DSWD marks sexual abuse awareness week

Contributor 02/25/2014

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD) celebrated the Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Week on the second week of February. This year’s theme, “Proteksyon ng Bata… Tungkulin ng Bawat Isa,” encourages parents and…

City Hall wants Japan to bankroll hospital project

Doris C. Bongcac 01/16/2014

Foreign institutions will be tapped to bankroll the construction of a new building to house the Cebu City Medical Center, Councilor Mary Ann Santos said yesterday. The councilor said she will present the plan to officials of…

Livelihood groups get financial assistance

01/13/2014

A total of 59 livelihood associations in Cebu and Negros Oriental received financial assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD). More than P24 million were released to the associations. “We hope…

DSWD locating Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries displaced by Yolanda

01/13/2014

Pantawid members to coordinate with local government unit for cash grants After supertyphoon Yolanda affected thousands of families in the Visayas including the (4Ps) beneficiaries, the Department of Social Welfare and Development is locating all the affected…

DSWD to track Yolanda-displaced beneficiaries

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/13/2014

BENEFICIARIES of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) who moved out of their original places to live in areas not affected by the supertyphoon Yolanda can still get their monthly monetary aid. All they have to do…

More volunteers needed to help DSWD prepare food relief for E. Visayas

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/22/2013

At least 1,000 volunteers are needed to help prepare 50,000 family food packs a day for typhoon victims in Eastern Visayas, officials said yesterday. Repacking is being done at the Benito Ebuen Air Base in Mactan and…

Bigger shelters eyed for typhoon victims

Gabriel C. Bonjoc 11/19/2013

THE search for bigger evacuation centers continue in Cebu as the number of evacuees from typhoon-hit areas in Eastern Visayas continue to rise, social welfare officials said yesterday. Social Welfare officer Grace Yana said 7,279 persons arrived…

South comes to aid North

Gabriel C. Bonjoc, Peter L. Romanillos 11/19/2013

Twelve local government units (LGUs) in southern Cebu extended relief assistance to their neighbors in the north who were battered by supertyphoon “Yolanda.” Trucks filled with relief goods from the cities of Carcar and Naga and the…

Visit northern Cebu, solon asks P-Noy

Doris C. Bongcac 11/15/2013

There are also those who continue to line up along municipal roads to appeal for help from passersby. “Nakalimtan na man nila ang Cebu (They forgot Cebu again),” said Salimbangon, a member of the One Cebu party.…

Base infirmary seeks help

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/13/2013

Along with medical volunteers, donations of medicines are welcome in the Benito Ebuen Air Base in Mactan where hundreds of survivors of supertyphoon Yolanda have been flown in from Eastern Visayas since Friday. Capt. Michael S. Ching,…

A day with dead bodies, people desperate to live

Lito M. Tecson 11/12/2013

AFTER covering the devastation caused by the Oct. 15 earthquake in Bohol and previous disasters like the sinking of the Princess of the Stars and the St Thomas Aquinas, I thought I’d seen it all. Then came…

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