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THE Cebu City Government is eyeing to construct rainwater impounding facilities as a possible solution to the city's flooding problem during heavy rains.Councilor Jerry Guardo, chairman of the committee on infrastructure, told SunStar Cebu on Sunday, August 14, 2022, that research is now being conducted to determine feasible areas for the proposed project.The water that will be stored in the facility can be sold to the Metropolitan Water District (MCWD) for processing to make it potable, he said
TWO bodies were discovered in different parts of Cebu City on Saturday, August 13, 2022.Around 3 p.m., operatives of the Mabolo Police Station responded to an alarm that a body of a dead man was found on 1528 Lower Torralba Street in Barangay Apas.Based on the initial investigation of Patrolman Alvic Salimbot, the body belonged to 45-year-old Francisco Dela Cerna, who was renting a room in the area.The other tenants in his boardinghouse noticed a foul smell and reported it to police.When police
CENTRAL Visayas is still far from hitting its vaccination target of 50 percent of the people eligible for booster shots against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) within the first 100 days of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration.As of August 11, 2022, only 20.02 percent or 695,971 individuals 18-59 years old had received the first booster dose, data from the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH 7) showed.Central Visayas has 3,476,662 targets for the first booster shot. These are p
A BARANGAY official lost his life after his motorcycle collided with another motorcycle on the national highway in Looc Sur, Barangay Poblacion in Asturias, Cebu, last Sunday afternoon, August 14, 2022.Alfeo Balza, a 49-year-old councilor of Barangay Langub in the midwestern town, was declared dead on arrival at the hospital.Injured in the accident was 26-year-old Renan Obligar, a construction worker from Barangay New Bago in the same town.Obligar is undergoing treatment at the Cebu Provincial H
THE drainage project along the routes of the Ironman 70.3 Philippines in Lapu-Lapu City had been completed prior to the triathlon event last Aug. 7, 2022.This was what Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan told SunStar Cebu days after the event.All the lanes, particularly those in Barangays Mactan and Maribago, were passable, he said.“We pressured the contractor to finish the project as it had been delayed for almost a year. That’s why it was already finished before the triathlon,” the mayor
After a record hike in fuel prices in Bangladesh sparked protests around the country, a video was viewed thousands of times in Facebook posts that claimed it showed transport leaders beating up an energy ministry employee. However, the footage has circulated in news reports about a scuffle at a council meeting for a Hindu ceremony. AFP did not find any reports about an attack on an energy ministry employee.The video, which shows a group of men punching another man, was viewed more than 9,000 tim
PRIVATE structures along the Kinalumsan River remain a hindrance in the ongoing clearing operation of the Cebu City Government.Councilor Jerry Guardo, chairman of the committee on infrastructure, told SunStar Cebu on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the City Government are expediting legal remedies for the demolition of these structures.According to Guardo, the private properties range from small lot parcels to big warehouses that are located in
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MEMBERS of the Parian Police Station arrested three persons in different operations on Saturday night, August 13, 2022.They first arrested Jerome Alburo, 38, and his live-in partner Hilda Cullamat, 47, outside a boarding house in Barangay Parian, Cebu City past 7 p.m.They recovered several sachets of suspected shabu from the suspects during the buy-bust. They also found an unlicensed .38 revolver in Alburo’s possession.According to police, Alburo and Cullamat do not live in the neighborhood, but
A TOTAL of 1,235 private employees have received assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE 7) through the agency's Single Entry Approach (SEnA) program in the first seven months of 2022.DOLE 7 Officer-in-Charge Regional Director Lilia Estillore said in a conference with employers that for the month of July alone, they assisted at least 129 workers who filed a request for assistance (RFA) for allegedly not receiving the benefits that they were entitled to.Mos
THE rainfall volume recorded in the entire Cebu Province in the last two weeks has already breached the forecast volume for the entire month of August, according to a weather bureau official.The estimated rainfall volume was 230 millimeters (mm), which is considered “above normal,” according to Al Quiblat, chief of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Visayas.Quiblat said on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, that the normal average rainfall for the month
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THE seawaters off Cordova town are no longer suitable for swimming as they did not pass the water quality check conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) three weeks ago.This was what Cordova Mayor Cesar “Didoy” Suan said during his speech following the flag-raising ceremony outside the Municipal Hall on Monday, August 15, 2022, that was live-streamed on social media.“Ang coliform nga supposedly 100 below aron makaligo ang atoang mga turista ug mga taga-Cordova, ang
A SPORTS utility vehicle (SUV) caught fire along the national highway in M. Dela Victoria Street, Barangay Pardo, Cebu City, on Monday evening, August 15, 2022.Firemen responded to the area after receiving the fire alarm at 7:06 p.m.The fire was totally extinguished at 7:13 p.m.Cebu City Fire Investigator Fulbert Navarro said that faulty electrical wirings might have caused the fire that damaged the SUV vehicle Hyundai Sta. Fe owned by a certain Jesus Lozano.But he said they still have to check
A POLICE officer was killed in an ambush by still unidentified suspect past 4:50 p.m. Monday, August 15, 2022 in Sitio Ipil-ipil, Barangay San Roque, Bayawan City in Negros Oriental.The victim was identified as Police Corporal Rey Ambo, of the 705th Mobile Company Regional Mobile Force Battalion Central Visayas.The Bayawan City police received a call from a concerned citizen regarding the shooting incident in the area.Bayawan City Police led by Police Chief Master Sergeant Archer Birjes immediat
The Filipino migrant worker is now in the custody of the Prosecutor’s Office. Here are more details about the incident.
There is a disconnection between theory and practice, principles and experiences of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and management (CCA-DRRM).The gaps are crucial as Filipinos, along with other citizens in the world, grapple with extreme weather on earth.“Extreme weather” refers to phenomena that is unusual or severe for a particular place or time.However, the recent flash floods submerging many communities in Cebu after either heavy rains or successive days of constant rai
MORE than P25 million worth of illegal drugs were seized during the Synchronized Anti-Criminality and Law Enforcement Operation (Sacleo) in Central Visayas over the weekend.The one-day Sacleo conducted by the different police stations started from 12:01 a.m. Saturday, August 13, until 12:01 a.m. Sunday, August 14.The biggest amount of drugs were confiscated from 18-year-old suspect John Alex Villaraz in Mandaue City and Raffy Chavez Hermona of Barangay Dapdap, Toledo City in midwest Cebu.Villara
THE son of a former member of the Philippine Navy was arrested during a buy-bust along Archbishop Reyes Ave. in Barangay Luz, Cebu City on Saturday night, Aug. 13, 2022.The suspect was identified as 33-year-old John Gerard Ventura, a resident of Sitio Abellana in the same barangay.Maj. Joeffre Grande, team leader of the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit 7, led the operation, which took place past 10 p.m.Seized from the suspect, a former waiter, were 155 grams of suspected shabu worth more th
