At the risk of sounding downright uncharitable and heartless, I have to question the wisdom of allocating an additional P9,000 as rental for displaced fire victims in Cebu City on top of the P20,000 cash aid and…
A proposal to allocate an additional P9,000 cash aid to fire victims in Cebu City met mixed reactions from officials who either saw it as too much or just right for the intended beneficiaries. In opposing the…
Former fish vendor Emerencia Bardago was all smiles as she walked into the Barangay Guadalupe Sports Complex in anticipation of the senior citizens’ cash aid that she and 4,588 beneficiaries were about to receive from Cebu City…
THOUGH he isn’t assigned to Mandaue City, PO3 David Naraja has received some cash assistance from Mandaue City Mayor Gabriel Quisumbing yesterday morning. The mayor’s secretary Cielo Manatad confirmed that she turned over the cash assistance to…
EU AID REFUSAL While some netizens supported President Rodrigo Duterte’s position that the European Union (EU) disrespected the country’s sovereignty, there were also those who said EU aid is a big help. Niel Perez wrote, “It’s a…
Financial assistance worth P20,000, and burial assistance worth at least P10,000 will be given to the living relatives of the three persons who drowned in a creek in Sitio Riverside, Barangay Guadalupe, and to the 11-year-old…
THE mother of a businesswoman who was found dead with gunshot wounds on her body at a grassy road in a subdivision in Barangay Linao, Talisay City, sought help from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to…
About 242 households that were displaced by a fire in Sitio Back Matimco, Barangay Subangdaku in Mandaue City last July 24 received their financial assistance yesterday morning. Of that number, 149 house owners received P10,000 cash each…
The Cebu City Council approved a resolution granting P500,000 financial assistance for Cebuana Olympian and Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) gold medalist Mary Joy Tabal in support of her training for future races here and abroad. Councilor…
The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended food aid in Myanmar’s violence-scorched Rakhine State, as the humanitarian situation deteriorates with a surging death toll and tens of thousands — both Rohingya Muslims and ethnic Buddhists — on…
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) vowed on Wednesday to assist the 20 Filipino seafarers recently detained in Libya for alleged fuel smuggling. Libyan authorities have assured the Philippine Embassy in Tripoli that the seafarers detained on…
At least 400 victims of Thursday’s fire in Barangay Basak Pardo, Cebu City, are hoping to be able to rebuild their razed houses as they await financial assistance from the city government. The fire victims are staying…
