Firecracker manufacturers in Lapu-Lapu City are turning to the city government and Presidential Assistant to the Visayas Michael Dino for help in light of an executive order signed by President Rodrigo Duterte regulating firecracker use. The President…
The prospects of the families of the four fallen heroes in the armed encounters last April with Abu Sayyaf bandits to each receive a P500,000 financial assistance from the Cebu City government have just gotten brighter. This…
Several individuals and organizations are administering donation drives for the survivors of the battles between terrorists and the Philippine government in the Islamic City of Marawi. Here are some I have culled from my social network. Let…
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte — Friends should not demand conditions when helping each other. Thus said Senator Richard Gordon who supported the move of President Rodrigo Duterte to stop accepting aids coming from the European Union (EU). Gordon,…
LAPU-LAPU CITY fire AFTER a disaster, more suffering usually comes for its survivors. For Rosie Pil, 38 years old and a mother of three, any help — no matter how small — is welcome to alleviate their…
Supt. Maria Christina Nobleza has a lot of explaining to do in light of last Saturday’s incident at a checkpoint in Clarin town, Bohol province in which she was accompanied by a young man who has ties…
FEARING for his safety, the owner of the video that supposedly showed the son of a controversial businessman shooting a Cebuano nurse asked for protection from authorities. Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak said the owner of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
