Survivor’s birthday wish: More chocolates

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/25/2013

Her only wish for her 12th birthday on Wednesday is to have more chocolates. Rizza Flores, the girl who had to endure pain for over two weeks after she was pinned down by a wooden beam when…

Rizza’s birthday wish: More chocolates

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/25/2013

HER only wish for her 12th birthday on Wednesday is to have more chocolates. Rizza Flores, the girl who had to endure pain for over two weeks after she was pinned down by a wooden beam when…

Girl trapped in rubble of Leyte house airlifted to Cebu

Ares P. Gutierrez, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/24/2013

There was tension in the air when a convoy of three cars snaked into the tarmac of the Mactan Cebu International Airport early yesterday morning. A Caucasian man wearing a khaki vest and a blue cap directed…

More volunteers needed to help DSWD prepare food relief for E. Visayas

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/22/2013

At least 1,000 volunteers are needed to help prepare 50,000 family food packs a day for typhoon victims in Eastern Visayas, officials said yesterday. Repacking is being done at the Benito Ebuen Air Base in Mactan and…

No More Free Food

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Peter L. Romanillos 11/22/2013

It’s time to roll up our sleeves and start rebuilding. The Cebu provincial government will no longer distribute relief goods to northern towns affected by supertyphoon Yolanda beginning today. It will instead encourage residents to participate in…

Teachers to get P20K aid from DepEd

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/21/2013

THE Department of Education (DepEd) Cebu Provincial Office has tapped its calamity funds to help teachers in northern Cebu who were affected by supertyphoon Yolanda. Provincial Schools Superintendent Dr. Arden Monisit has approved the release of P2…

No taxes for donations, Customs says

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/19/2013

NO taxes or duties will be collected by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on the cargo flights carrying donations and relief goods from the international communities. “Kita pay gitabangan sa laing nasud kita pay magpadugay-dugay (We are…

Cargo trucks, volunteers and housing materials needed

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/18/2013

“I hope there are more cargo trucks available to deliver 151,189 family food packs to these areas,” Aileen Lariba, information officer of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said over the weekend. More than P37…

Sigh of relief as ship docks in Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/18/2013

Another batch of evacuees from Tacloban City arrived in Cebu yesterday on board a Philippine Navy transport ship. A total of 1,366 people were crammed into the BRP Bacolod City and endured the one day travel out…

Madridejos folk still reel from Yolanda

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/18/2013

RESIDENTS of Madridejos town are looking for ways to rebuild their homes that were destroyed by supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan). One of them is Francisca Boltron 64, of barangay Pili. “Ganahan jud ko mag paayo sa among balay…

Vets visit northern Cebu to give animals ‘humanitarian’ care

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/17/2013

As a long line of aid convoys jammed northern Cebu to bring food, water and medical care to people affected by the onslaught of supertyphoon Yolanda, five veterinarians likewise joined the throng with a mission to care…

Gov’t working to speed up delivery of storm aid

Bencyrus Ellorin, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/16/2013

With relief goods flooding the tarmac and hangar of the Benito Ebuen Air Base in Mactan and the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City, the government’s priority is to speed up delivery of these goods to thousands…

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