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Drier summer for CDO as 3-month water plant rehab starts

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Thousands of residents in several barangays here face a drier-than-usual summer as Cagayan de Oro Bulk Water, Inc. (COBI) begins a three-month rehabilitation of its Taguanao water treatment plant on March 17. The City Mayor’s Office said it is coordinating with barangay officials to set up strategic water drop-off points

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SRP garbage cleared but buried waste remains; city to resume use

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City has cleared most of the garbage stockpiled near Pond A at the South Road Properties (SRP), but decomposed waste remains buried beneath the soil. This comes as the city prepares to resume using the site as a temporary nighttime transfer station amid its ongoing waste management crisis. Mayor Nestor

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More US troops arrive in CDO for joint training with PH forces

CAGAYAN DE ORO — Additional American troops arrived on a United States naval ship that docked at Macabalan Pier over the weekend. Colonel Anselmo Ty, group commander of the Philippine Air Force 590th Air Base Group stationed at Lumbia Air Base, said 100 US servicemen arrived to participate in the two-week humanitarian and disaster relief

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Marcos cites fuel subsidies among steps to cushion US-Iran war impact

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. lays out the government’s steps to cushion the impact of the Middle East conflict, including the implementation of fuel subsidies to public utility drivers, farmers, and fisherfolk. In a video message on Monday, President Marcos also called on local government units to refrain from charging “pass thru

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