156 resident homeowners in Cebu City soon to be lot owners

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/09/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Over 150 residents of Barangays Hipodromo and Quiot Pardo received their Certificates of Lot Allocation (COLA) as part of the Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) Solidarity Week. At least…

4,000 children to enjoy Pasko sa Uptown in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/09/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Pasko sa Uptown in Cebu City targets 4,000 children from the urban poor sector as beneficiaries for their annual gift-giving. The Cebu City Progressive Uptown Movement (CCPUM), with the coordination of the…

Cebu City gov’t to reclaim portions of fire-hit Sitio Seaside

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines -The Cebu City Government will be reclaiming portions of the area in the fire-hit Sitio (sub-village in English) Seaside, Alumnos, Barangay Basak San Nicolas before residents can go back and rebuild their houses. Basak…

Sirao residents to move to Barangay Guba after landslide

Inna Gian Mejia 07/14/2017

  AT LEAST 20 families of Barangay Sirao will soon be given a temporary relocation site, as the Cebu City Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) is set to start identifying a safe specific…

Tents for Sirao families

Inna Mejia 02/16/2017

ABOUT 84 families displaced by last month’s landslides in Barangay Sirao, Cebu City will be provided one tent each to serve as temporary shelter while the city government finds a suitable relocation site for them. “We will…

DWUP hopeful Duljo-Fatima fire victims can rebuild homes before Christmas

John Carlo Villaruel 12/07/2016

THE Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) is hoping that families who were affected by the fire in Barangay Duljo-Fatima last week can rebuild their damaged houses before December 25 so they can celebrate…

Fire site will be reblocked with wider roads

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/02/2016

THE Cebu City government is looking at constructing wider roads in the six sitios in Barangay Duljo Fatima that were struck by a fire area shortly before midnight on Thursday. The narrow roads leading to and inside…

Cebu City marks Urban Poor Solidarity Week

Inna Mejia 12/02/2016

Celebration to highlight signing of 93-1 land swap agreement between Osmeña, Davide More than 5,000 urban poor members are expected to join the Solidarity Walk today from Fuente Osmeña Circle to Cebu City Hall’s legislative building to…

Fire prevention project for Barangay Suba mulled

Inna Mejia 11/30/2016

THE Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) has proposed a community-based fire prevention system in Barangay Suba following two successive fires which hit the densely populated village within just weeks. CCDRRMO proposed the installation…

Margot suspends demolition of vendors, illegal settlers

Julit C. Jainar 05/24/2016

ACTING Cebu City Mayor Margot Osmeña yesterday issued a memorandum ordering the suspension of all pending demolitions targeting vendors and informal settlers occupying city-owned properties until June 30. The suspension will not apply if there is an…

Settlers agree to leave Osmeña Shrine

Apple Ta-as 04/23/2016

Settlers, who claimed parcels of land in the Osmeña Shrine in Barangay Kalunasan, have agreed to leave the 4.2-hectare land after meeting with the city’s Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) on Friday. Genaro…

City Hall unsure who told settlers to fence property

Nestle L. Semilla 02/28/2016

Who told settlers of Barangay Kalunasan that the 4.2-hectare Osmeña Shrine will be divided and distributed to them? That’s what Cebu City Hall wanted to find out as it refuted reports yesterday that the 4.2-hectare Osmeña Shrine…

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