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Not only because those living alongside and over waterways are violating the laws, the city may need enough time to acquire the P2 billion budget to implement the comprehensive drainage plan for the city. 


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In a report submitted to the Cebu City Disaster Coordinating Council, the city engineer's office "highly recommended" the relocation of families living directly at the waterway because the volume of water coming upstream will significantly increase during heavy rains. 


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The vice mayor stressed the call during yesterday's launching of the Water Conservation Month wherein he emphasized that it should not only be the city government and the non-government organizations that should initiate cleanup activities in the city's creeks and rivers. 


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                    [Title] => Trapped in flood by collapsed wall: 6 in family drown at home
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Relocation best solution to flashfloods

September 8, 2006 - 12:00am

Relocation may just be the best recourse to prevent more lives taken by flashfloods that threaten those living alongside and over waterways in the city. Not only because those living alongside and over waterways...

Cebu News

City Hall rules cramped creek caused floods

September 7, 2006 - 12:00am

After a thorough technical probe, the city engineer's office concluded that the reduction of the waterway due to the houses built above the Sindulan Creek in barangay Mabolo caused floodwaters to overflow, which...

Cebu News

Rama says residents should also take part in cleanliness drive

September 2, 2006 - 12:00am

Vice Mayor Michael Rama believes it should be the responsibility of the city's residents, especially those living along creeks and rivers, to take the drive to ensure cleanliness in their respective areas. The...

Cebu News

EDITORIAL - Prudence still makes perfect sense

September 1, 2006 - 12:00am

That tragedy sobers us is without question. We cannot help but be moved into shock silence by the needless death of six people, three of them children, all belonging to one family living in one house.

Freeman Opinion

Learning the lessons from our past mistakes

By Bobit S. Avila | September 1, 2006 - 12:00am

While this may already be a closed incident, I would like to put in a last word about last Wednesday's editorial by The FREEMAN, which was very well written, entitled "Wrong Attitude on Power." Yes, I'm referring...

Freeman Opinion

Trapped in flood by collapsed wall: 6 in family drown at home

By Ramil V. Ayuman | August 31, 2006 - 12:00am

Six people from a single family drowned yesterday morning in their own home when a 20-meter slab of a concrete wall collapsed and trapped them inside raging floodwaters from an overflowing creek.

Cebu News