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Construction worker Elmer Labastida isn’t convinced that his home in the Inayawan landfill is in a danger zone. “Ug magbagyo dili man gani na matumpag ang basura. Kung mag linog sad wala pud na mabungkag. Wala sad…
Is the relocation of 70 families in the Inayawan landfill site tied to plans for commercial development? Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama yesterday said it was not but that he’s serious about converting the site into a…
Storm warnings were given a day before typhoon Seniang made landfall in Sibonga, south Cebu on Dec. 30. The Capitol sent advisories for pre-emptive evacuation on Monday but the message didn’t trickle down to some high-risk communities.…
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas sent 17,000 sacks of food packs to areas badly hit by typhoon Ruby in northern Cebu as of 11 a.m. yesterday. DSWD-7 Assistant Director for Operations…
Instead of a stethoscope, Cebu City Veterinarian Dr. Pilar Romero was armed with a broom and a trash bag yesterday. Cebu City Hall’s 5,000 employees were yesterday tasked to clean the 137 schools and gyms that were…
4 DAYS OF RAIN The ‘slow’ travel of typhoon Ruby across the Visayas will bring more rain starting today till Wednesday, said weather experts. Pagasa Visayas chief meteorologist Oscar Tabada said he was concerned about the…
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…
REPORTERS can only interview evacuees upon their arrival in Cebu and are not allowed to talk to them in evacuation centers, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said yesterday. “We were lambasted by the media…
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