Cebu Informer

Election ban delays cash assistance to victims of accidents, typhoon THE family of the 10-year-old boy who was buried alive in Barangay Tinubdan, San Fernando, Cebu last Friday received a sack of rice, a box of coffee and a box of noodles from the Cebu Provincial Social Welfare Development Office (PSWDO). PSWDO … Full News [...]

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There won’t be any typhoon that would enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) within the holiday season since the low pressure area dissolved, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said. Pagasa Mactan senior weather specialist Al Quiblat said the low pressure area was unable to maintain the temperature of 26 degrees [...]

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Classes in four Cebu cities cancelled due to Typhoon Pablo | Sun.Star CEBU CITY — Classes in four Metro Cebu cities are cancelled today, Tuesday, while officials prepare to cope with Typhoon Pablo's gusts, which could reach 210 kilometers per hour. Mactan Station Chief Oscar Tabada said the public can expect rains due … Full [...]

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by Correspondent Carmel Loise Matus   Families in southern towns of Cebu who sustained damages in their homes and properties due to Pablo’s wake received financial assistance from the Cebu provincial government. At least 177 house owners whose houses in towns of Boljoon, Santander, and Samboan were destroyed received P3,000 each while 410 owners of [...]

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Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia chaired an emergency meeting for the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) this afternoon to ask for updates on Typhoon Pablo which is expected to hit mostly southern towns this evening. In attendance were representatives from the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the Coast Guard, Provincial police [...]

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A super typhoon packing winds in excess of 150 kph, making it stronger than Typhoon Sendong, could threaten Cebu as it sets to enter the Philippine area of responsibility tomorrow morning. Full News here – philstar.com – Cebu News

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Cebu City classes suspended; Signal No. 2 for typhoon Ofel Tropical storm Ofel passed over northern Cebu ,which was placed under storm signal No. 2 yesterday, but the weather bureau Pagasa said it may blow over by noon today. As a precaution, classes in all levels in Cebu City today were ordered suspended by … [...]

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The barangay sports complex and school classrooms in Lapu-Lapu City will have room for evacuees in case Typhoon Ofel hits the island. Full News here – philstar.com – Metro Cebu

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  TROPICAL storm “Lawin”  has turned into a super typhoon, said the  US Joint Typhoon Warning Center. However, it will not directly  strike the Philippines. Al Quiblat, weather forecaster of the Pagasa Mactan station, said  Lawin will not directly affect  the country, but would intensify the southwest monsoon that causes cloudiness and rains at anytime [...]

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Big waves pounded the coast of Talisay city in south Cebu as “Gener” intensified into a typhoon. Over 100 families in five barangays were temporarily displaced, as waves destroyed part of a dike and several light houses. Residents fled when sea water entered their houses at dawn yesterday even though some were already built on [...]

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