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Editorial 01/24/2017

CAT-TASTROPHE A woman noted that the number of stray cats in her area went up in recent days and seemed glad about it until she saw a certain cat. Noting that the cat was a female, she…

Body found off Canigao

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/19/2017

CEBU CITY—A body of a person was found floating in the sea off Canigao Island in Leyte on Thursday morning. Seaman Second Class (SN2) Philip Tadina of the Philippine Coast Guard in Eastern Visayas (PCG-8) said the…

Cagayan de Oro declares state of calamity

01/17/2017

Cagayan de Oro City was placed under state of calamity by local officials early yesterday after a massive flooding in the city spawned by two weather disturbances. “City council declared a state of calamity in Cagayan de…

4-year-old girl dies, mother survives after floodwaters swept them away in Naga City

Doris C. Bongcac 01/16/2017

CEBU CITY–A four-year-old girl drowned while her mother survived after they were swept by floodwaters early morning on Monday in a mountain village in Naga City, about 23 km south of here. Rey Mantalaba, Naga disaster personnel,…

Pagasa issues rainfall warning over Cebu; warns of flashfloods and landslides

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/16/2017

Cebu will experience light to moderate rains on Monday because of existing low pressure area (LPA). “We have issued rainfall warning for the whole Cebu province today,” Vhan Singson, weather specialist of Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical…

EMB TO JAILS: Stop dumping wastewater into Langub Creek

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/11/2017

THE Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 7 asked the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) and Cebu City Jail to cease discharging its wastewater into the Langub Creek in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City. EMB-7 also recommended that…

Carmen’s floodwaters

Contributor 01/09/2017

Residents of Carmen town have been complaining about the floodwaters that remain even after the rain due to the presence of limestone near the town’s gym which blocks the water and prevents it from being drained by…

Water crisis hits Syrian capital as gov’t troops attack valley

01/05/2017

BEIRUT — Residents of Damascus are scrambling for clean water after the government attacked rebels holding the city’s main source in a nearby valley, leading to an accidental outage that has stretched on for nearly two weeks.…

Politics and El Niño: The heat rises

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/03/2017

(PART 2) Following months of heated political bickering, One Cebu gubernatorial candidate Winston Garcia conceded defeat to re-elected governor, Hilario Davide III a day after the May 9 elections. Results later showed that Davide garnered 616,381 votes…

The plastic ban ordinance

Dominic D. Yasay 12/31/2016

(PART 1) Saving Mandaue City from floods and garbage It has been four months since the Mandaue City government decided to bring back the muscle of the city-wide prohibition of plastic bags in a bid to address the city’s…

Drainage problem

12/27/2016

This section of S. Osmeña Road in North Reclamation Area, Cebu City, which is located in front of the Cebu Daily News building, has no provision for a drainage after it was “improved” in 2015. Since then,…

CCDRRMO advises food poisoning patients not to self-medicate

Inna Mejia 12/22/2016

RESIDENTS of Barangay Sirao in Cebu City who were hit by food poisoning on Monday still came in trickles at the city-run hospital in Barangay Guba yesterday even as most of the over 200 persons who were…

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