More rainfall for Cebu, Visayas; Gorio seen to leave Monday

Agnes Alpuerto 07/26/2017

CEBU and parts of the Visayas will experience light to moderate rainfall until next Monday after tropical depression “Gorio” developed into a tropical storm late Tuesday evening. Al Quiblat, acting chief of the Mactan office of the…

Tropical depression ‘Gorio’ brings rains to Visayas

Agnes B. Alpuerto 07/25/2017

A LOW pressure area east of southern Luzon has now developed into a tropical depression to be named “Gorio” by the state weather bureau Pagasa. The eye of tropical depression Gorio was located 565 km east of…

ATTACKS STAGED BY SUSPECTED NPA REBELS IN THE VISAYAS SINCE 2015

CDN Research 07/22/2017

OVER the last two and a half years, while it seemed like skirmishes involving state forces and the New People’s Army in the Visayas had died down, there were actually nearly a dozen such incidents. None, however,…

East Visayas power ‘almost stable’ — NGCP

Joey A. Gabieta 07/20/2017

TACLOBAN CITY — Power supply in Leyte and the rest of Eastern Visayas region is slowly stabilizing, two weeks after the strong earthquake damaged the transmission line and geothermal power plants in the province. On Thursday, the…

9 cops in Espinosa’s slay transferred to C. Visayas

Calvin D. Cordova 07/18/2017

Nine police officers who are facing criminal and administrative charges for the death of Albuera, Leyte, mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. have been transferred to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7). Transferred from CIDG…

Kepco boosts Visayas grid

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/17/2017

THE power situation in the Visayas is expected to improve with the synchronization of Kepco SPC Power Corp. (KSPC) to the grid. In a statement, KSPC said its power plants based in Naga City, Cebu are now…

Neda-7 chief: 7.5% to 8% growth for C. Visayas in next six years

07/17/2017

CENTRAL Visayas is projected to grow between 7.5 and 8 percent on average in the next six years on the back of robust industry and services sectors, the region’s economic chief said. Efren Carreon, director of the…

Building resiliency of our people

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 07/16/2017

The “rotating brown-out” happening in Cebu and other parts in the Visayas after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck the region is another dismal revelation of our lack of preparedness when disaster strikes. We still don’t learn, do…

Sunny weather seen today in Cebu, Visayas

Agnes Alpuerto 07/15/2017

AFTER some days of rain, residents of Metro Cebu and the province can expect more sunshine and less sudden downpours at least for today until Tuesday. Al Quiblat, acting chief of the state weather bureau Pagasa’s Mactan…

CEBU A DRUG ‘HOT SPOT’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Calvin D. Cordova, Inna Gian Mejia, Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/13/2017

DUTERTE SAYS More than P400 million worth of drugs had been seized while at least 9,000 drug suspects were arrested and about 400 others killed in Central Visayas since July 1 last year. About 90 percent of…

EARTHQUAKE

Cris Ligan, Doris C. Bongcac, Inquirer.net, Joey A. Gabieta, Leo Udtohan, Michelle Joy Padayhag, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Robert Dejon, Victor Anthony Silva 07/06/2017

Eight provinces in the Visayas, including Cebu, were hit by massive power outages while at least two persons were killed and several others either injured or trapped in a collapsed building and a landslide following a powerful…

Task force set up for Visayas

Agnes Alpuerto 07/05/2017

An interagency task force was set up to monitor and secure the waters of the Visayas and Negros island regions from terror threats yesterday. About 12 government agencies joined the military and the Coast Guard in the…

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