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There was tension in the air when a convoy of three cars snaked into the tarmac of the Mactan Cebu International Airport early yesterday morning. A Caucasian man wearing a khaki vest and a blue cap directed…
Even for an hour or two, hundreds of typhoon evacuees in Cebu and Lapu-Lapu cities’ evacuation centers can take their minds off their troubles and enjoy watching for free the live telecast of Manny Pacquiao’s comeback fight…
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…
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…
What school resumption? The school, both private and public have been left in ruins by supertyphoon Yolanda so there no resumption of classes to talk of, a furious Medellin Mayor Ricky Ramirez said of the announcement by…
Advent, the liturgical preparation to the Christmas season starts in less than a fortnight, but several government offices and private firms have decided to cancel or simplify Yuletide celebrations in view of the widespread suffering caused by…
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…
As he watched his daughter Katsy being interviewed by Anderson Cooper on CNN, 56-year-old businessman Peter Borromeo tried to connect the pieces of his harrowing encounter with super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name Haiyan). He thought “Yolanda” was…
THE Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) started posting lists of areas where rotational brownouts will occur starting yesterday. “The exact time and lengths of the interruption will depend on the available power,” Veco corporate communications manager Theresa Sederiosa…
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama will donate his P53,000 salary for this month to typhoon victims in northern Cebu and asked City Hall officials to donate some of their own. “It is important that we should be…
After reports of overpriced construction materials and food items, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is now checking stores in Medellin and Daanbantayan to check if the price freeze imposed by the government has been violated. Price…
With at least three known tourism destinations in Cebu among the hardest hit by super typhoon Yolanda, tourism stakeholders initiated a dialogue with the local governments to map plans that would expedite recovery in these areas. Newly…
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