Sinulog Festival: Of families and their practices paying homage to Sto. Niño

Emmariel Ares 01/17/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Through the toughest of times, faith becomes an anchor for people to remain hopeful for better days. In the Philippines where religion plays a big role in most people’s everyday lives, it serves…

Pilot run of DSWD’s food stamp program to start July 18

Charie Abarca 07/15/2023

MANILA, Philippines —  The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Saturday said the pilot run for its food stamp program will begin on July 18 in Tondo, Manila, benefitting an initial number of 50 families.…

P40 wage hike not enough to buy a kilo of rice — solon

Julie Aurelio 07/01/2023

The P40 increase in daily minimum pay for workers in Metro Manila approved this week cannot even buy a kilo of rice, a lawmaker said Friday. On June 27, the National Wages and Productivity Commission approved an…

Cotabato town placed under state of calamity due to flooding

Williamor A. Magbanua 06/27/2023

KIDAPAWAN CITY — The local government has placed Kabacan town in Cotabato province under a state of calamity as 10 of its 24 villages were flooded after the Kabacan river swelled due to torrential rains last week. Vice…

More Filipino families consider themselves food poor in Q1 of 2023 — SWS

Beatrice Pinlac 05/08/2023

MANILA, Philippines — More Filipino families saw themselves as food poor in the first quarter of this year, rising from 8.7 million in December 2022 to 10.6 million in March 2023, according to a Social Weather Stations…

Fire in Brgy San Roque, Talisay leaves 394 individuals homeless

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie Sararana 02/07/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 91 families that consist of 394 individuals are now without homes after a huge fire broke out in Purok Sambag, Sitio Laray in Barangay San Roque,  Talisay City on Monday evening,…

A month after massive flooding, 18 families still stuck at Casuntingan gym in Mandaue

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/06/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Almost one month after the massive flooding in Mandaue City, at least 18 families are still stuck at the Barangay Casuntingan gym. It can be recalled that during the September 9 flooding, thousands…

Affected families hope Cebu City sticks to relocation promise as easement clearing ops begin

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Olga Galo stood at one end of Kinalumsan Bridge along N. Bacalso Avenue on Monday, August 8, watching authorities dismantle the house where she and her family once lived. The 29-year-old housewife was…

Trinity in the family

Fr. Jerry M. Orbos SVD - @inquirerdotnet 06/12/2022

The story is told about a little boy who approached the priest after the Mass and told him that he was donating his allowance money which he had saved. When the priest asked him why, almost in…

Archdiocese of Cebu to hold 10th World Meeting of Families celebration in Cebu

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 06/09/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Archdiocese of Cebu is inviting couples, the youth, the elderly, and families in Cebu to the archdiocesan celebration of the 10th World Meeting of Families (XWMOF) this coming June 22, 25, and…

The origins of today’s political dynasties

Randy David - @inquirerdotnet 02/13/2022

Sociologists who study modern society like to predict that the family — that realm of interpersonal intimacy — will have a diminishing role in the determination of an individual’s life. As societal functions become differentiated, they expect…

SWS: 31% of families with distance learners have weak internet connection

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 03/06/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Thirty-one percent of Filipino families with members studying through online distance learning have weak internet connection, according to survey results released by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) on Friday. Based on the survey conducted by…

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