Over 600 fishing boats distributed to fisherfolks in storm-devastated Bantayan towns

Marian Z. Codilla 02/16/2014

  I don’t know how to react, I am overwhelmed and just cried.” This is what Lilibeth Gidukos, a wife of a fisherman and a mother of seven children said after she lost everything in the horrifying…

There’s light in a plastic bottle

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/24/2013

For villages still without electric power, plastic bottles can be turned into household light bulbs. “Solar night lights,” a simple technology being promoted for calamity-hit communities, costs P550 to P600 to make, said Joel Villanueva, director-general of…

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…

Cebu tourism stakeholders map plans to revive tourism in typhoon-hit areas

Aileen Garcia-Yap 11/13/2013

With at least three known tourism destinations in Cebu among the hardest hit by super typhoon Yolanda, tourism stakeholders initiated a dialogue with the local governments to map plans that would expedite recovery in these areas. Newly…

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