm’s 65-kilometer-per-hour winds toppled…
Alma Junasan, 42, slept outside again last night at Pier 1 in Cebu City, waiting for the storm to lift so her family can go home to Bohol. To make it more comfortable for her one-month-old daughter…
Seniang caused floods, destroying infrastructure in northeastern and northern Mindanao As tropical storm Seniang traversed the Bohol Sea yesterday afternoon, the state weather bureau raised the flood alert level in Bohol, Southern Leyte and Leyte to red,…
Families living in coastal barangays of Sibonga and other southern towns in Cebu were moved to various evacuation sites as power interruption hit the southern towns of Cebu including Sibonga and Boljoon. Signal number 2 was hoisted…
