Cayetano turns over P150K aid to Bogo City transport group

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/16/2014

Senate Majority Floor Leader Alan Peter S. Cayetano turned over P150,000 to fund a micro-financing program for a Bogo City transport group yesterday afternoon. Speaking to 1,500 public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers at the Bogo City Terminal,…

New house built by fellow survivors

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/09/2014

A year after they lost their home to supertyphoon Yolanda, a couple from San Remigio town in northern Cebu finally got a new roof over their head. The house of Ronald Mayol and Elizabeth Martunillas in barangay…

Weather resistant homes for Bogo City survivors

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/09/2014

  When 44-year-old Lilia Tipait lost her seaside home in barangay Polambato, Bogo City to supertyphoon Yolanda last year, she almost lost all hope for a good future. “I was so devastated. I thought, perhaps, we won´t…

Deped reassessment of schools’ damage to cause more delays

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/09/2014

The revalidation of the damage by the Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) may still delay the repair and construction of new classrooms in northern Cebu  to replace those destroyed by supertyphoon Yolanda last year. Dr.…

Remembering and shaping up

11/07/2014

As we remember the fateful day of Nov. 8, 2103, we will see a lot of missed targets. It is now glaring how  actual rehabilitation accomplishments do not match  official promises  made by politicians. In Cebu, where…

American found dead in Bogo

Apple Ta-as, Rene Alima 10/31/2014

A 63-YEAR-OLD American national was found dead in his house in barangay Nailon, Bogo City, northern Cebu. Police said there were no signs of foul play in the death of Christopher Adrian Onwig. The man had been…

Bogo City to ask families for disaster plans

Peter L. Romanillos 07/23/2014

In a classroom, the student elected to lead is called the “class president.” But in Bogo City, the class president is also given the title “incident commander” or head of a disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM)…

9 towns, Bogo get weather monitors

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/19/2014

Nine towns and a city in Cebu will now be able to have real-time monitoring of the local weather with the distribution of Automated Weather System (AWS) units. The Weather Philippines Foundation (WPF) Inc. yesterday turned over…

Whole-day brownout from Danao to Medellin town tomorrow

Doris C. Bongcac 06/12/2014

A whole-day brownout will be experienced tomorrow from Danao City to Medellin town in northern Cebu. The 69-KV Compostela – Medellin line will be shutdown to facilitate the Compostela upgrading project thus affecting the Cebeco II franchise…

Charity at home

Editorial 02/20/2014

Last week, the National Economic Development Authority (Neda) listed Cebu as among the 10 provinces that have experienced substantial economic growth in the past few years. That same Neda report, however, also disclosed that the poor in…

Israeli army medics deliver baby in field hospital in Bogo

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/17/2013

Israeli army medics have delivered a baby in the typhoon-struck city of Bogo, north Cebu, and the grateful mother named him “Israel”. The birth took place last Friday in a field hospital set up by 150 members…

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