City prepares for relocation of 30 families in Buhisan

Gerard Vincent Francisco 10/25/2018

MOUNTAIN CRACKS At least 30 families living near the cracks in a mountain area of Sitio Sandayon, Barangay Buhisan will be relocated to safer areas. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said on his Facebook page that they…

High food prices tagged as poor families’ inflation hits 8%

Inquirer.net 10/22/2018

FOR AUGUST High food prices pushed up inflation among the country’s poorest families to 8 percent year-on-year in August, the government reported Monday. The rate of increase in prices of basic goods among those belonging to the…

30 FAMILIES AT RISK

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/20/2018

BUHISAN SOIL CRACKS It has been five years since the 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Cebu and Bohol, and Gervin Sanghanid, now 18, has felt no reason to fear that he would end up losing his home as a…

1 of 5 Malubog shooting victims laid to rest

Nestle L. Semilla 10/13/2018

  One of the five victims in the shooting incident in Barangay Malubog, Cebu City was laid to rest at the Carreta Cemetery on Saturday. Karl Cabahug, who was among those that were killed in the Malubog…

HOW MUCH IS A LIFE WORTH?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol and Benjie B. Talisic 10/05/2018

MALUBOG KILLINGS Families of the five slain men cry for justice, all of whom suspected their kin were victims of extrajudicial killing For six hours daily, Christopher Tangag worked at a calll center firm in Cebu City…

Number of displaced families up – DSWD

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Rosalie Abatayo, USJ-R Intern Zena Magto 09/27/2018

The number of displaced families has now reached 1,716 a week since a massive landslide hit Barangays Tinaan and Naalad in Naga City, records provided by the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7)…

‘Decent burial’ for the missing, closure for victims’ families

Morexette B. Erram, Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/27/2018

NAGA LANDSLIDE THE relatives of Alfie Yapac have lost hope he would still be found alive, eight days after the massive landslide buried his home in Sitio Tagaytay, Barangay Tinaan in Naga City. But on Thursday, Rosemarie…

Housing for landslide hit families in the works

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/25/2018

LOW-rise socialized housing buildings were being considered as the new homes of families displaced by the massive landslide in Sitios Tagaytay and Sindulan in Barangay Tinaan in Naga City. Naga City Mayor Kristine Chiong on Tuesday, said…

Families return to houses as weather improves

Morexette Erram 09/15/2018

Some of the families who were placed under preemptive evacuation on Friday night and Saturday dawn have started to return their respective houses as the weather in Cebu has slightly improved.  The Talisay Disaster Risk Reduction and…

Groups, families of victims call to end killings

Rosalie Abatayo 08/23/2018

The Nagkahiusang Sugbuanon Alang sa Kinabuhi ug Hustisya (Nasukhu) will submit their manifesto calling to stop the spate of killings to the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7). Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR-7)…

Students and their families plant 3.5K seedlings in Pinamungajan

PR 08/21/2018

More than 350 students and their families from the two public elementary schools in the hinterland barangays of Pinamungajan planted 3,500 seedlings during a community-based tree planting activity recently. Barangay officials led by Duangan barangay captain Annette…

Senate committee: Soaring inflation hurts poor families the most

Inquirer.net 08/07/2018

THE Senate Committee on Economic Affairs will give priority to identifying measures to mitigate the impact of the soaring inflation. Committee chairman Senator Win Gatchalian said this after the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) revealed that consumer prices…

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