YOLANDA STATUS REPORT: More work to be done, 3 yrs after

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/08/2016

Government agencies have completed 74 percent of all Yolanda rehabilitation projects in Central Visayas after three years, but an official of the regional National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA-7) said a lot remains to be done. Based…

Yolanda 3rd Anniversary: New homes, new lives

Nestle L. Semilla 11/07/2016

Three years after one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the planet smashed into the Philippines on November 8, 2013, thousands of victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda in Northern Cebu would still be without a decent…

Some ‘rest and recreation’ at Doña Pepang Cemetery

Morexette Erram 10/31/2016

It was nearing six in the evening when children carrying balloons walked down the concrete road from Doña Pepang Cemetery to Imus Avenue in Barangay Lorega, San Miguel, Cebu City. Tracing the children’s footsteps will lead the…

The best time of the year for flower farmers

Apple Ta-as 10/28/2016

(Conclusion) For flower farmer Jonie Bonganoy, the task of harvesting and packing his cut flowers is made easier with the help from his friend Toto Bayawa, 32, who is also the owner of the lot that Bonganoy…

Kids go trick-or-treating at Cebu City Hall

Morexette Erram 10/28/2016

Several Cebu City councilors adorned their offices with fake cobwebs, lights and pumpkins as they celebrated Halloween yesterday by inviting children for a trick or treat. Some of them started to assemble their gimmicks along the lobbies…

He who paints tombstones without hands

Carine A. Lapid 10/27/2016

He was born without two hands, but the disability did not stop him from earning a living among the dead. Meet Vicente Dahunan, who uses his feet to clean and paint tombstones at the public cemetery in…

The ‘dying’ bamboo trade

Morexette Erram 10/16/2016

Once a week, before a streak of sunlight touches the asphalt sidewalk of Gorordo Avenue, a mini-bus unloads more than 30 freshly harvested poles of bamboo from Cebu City’s hillside barangays Bacayan, Sirao and Talamban on the…

Teacher Ryan: A reading warrior

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 10/05/2016

LAST OF FIVE PARTS On board his balsa (raft) with a plastic box full of books and school supplies, public school teacher Ryan Homan reaches far-flung communities in the mountainous areas of Donsol, Sorsogon, to spread the…

Teacher Suzanne and her honesty store

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 10/03/2016

THIRD OF FIVE PARTS There is an Honest Store operating in Malabon City and it is operated by both students and teachers. The “store” was initiated by Tinajeros National High School teacher Suzanne Rivera to help students…

Cebu Zoo: A haven for rescued animals no more

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/16/2016

(Conclusion) When Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña gave off the impression that he didn’t care about what will happen to the animals at the Cebu Zoo by leaving the facility with no one to care for them, it…

A display of grace and precision

Frauline Maria Sinson 09/11/2016

Ladies in killer heels, colorful and glittering costumes and stunning make-up paired with suave gentlemen heated up the dance floor in the grand ballroom of the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel in Lahug on Saturday night much to…

Cebu’s team is PH’s role model

Frauline Maria Sinson 09/11/2016

DanceSport Team Cebu City (DTCC) is now the country’s role model in the field of dancesport. Maria Rebecca “Becky” Garcia, president of the DanceSport Council of the Philippines, Inc., lauded Cebu, which hosted the World DanceSport Federation…

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