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Man found dead in a creek
An unidentified man was found dead in a creek in Sitio Kana-as, barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City. The victim has two gunshot wounds on his back and his abdomen. A resident heard successive gunshots at past midnight Thursday but didn’t go out to check for fear of his own safety. He only found about the dead […]
Rainy season starts; 6,000 families live by creeks, rivers
June 1, 2012
The rainy season has begun, forcing the Cebu City government to face the same hard question at the end of summer. Why are almost 6,000 families still living in danger zones near creeks and rivers that may overflow during a downpour? “We already finished tagging structures within the three-meter easement” of waterways, said Alvin Santillana, […]
City Hall wants waterways cleared to prevent floods
May 30, 2012
WITH the rainy season about to start, Cebu CIty Mayor Michael Rama is encouraging barangays to enlist volunteers to clean waterways and to be vigilant against flashfloods. The dredging of clogged creeks and esteros, and clearing of illegal structures is a temporary solution said Alvin Santillana head of City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council. He […]
Soil in condo site ‘soft’ creek was overlooked
April 13, 2012
The soil is soft.” This was the finding of Dr. Salvador Reyes, a structural engineering expert flown in from Manila to look into the collapse of part of a 30-meter-high excavation wall in the Taft Property condominum project site in Cebu City. His finding was contained in a report titled Evaluation on the Geotechnical Conditions […]
July 26, 2012
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