THE six-year development plan for Central Visayas will promote the growth of urban centers as the catalyst for the dispersed and inclusive growth of the region. And with this, the Regional Development Council in Central Visayas (RDC 7) has also sought greater involvement of the local government units (LGUs) in the region in the formulation […]
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Pagasa Visayas exec: Be wary of landslides amid incessant rains
THE public is urged to take precautionary measures as landslides may occur amid the incessant rains in the Visayas, particularly in Cebu within this week. The state weather bureau’s Visayas chief Alfredo Quiblat Jr. told SunStar Cebu that the light to moderate rain that is currently affecting Cebu Island is due to the trough of […]
Residents evacuated in Eastern Visayas, parts of Mindanao as new LPA brings more rain
FAMILIES continue to be evacuated in parts of Mindanao and the Eastern Visayas region as another low pressure area (LPA) has been dumping more rain in areas already swamped since late December. In Eastern Visayas — composed of the provinces of Leyte, Biliran, Southern Leyte, West Samar, Eastern Samar and Northern Samar — the regional […]
School, work suspended in parts of Visayas, Mindanao due to heavy rains, flooding
SEVERAL local governments in central and southern Philippines suspended classes and work on Tuesday due to heavy rains from a low pressure area (LPA) east of the country, triggering floods in some areas. In the town of Tubod in Lanao del Norte, the disaster management council reported “widespread flooding” with 1,044 families composed of 5,300 […]
LPA dumps more rain in flooded parts of PHL
By Beatriz Marie D. Cruz A LOW pressure area (LPA) that could still intensify had been dumping more rain in parts of central and southern Philippines already flooded since weekend, where reported deaths hit 25 while 26 others were missing as of Wednesday, authorities said. Of the reported deaths, 16 were from Northern Mindanao, five […]
Search and rescue operations continue after Christmas rains
By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, Reporter EMERGENCY responders carried on with search and rescue operations on Tuesday amid continued rains that started days before Christmas in central and southern parts of the Philippines, according to reports from national agencies and local governments. In a situation report as of Dec. 27, the government’s disaster council said […]
Alba relieved as PRO Central Visayas chief
POLICE Brig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba was relieved from his post as director of Police Regional Office (PRO) Central Visayas effective on Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Alba was transferred to the Directorate for Human Resource and Doctrine Development in Camp Crame. The transfer happened just two months after Alba was assigned as PRO Central Visayas […]
XBB, BA.2.3.20 subvariants dominate latest Covid-19 sequencing results
OMICRON subvariants XBB and BA.2.3.20 dominated the latest genome sequencing results conducted by the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) last week. Based on the latest results published by the Department of Health (DOH), the Omicron subvariant XBB accounted for 52 cases among those sequenced from December 5 to 9. The XBB cases were all local ones, […]
Visayas Art Fair back in full force, fashion show delights guests
The Queen City of the Philippines moves onward and upward with its artists and creative minds. Its rich creative history—led by impressive literary figures like Vicente Sotto, and the National Artist Resil B. Mojares—proves the fact that Cebu is not lacking in talent. The Visayas Art Fair first started in 2021. It was a historical […]
Red, yellow alerts raised over Visayas grid after four power plant outages
THE National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said it declared red and yellow and over the Visayas grid on Monday, with the red alert subsequently canceled before it was due to begin after sufficient power was found to offset the loss of four power plants. The Luzon grid was also placed on yellow alert […]
Torrential rains in parts of Luzon, Visayas expected this weekend as storm Paeng intensifies
TROPICAL storm Paeng may intensify by Saturday into a typhoon, which means having maximum wind speed of 118 to 184 kilometers per hour (kph), and bring torrential rains in parts of Luzon and the Visayas, the state weather agency said on Thursday. Tropical cyclone wind signal #1 was already up over southern parts of the […]
16th storm of the year seen to intensify; brings heavy rains to central, northern PHL
A LOW-pressure area that developed into a tropical depression Wednesday morning is expected to strengthen into a storm by Thursday, according to the state weather bureau. “Further intensification is likely while moving over the Philippine Sea and may reach typhoon category on Saturday,” PAGASA said in its 5 p.m. bulletin on Wednesday. Tropical depression Paeng, […]
‘Kristo’ nabbed with P680K worth of shabu outside Tejero cockpit
A “KRISTO,” or bet-taker, was arrested during a buy-bust conducted by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Central Visayas outside the cockpit in Barangay Tejero, Cebu City on Wednesday afternoon, October 19, 2022. They identified the suspect as 44-year-old Marco Antonio Gungog, a resident of Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City. They recovered several […]
Cebu, 2 highly urbanized cities at high risk for measles outbreak
CEBU Province and the highly urbanized cities of Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue have seen an increasing number of measles cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The three local government units belong to Central Visayas, which are among the country’s 17 regions that may soon see a measles outbreak as they are considered to be at […]
Pagasa: Expect ‘ugly’ weather in Cebu on September 26
CEBU and other provinces in the Visayas on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022 will be cloudy with chances of light to moderate rains and occasional heavy rains as well as thunderstorms, particularly in the afternoon and evening due to the prevailing southwest monsoon (habagat),according to an official of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration […]
Ex-DSWD Central Visayas director Geamala dies
FORMER director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas Rebecca P. Geamala passed away at 4 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022 at the age of 60.“She dedicated her life to serving the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged people for more than 37 years with DSWD, which was then the Ministry of […]
LANDBANK launches P10-B loan facility for rural banks affected by typhoon
Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has launched a lending program to aid the recovery of countryside financial institutions (CFIs) that were affected by typhoon Odette last year. The bank’s loan program named Countryside Financial Institutions – Rehabilitation and Support to Typhoon Odette-Affected Areas or CFI-RESTORE aims to strengthen rural banks by providing additional capital […]
PLDT completes repairs in Visayas after Odette, Agaton
PLDT Inc. has completed restoration of its fixed line fiber services in Visayas following the recent strong typhoons that ravaged the area — Typhoon Odette and Tropical Depression Agaton.This is on the back of PLDT’s network field engineers’ efforts and round-the-clock work to ensure quick restoration, especially since many are still confined in their homes […]
Central Visayas economy grows 5.4% despite ‘Odette’
A YEAR after it shrank due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, the economy of Central Visayas grew by 5.4 percent in 2021 despite the battering it took from Typhoon Odette (Rai) last December.The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Thursday said all the 17 regions of the country recovered from the 2020 pandemic and registered […]
Abaca production down 13.7% in first two months
ABACA OUTPUT fell 13.7% to 8,693.38 metric tons (MT) in the first two months of the year, according to the Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority (PhilFIDA). “We’re still studying these results and what happened because the momentum this 2022 suddenly dropped,” PhilFIDA Executive Director Kennedy T. Costales said in an interview. SOCCKSARGEN region reported the […]