Water becomes scarcer in parts of Cebu

Thirty-two barangays in Cebu have either no water or on water restrictions as Visayas feel the simmering heat of summer. The provincial and city governments have proposed more water storage facilities like mini-dam, water cisterns or tanks for homes and business establishment for long-term solutions.

Residents of Addition Hills in Madaluyong City, Manila, queue to recieve water distributed on water tank truck and fire trucks on March 15, 2019. Source: AAP

In other Visayan news, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged Catholics to remain faithful in his Easter message; Graduating girl gunned down recently laid to rest; Seafarers can now renew their license in Cebu; Chess grand master Eugene Torre to visit Cebu for a chess fest.