THE construction of the P24.8-billion Lapu-Lapu Expressway (LLEX), also known as the skyway project, is expected to begin in March this year. This was what Lapu-Lapu City Vice Mayor Celedonio “Celsi” Sitoy told SunStar Cebu on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan, for his part, said they are currently in negotiation with the […]
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Espinoza: Welcome 2023. What is ahead of us?
It has been the tradition of many, if not most Christians of any denomination, to write a New Year’s resolution. I’m a product of a public school in my hometown in Cagwait, Surigao del Sur. If my classmates in my elementary and high school years could recall, our teachers would require us to write in […]
Damage from Paeng reaches P11.84B; death toll up to 160
THE COMBINED damage to agriculture and infrastructure due to storm Nalgae has reached P11.84 billion, according to the government’s latest monitoring report on Sunday, more than a week since the typhoon locally known as Paeng hit the Philippines on Oct. 28. Cost of damage to the agriculture sector hit more than P6.4 billion from around […]
Thousands affected by MRT-3, PNR rail problem after 4-day holiday weekend
TRANSPORT officials on Wednesday said about 3,600 passengers were affected when the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) temporarily suspended its operations in the morning due to a signaling problem. “When we started the operations as early as 5:00 a.m., when the train was about to reach Shaw Boulevard, it encountered a signaling problem,” MRT-3 […]
Storm knocks out power to over 4 million Meralco customers
THE NUMBER of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) customers that experienced power outages due to Severe Tropical Storm Paeng rose to 4.06 million, the power distributor said Sunday. In a statement, Meralco said 504,234 customers remain without power, mostly in Laguna and Cavite. The remainder are in parts of Batangas, Metro Manila, Rizal, Bulacan, and […]
Thousands stranded as Philippines cancels flights due to severe tropical storm
THE MANILA International Airport Authority (MIAA) on Sunday said 181 flights — 160 domestic and 21 international — were canceled due to Typhoon Nalgae (Paeng). Local airlines have advised their passengers whose flights got canceled to rebook. “Recovery flights are still ongoing,” flag carrier Philippine Airlines said in a statement. Planes that were diverted to […]
3rd typhoon in a row on a path to northern PHL; previous damage reaches at least P477M
A TROPICAL depression that is seen to intensify into a tropical storm category by Friday night or Saturday morning is heading towards northern parts of the Philippines, on a path similar to those of the two most recent typhoons, according to the state weather agency. The latest tropical depression named Obet, the 15th to hit […]
Brawijaya University develops GIS-based IoT for disaster mitigation
Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Sep 30, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Brawijaya University has developed an Internet of Things (IoT) technology based on the Geographic Information System (GIS) to mitigate disasters in Pronojiwo district, an area affected by the eruption of Mount Semeru. A lecturer on urban planning at the Faculty of Engineering […]
Agricultural damage from Super Typhoon Karding hits P1.29B with main rice growers affected
By Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, Reporter THE RUNNING tally on agricultural damage from Super Typhoon Karding has climbed to P1.29 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA), with major rice producing provinces among those affected by flooding. Damage and losses were initially reported in the regions of Cordillera, Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, […]
Storm Florita leaves trail of floods, landslides, crop damage
By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, Reporter TROPICAL storm Florita, with international name Ma-On, exited the Philippine area Wednesday morning, leaving more than 2,000 families affected and a trail of flooding, landslides and damaged crops in northern parts of the country. In a Wednesday midday news briefing, Social Welfare Undersecretary Marco M. Bautista said the typhoon […]
Cabaero: Flood alert system
The text messages that warn of torrential rain and possible flooding have been ineffective for city residents who in the past days suffered hours of agony in moving on submerged roads.Flood forecasting, if you base it on the United Nations Climate Technology Centre and Network, is primarily aimed at reducing the public’s exposure to coastal […]
Imports of fish feed materials from ASF-hit countries cleared
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it is authorizing imports of processed animal proteins (PAPs) used in fish feed from countries affected by African Swine Fever (ASF). “Aquaculture is one of the biggest contributors to the Philippine economy with more than two million registered fisherfolk nationwide and that to sustain the local aquaculture industry, adequate […]
11 houses affected in Duljo-Fatima fire
AT LEAST 11 houses were affected when a late afternoon blaze hit Sitio Sto. Niño Laguna in Barangay Duljo-Fatima, Cebu City on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022.Of the 11 houses that were affected, seven were destroyed while four others were damaged, said FO2 Fulbert Navarro of the Cebu City Fire Office.Navarro told reporters they received the […]
DILG orders Cebu mayors to release ‘Odette’ funds
AN OFFICIAL of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged mayors in Cebu to already start the distribution of financial assistance from the National Government for those severely affected by Typhoon Odette (Rai).DILG Undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya made the call in a dialogue with Cebu mayors on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. […]
Domestic air travel picking up amid Omicron threat
THE uptick in Covid-19 cases in January has not affected domestic travel as the airline recouped 42 percent of its pre-Covid flight frequency on this month, AirAsia Philippines sai…
Landbank releases P21M assistance to 198 LGUs hit by Typhoon Odette
DESPITE transportation and connectivity challenges in areas affected by Typhoon Odette (Rai), state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) has successfully completed the tur…
Lapu-Lapu, Owwa set up help desk for OFW families affected by ‘Odette’
THE Lapu-Lapu City Government has set up a help desk for overseas Filipino workers’ (OFWs) families affected by Typhoon Odette (Rai).The City Public Employment Service Office (Peso…
Fish imports approved to fill supply gap in typhoon zone
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it approved a plan to import 11,015 metric tons (MT) of frozen fish for wet markets in typhoon-hit areas to ensure adequate supply. In a statement, the DA said on Monday that the imports will be distributed to the parts of the Visayas and Mindanao affected by Typhoon Odette […]
DTI reports 69 violations of price freeze orders in typhoon zone
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it issued 69 show-cause orders to sellers of construction materials who violated price freeze orders in provinces affected by Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai). The DTI said in a statement on Sunday that it also confiscated overpriced supplies from hard-hit areas like Surigao del Norte. Items covered […]
20,000 households affected in Consolacion due to Odette
MORE than 20,000 houses in Consolacion town in northern Cebu were affected by Typhoon Odette (Rai) that hit Cebu on the night of Dec. 16, 2021.Nearly 24,000 homes were affected by…