Paknaan relocation site: Road, houses submerge in water due to high tide

Norman Mendoza 07/15/2018

  An estimated 50-meter stretch of concrete road has been submerged in seawater in a relocation site in Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City, Cebu due to high tide at noontime today (July 15). The submerged road brought inconvenience…

Mabatid: ‘I was mistaken as an escort’

Morexette Erram 07/10/2018

“I am not a whore.” Mabolo Barangay Captain Prisca Niña Mabatid made this statement in a press conference on Tuesday morning (July 10), slamming the hotel employee who mistook her for an escort. Mabatid found herself in…

Village intel volunteer in hot water for posing as cop

Benjie B. Talisic 07/07/2018

A MAN posing as a police officer was apprehended by Cebu City traffic enforcers for counter-flowing at a major road last Friday. The man identified as Rodenio Suico produced a police ID but was later found out…

‘Race against water’ as rain threatens Thai boys in the cave

AFP 07/05/2018

Thai rescuers on Thursday said they may be prodded into a complex extraction of 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave if forecast rains hammer the mountainside and jeopardize the rescue mission. Thirteen sets…

Cops in hot water for Bong’s selfie

Inquirer.net 06/23/2018

THE Philippine National Police said cops are under investigation after jailed former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. posted “selfie” pics on his social media accounts on Thursday, exactly the fourth year since he entered prison. A report…

Phillip Salvador: ‘I will always love Kris’

Michelle Joy Padayhag 06/07/2018

HIS LOVE and respect for Kris Aquino remain. This was the comment of veteran actor Phillip Salvador who was asked in an ambush interview by some members of Cebu Entertainment Group about Aquino’s recent online tussle with…

UNSAFE WATER

Futch Anthony Inso, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 05/27/2018

EMB FINDING ON MACTAN ISLAND The Enviroment Management Bureau (EMB) finds that the fecal coliform levels in the water of Mactan Island and of Panglao Island in Bohol exceed safe standard If you think that swimming in…

MCWD: “Save water as supply drops”

Rosalie Abatayo 05/10/2018

The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) encourages the public to save water as the supply of two dams continue to deplete. From an average of 6,000 cubic meters during the third week of April, Buhisan Dam’s daily…

MCWD starts rationing water in upland areas

Nestle L. Semilla 04/27/2018

The Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) has started rationing water supply especially in upland barangays in Cebu City. There has been a decrease in the water level of some dams. MCWD spokesperson Charmaine Rodriguez-Kara explained that due…

City govt distributes free water in Cebu mountain Barangays

Morexette B. Erram 04/26/2018

The Cebu City Government has started distributing potable water for free to mountain barangays in the city following the onset of the summer heat. In a press briefing today, Cebu City Department of Public Service (DPS) chief…

MCWD injects more water in critical areas

Morexette Marie B. Erram and Doris Mae C. Mondragon 04/25/2018

TO ensure that there is enough potable water for residents in Metro Cebu amid the continuing decline of water supply of the Jaclupan Watershed and Buhisan Dam, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) has started injecting additional…

WATER SUPPLY DOWN

Doris Mae Mondragon, Intern, Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/24/2018

MCWD asks consumers in Talisay, Cebu cities to conserve water; weather bureau doesn’t expect rains until May Jairah Mae Caminero hasn’t gotten enough sleep lately. Instead of the regular eight hours, the 19-year-old college student’s bedtime has…

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