Fire victims assured: No relocation; you can go back to your place

Nestle L. Semilla 12/27/2015

ACTING Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella yesterday assured the victims left homeless by last Saturday’s fire that they will not be relocated, and they can rebuild in the same area. “It has been the policy of the…

Cash aid for Mandaue fire victims sought

Nestle L. Semilla 12/02/2015

THE Mandaue City Social Welfare and Services (CSWS) is recommending the release of  financial assistance for  fire victims in barangay Paknaan. Last Sunday’s fire left 57 families homeless after 26 houses were razed in Zone Camansi. Violeta…

Fire victims displace pupils

Apple Ta-as, Nestle L. Semilla 08/05/2015

“Walay blackboard. Walay haligi. Kinsay makatarong og tuon ana? (No blackboard. No walls. Who could study well here)?” Jennifer Cabanhit, mother of a Grade 2 pupil in Cebu City Central School, made this comment after seeing her…

Over 100 families displaced after huge Mambaling fire

Doris C. Bongcac 06/26/2015

MORE than 100 families were left homeless after a late afternoon fire broke out in a thickly populated community in barangay Mambaling in Cebu City last Friday, June 26. Some distraught residents fetched canal water and poured…

Fire victims still using 3 Pardo classrooms

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/01/2015

Over 90 Grade 4 pupils  of Pardo Elementary School yesterday had to hold classes in half-day shifts because their rooms are still occupied by evacuees. Ten families, who were displaced when fire razed their houses in barangay…

3 weeks after, brgy. Luz fire victims await green light to rebuild

Doris C. Bongcac 10/19/2014

Victoria Medalle, 63, and 12 other family members crowd two bamboo cots placed inside their temporary shelter areas at the Barangay Luz Elementary School. The cots have been their home since the September 30-fire which hit barangay…

Tents for Bogo City students after fire

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/07/2014

Classes for 415 grade school students in Bogo Central School I will be held in tents and special rooms after nine classrooms were destroyed by fire at 5 p.m. last Sunday. “Classes will still continue and we…

Fire victims need to stay in gym a little longer—Labella

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/12/2014

Victims of the fire on Palma Street in Cebu City have to stay in the crowded barangay Tinago sports center a little longer. Acting Cebu City Mayor Edgar Labella said while City Hall has already cleared the…

1,100 people displaced; need food, clothes, hope

Apple Ta-as, Edison Delos Angeles, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/10/2014

Rhodel San Luis, a porter, joined his family and other fire victims for a  meal of steamed  rice, boiled eggs and hotdogs on  a sidewalk along S. Osmeña Road near the SRP tunnel. He told Cebu Daily…

Warwick fire victims moved to Budlaan

Doris C. Bongcac 06/25/2014

Warwick fire victims yesterday started leaving their tents in Block 27 of the North Reclamation Area and moving to the government relocation site in Budlaan, Cebu City. A city dump truck ferried them to the mountain barangay.…

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