TENT COLLAPSES. Volunteers from the Lapu-Lapu City Rescue unit check the tent of the Mactan Lifestyle Park in Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City after it collapsed Sunday night (Feb. 5, 2023). Mayor Junard Chan said he ordered an investigation into the incident. (Photo courtesy of Lapu-Lapu City DRRMO head Nagiel Banacia) CEBU CITY - The Lapu-Lapu city government has ordered an investigation to determine the cause of the collapse of a huge tent covering a newly opened food park in the historical island city's village of Maribago on Sunday night that left nine people injured. Mayor Junard Chan said Monday he instructed the City Engineering Office to check the structure holding the tent of the Mactan Lifestyle Park that collapsed during heavy rains at about 9 p.m. on Sunday. Chan's instruction came after the Lapu-Lapu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) noticed a "possible defect in the structural design of the tubular poles holding the tent. "We
CEBU CITY – Classes were suspended in several towns and cities in Cebu due to incessant rains from tropical depression “Paeng” on Wednesday, Oct. 26.
VEHICLES drive through a flooded street in uptown Cebu City on Wednesday, Oct. 26. (Calvin D. Cordova)
Suspension of classes on all levels was d
The number of persons who died due to typhoon “Odette” has increased to three, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday afternoon, Dec. 17.
Residents who evacuated at the Dinggoy Roxas Civic Center ahead of the onslaught of Typhoon “Odette”. (Photo from Ronnie Dadivas Facebook/Manila Bul
OFF TO SAFER GROUNDS. Lapu-Lapu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management officers assist residents of low-lying villages in transferring to nearby public schools or gymnasiums on Thursday (Dec. 16, 2021). At least 3,987 individuals were evacuated as a preemptive measure amid the threat posed by Typhoon Odette. (Photo courtesy of Nagiel Banacia) CEBU CITY - The city government of Lapu-Lapu on Thursday evacuated close to 4,000 individuals from 14 low-lying villages in the mainland and the island group, the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) reported. Nagiel Banacia, CDRRMO head, said in a statement that 3,987 individuals or about 1,102 families were transferred to public schools for safety as Typhoon Odette was approaching. These individuals were residents of Olango Island group's villages, such as Sabang, San Vicente, Sta. Rosa, Talima Kandagsao, Tingo, Caw-oy, Caubian, Baring, and Tungasan, and Punta Engano, Pajo, and Mactan in the mainland. Residents of
CEBU CITY - Cebu province, which is along the path of Severe Tropical Storm Odette, began bracing for its onslaught as 30 localities were placed under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 on Wednesday. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on Tuesday night issued a memo addressed to 44 mayors in the province, enjoining them "to take all the necessary precautions and preparations for (the storm's) arrival)." "The suspension of work and other measures may be implemented by the local chief executives concerned, as the need arises," Garcia's memo read. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office has pre-positioned its personnel and response equipment in the northern and southern staging areas. Lapu-Lapu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management officer Nagiel Banacia said the evacuation of residents in Olango, Cebu City's island group, would continue. "At least 20 evacuees from Caobian Island arrived in Mactan this 10 p.m. (Tuesday). Eight of them