Drink lots of water, wear light-colored clothes to combat heat

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 11/02/2018

WEAR light-colored clothes and don’t forget to rehydrate. This was what weather specialist Nedz Saletrero of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) in Mactan advised the public in light of the searing temperatures experienced…

Social media darling hits streets to sell bottled water anew

Norman V. Mendoza 11/01/2018

The bottled water vendor who became a social media sensation and a fixture to commuters and motorists passing by A. Soriano Street in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City, is at it again. Jaykummer “Dodoy” Teberio, took advantage of…

MCWD: Water service interruption to continue until 5 p.m.

Doris C. Bongcac 11/01/2018

  Water consumers in the cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu and Consolacion town will have to wait until 5 p.m. today before they will again have water flowing from their faucets. Residents in these areas have been…

Cleaner water, cleaner lives

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/26/2018

Not only did the seas become clean, the lives of some of our residents became clean as well. A huge amount of garbage used to float on the waters surrounding the fishports of Pasil, Suba, and Sawang…

Barili water taps no longer run dry

PR 10/12/2018

With the presence of rivers and watershed areas in Barili town, southern Cebu, water is not a problem there. Yet, according to Magdaleno Bargamento of Kauswagan Water Services and Sanitation Cooperative (KAWSSCO), the coop could hardly provide…

Boat operators required to undergo drug testing

Norman Mendoza 10/03/2018

  The Lapu-Lapu City Tourism Office will require passenger boat operators and those who offer island hopping services, dive shops, water sports, and recreational activities to undergo drug testing. The requirement is intended to ensure the safety…

Senior citizen found dead in Naga City

Rosalie Abatayo 10/02/2018

Seventy-eight-year-old Esteban Paran was found dead inside his makeshift home in a secluded area of Barangay Cantao-an, Naga City on Tuesday (October 2). Paran stayed in the secluded area of Barangay Cantao-an to attend to his livestock.…

MCWD provides free water testing, offers water to Naga City evacuation centers

PR 10/01/2018

  Samples of water from sources used in the City of Naga’s evacuation centers yielded negative of contaminants. After reports of the presence of fecal coliform bacteria in the water available in Naga City’s evacuation centers, the…

UP college dean in hot water for anti-Duterte letter

Inquirer 09/19/2018

State U official: That is not allowed under existing laws An official of the University of the Philippines (UP) said he viewed with “serious concern” reports that the dean of the UP College of Engineering in Diliman,…

Give tax breaks to businesses that recycle water

Rosalie Abatayo 08/25/2018

MCWD URGES LGUS The Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) urged local government units to enact laws that would give tax incentives to establishments that recycle water. MCWD General Manager Jose Eugenio Singson Jr., in a statement said…

MCWD urges water users to ‘use only what they need’

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Rosalie Abatayo 08/25/2018

  As Pagasa confirms the increasing possibility of the El Niño phenomenon at the end of 2018, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) bares its sourcing plans to minimize the growing gap between the supply and demand…

Cebuanos told to brace for hot weather

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/24/2018

  Thursday’s temperature of 35.2°C was the hottest that was experienced in Cebu the last two decades. The heat index was recorded at 42°C at 2 p.m. of the same day (August 23). Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and…

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