‘Julian’ intensifies into typhoon, rains expected in Luzon, Visayas

Consuelo Marquez 08/30/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Julian will swirl over the Philippine Sea and a safe distance away from land mass but will is still expected to trigger rains over parts of Luzon and the Visayas areas on Sunday,…

Labella reminds Cebuanos: Be more vigilant, cooperate to continue flattening the curve

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Now that Cebu City has flattened the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) curve, it should work to keep it that way. Retired Major General Melquiades Feliciano, the deputy chief implementor of the Interagency Task…

4,226 new coronavirus cases push PH total to 126,885

Consuelo Marquez - Reporter / @CMarquezINQ 08/08/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Philippines logged 4,226 additional cases of the new coronavirus disease, raising the total tally in the country to 126,885. In its updated data on Saturday, the Department of Health also documented 41 fatalities from…

Tropical Depression Enteng to drench parts of Luzon, Visayas

AP 08/08/2020

MANILA, Philippines – The low pressure area(LPA) east of the country has intensified into Tropical Depression Enteng early Saturday morning, the state weather bureau said in its 5 a.m. bulletin. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services…

Fisherfolks return to Olango after getting stranded in Palawan

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — One hundred seventeen individuals, mostly fisherfolks, who reside in Olango Island, have returned to their homes this Saturday, July 11, after they were stranded in Palawan in Luzon. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan…

DOH names 6 ‘emerging COVID-19 hotspots’ in Visayas

Darryl John Esguerra 06/24/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) is monitoring the situation in several provinces and cities in the Visayas due to rising coronavirus infections there. According to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, the following areas are…

Rise in COVID-19 cases in regions linked to returnees

Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/17/2020

Recent cases of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Visayas involved returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and residents stranded elsewhere, raising concerns that those being sent home to the provinces were carriers of the virus. In…

LPA, southwesterly wind flow cause widespread rains in Cebu

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The widespread rains currently experienced in Cebu and other parts of the Visayas due to the low pressure area (LPA) east of Eastern Samar may last until Thursday, June 11, 2020. At 11…

LPA to bring rains in parts of PH on Wednesday — Pagasa

Catherine Gonzales - Inquirer.net 06/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Low Pressure Area (LPA) will bring scattered rains in Visayas, Mindanao, and parts of Luzon on Wednesday, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). In its 4 a.m. weather…

Pagasa: LPA less likely to become tropical depression

Consuelo Marquez - INQUIRER.net 05/09/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The low-pressure area (LPA) which is spotted 890 kilometers east of Davao City will less likely turn into a tropical depression but might affect Visayas and Mindanao areas, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical…

Labella: Lifting of ban on pork from parts of Luzon, Mindanao in compliance with President’s order

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said during his press conference today that his call for the lifting of the ban on pork and pork products coming from areas that have been declared free…

LPA in Mindanao dissipates, ITCZ to still bring rains in Vis-Min

Rosalie Abatayo 05/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The low pressure area (LPA) that brought rains over Visayas and Mindanao last weekend has completely dissipated past 2 a.m. on Monday, May 4, 2020. But cloudy skies, scattered rainshowers, and thunderstorms, however,…

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