TWO men suffered from electric shock as they were taking down billboards in preparation for supertyphoon Yolanda yesterday. In Cebu City, 33-year-old Tonald Malabusa, a member of the maintenance crew of a fast food outlet in JY…
Prepare for your basic needs (have provisions that would be enough until after the onslaught of calamities) Emergency kit (have adequate food and drinking water) Never forget your First Aid Kit. Also prepare for flashlights with new…
CEBU PACIFIC CANCELLED FLIGHTS NOVEMBER 8, 2013 Cebu-Bacolod-Cebu 5j 124/125 5j 144/145 Manila-Bacolod-Manila 5j 475/476 5j 473/474 5j 485/486 5j 477/478 5j 479/480 5j 481/482 5j 483/484 Cebu-Butuan-Cebu 5j 223/224 Manila-Butuan-Manila 5j 787/788 5j 785/786 5j 791/792…
(Second Update) More areas in the country are under storm signal as “super typhoon” Yolanda (international name Haiyan) prepares to take a landfall in the vicinity of Samar and Leyte tomorrow. Signal No. 4: Eastern Samar, Samar, Leyte,…
The state weather bureau Pagasa has forecast that Typhoon Yolanda can dump 10millimeters (mm) to 30mm of rain along its path. The superstorm has a diameter of around 600 kilometers, capable of blanketing the whole of Visayas,…
Cebu officials ordered the suspension of classes in all levels in both private and public schools on Thursday and Friday in anticipation of supertyphoon Yolanda which will enter the country this morning. “It’s better to be ready.…
THE Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) purchased generator sets to ensure that pumping stations will continue to run in case of power failure during typhoon Yolanda. The contingency can provide for half of its service area. Since…
If text messaging, calls and data services are disrupted by typhoon Yolanda, it will not be for long assured telecommunications companies. In press statements, Smart & Sun Cellular as well as Globe Telecom said they have disaster-preparedness…
As ‘super typhoon’ Yolanda looms over the country hours from now, local government officials declared a suspension of classes for private and public schools in Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City and Cebu province tomorrow and Friday.…
Roofs of small houses were blown off in Mandaue and Mactan island. Utility posts were uprooted. The damage by a tornado during Monday s thunderstorm extended to the northern town of Compostela, catching people by surprise, damaging…
When “Yolanda” enters the Philippines , it may build up to a super typhoon as strong as Ruping, which pummeled Cebu in 1990 and last year’s Pablo, weathermen said. “Yolanda” will make landfall in Samar by Wednesday…
A strong whirling wind lifted houses built of light materials, toppled posts, blew away roofs and uprooted trees all over Metro Cebu. In Mandaue City, 37 houses,16 structures in Lapu-Lapu City, nine houses and three shops in…
