Toledo fire affects 16 families

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/07/2016

SIXTEEN families were affected by the fire that broke out yesterday noon in Sitio Luray I, Barangay Poblacion, Toledo City. The fire allegedly started at the house of Vicente Fabroa, a vegetable vendor in the city. SFO3…

Fire guts 15 houses, displaces 15 families in Toledo City

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/07/2016

13 houses were totally destroyed and 2 partially damaged by fire that broke out at 12:05 p.m. on Thursday at Sitio Luray I, Barangay Poblacion, Toledo City. SFO3 Julius Dagatan, Toledo City fire investigator said the fire…

Apas fire destroys 43 houses, leaves 210 persons homeless

06/24/2016

A noontime fire yesterday razed 43 houses and left 53 families made up of 210 individuals homeless at Sitio PC Hills Lower RD, Barangay Apas, Cebu City. Senior Fire Officer 1 (SFO1) Jeffrey Solon, arson investigator, estimated…

More streetkids, families ‘rescued’

Mike Laurence V. Lumen 01/27/2016

SOME 25 street children and sidewalk dwellers were rounded up by both Cebu City Hall and the Capitol yesterday, 10 more than those “rescued” since last Monday. Ester Concha, chief of City Hall’s Department of Social Welfare…

Nucleus

Raymund Fernandez 11/08/2015

What a blessed time he has now. Now  he can talk to his children like there were old friends. He sees himself in them, of course; and it feels to him as if he is plumbing his…

Street dwellers let go

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/17/2015

Street dwellers who were rounded up in last Friday’s campaign by the Cebu City government returned to the city’s streets hours later. Ester Concha, head of Cebu City Hall’s Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS), said…

Most families want remains to stay in Doña Pepang cemetery

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/01/2014

‘HONOR THE DEAD’ The relatives of 30 to 35 families whose loved ones were buried in the Doña Pepang Cemetery don’t want the remains to be transferred to another cemetery. “We want to retain the heritage and…

Looking for missing friends and family?

Marian Z. Codilla 11/12/2013

ARE you looking for family members or friends in disaster-stricken areas in the Visayas? There are online services worth trying. Google offers Person Finder Service specifically for supertyphoon Yolanda victims. While there are no guarantees of a…

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