Cimatu vows action on water quality, solid waste

Inquirer.net 05/17/2017

ILOILO CITY — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu vowed to “double efforts” in addressing environmental concerns on Boracay Island and other tourist destinations. “The law is there. We have to implement the law in tourist destinations (and) tourist…

Fishermen find woman’s body floating off South Road Properties

Nestle L. Semilla 05/12/2017

A body was found floating in waters off South Road Properties (SRP), in Cebu City on Friday morning. In a phone interview, Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak said that fishermen found the body of the still unidentified…

Officials urge vessel owner to siphon oil from ill-fated ship

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/11/2017

Five days after the ill-fated  sank off the waters of Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City, no marine life has been affected by any oil spill so far. But Alvin Santillana, head of Talisay City’s Disaster Risk Reduction and…

Cargo vessel sinks in Talisay waters

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/07/2017

CEBU CITY—A cargo vessel sank past 6 a.m. on Sunday, about a kilometer away from the shoreline of Talisay City, southern Cebu, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). Not one of the 22 crew members of…

MCWD to tap private sector help

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/04/2017

  A projected increase in Metro Cebu’s water demand by the year 2020 would translate to an additional need of 80,000 cubic meters of water per day. Joel Mari Yu, Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) chairman of…

Victims need additional food aid, drinking water

Intern 05/02/2017

LAPU-LAPU CITY fire AFTER a disaster, more suffering usually comes for its survivors. For Rosie Pil, 38 years old and a mother of three, any help — no matter how small — is welcome to alleviate their…

Macarine completes 27th open water swim

Glendale G. Rosal 05/01/2017

AFTER a recent record-setting, 24-kilometer swim from Dumaguete to Siquijor, Ingemar “Pinoy Aquaman” Macarine was at it again last Sunday, as he swam sans fanfare, the 12.45k distance from Panggangan Island of the Municipality of Calape to…

Farmers urged to store water during intermittent rains

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/30/2017

DURING intermittent rains, farmers are urged to store whatever water they can, as the effects of intensely warm weather is slowly starting to affect crops and water supply. Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) information officer…

NCRPO chief: Cops securing Asean summit lack portalets, water

Inquirer.net 04/26/2017

One of the challenges faced by the security forces deployed at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Manila is the lack of portable toilets and drinking water. More than 4,000 police officers, enduring the…

MCWD halts water supply amid flood

Doris C. Bongcac 04/16/2017

WHILE floodwater filled roads and communities in Metro Cebu area on Easter Sunday, some areas in the metropolis did not have potable drinking water for about six hours. Very low pressure to no water pressure was experienced…

April rain

Raymund Fernandez 04/04/2017

Used to be, April was warm and sunny and rainless. April rain was not impossible. But it was a rarity, and always, it caught us by surprise. It was lovely this way. Warm sunny day when we…

Heavy rain causes flooding, traffic congestion in Metro Cebu

Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/03/2017

CEBU CITY–Early morning rains caused traffic congestion in major thoroughfares in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu on Monday. Knee-deep flood caused traffic to slow down in Mandaue City at the foot of the First Mandaue-Mactan…

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