City Hall to assess areas, Capitol to allocate P1M

Inna Mejia, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/14/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña wants a detailed on-site assessment of the situation in quake-stricken Surigao City before deciding what assistance City Hall can extend to the victims. “We don’t like to be a burden. We want…

Help amid destruction

Editorial 02/14/2017

Unlike typhoons which can be tracked by weather satellites, earthquakes can occur at any place and any time, and it was unfortunate for the people of Surigao province that they were hit by a major quake late…

Aid from LGUs, civil society pours for earthquake victims

Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Thea Verona Oliverio 02/13/2017

Minda Ocleasa turns 74 on February 21. But instead of throwing a birthday party, she decided to donate the P5,000 she set aside for her party to earthquake victims in Surigao City, saying it will be better…

Capitol to extend P1 M financial assistance to Surigao

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/13/2017

The Cebu provincial government will be sending P1 million in financial assistance for the victims of the 6.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Surigao City last Friday. Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) head Baltazar Tribunalo…

Gov’t promises aid for Surigao quake victims

Inquirer.net 02/11/2017

Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella assured the public that the government was ready to assist the victims of a magnitude 6.7 earthquake in Surigao City. “These are trying times and our hearts go out to Surigao,” he told…

Mandaue City to send financial aid for earthquake victims in Surigao

Doris C. Bongcac 02/11/2017

CEBU CITY–The Mandaue City government is sending financial aid to Surigao City to help the local government unit and the families of those affected by the 6.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday night. “Speechless at the devastation in…

Cash aid for slain cop chief’s family

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/31/2017

THE Provincial Board approved a resolution granting P200,000 in financial aid to the family of slain Catmon town police chief Supt. Alexander Nuñez. The resolution sponsored by PB Member Miguel Magpale asked Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III…

First aid stations for Sinulog procession

01/12/2017

SMART Communications has partnered anew with the Philippine Red Cross Cebu Chapter and the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in deploying first aid stations for the upcoming Sinulog procession. Spanning for over a decade, the partners have…

Politics and El Niño: The heat rises

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/03/2017

(PART 2) Following months of heated political bickering, One Cebu gubernatorial candidate Winston Garcia conceded defeat to re-elected governor, Hilario Davide III a day after the May 9 elections. Results later showed that Davide garnered 616,381 votes…

‘HELP US’

Nestle L. Semilla 12/03/2016

Sirila Gomisong has not changed her clothes in two days. Yet she had no choice but to keep on wearing the same house dress because it was all that she has now, having fled from the fire…

Tomas will not ask for police escorts

Edison Delos Angeles, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/01/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña finds no need for police escorts and does not intend to ask for one, including his erstwhile close-in aide, SPO1 Adonis Dumpit. In most cases, Osmeña said, he is more concerned of…

Seniors in Quiot get their cash aid

Margarette Managaytay 10/02/2016

At least 1,000 senior citizens from Barangay Quiot, Cebu City received their financial aid from the Cebu City Hall on Sunday morning. The distribution started at around 6 a.m. on Sunday today at the residence of former…

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