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CEBU CITY- The Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS) reported that 678 families were displaced by the fire that struck a densely populated area in Sitio Kanipaan, Barangay Sawang Calero shortly before midnight on Thursday. Around…
At least 700 people were rendered homeless in a fire that struck a densely populated area in Sitio Kanipaan, Sawang Calero, Cebu City shortly before midnight on Thursday. The fire lasted for over an hour and razed…
A homeless man in his mid-30s was killed in what investigators believed was a case of a hit-and-run incident in New Imus road, Barangay Lorega, Cebu City Monday dawn. The victim, Joseph Sarzuelo, was lifeless when…
Burned spaghetti, cake, and toys littered Sitio Caduldulan of Barangay Lawaan III in Talisay City, a day after a fire razed down 87 houses that rendered at least 300 individuals homeless on Christmas Eve. But some of…
Electrical short circuit burned half a million worth of properties including an elderly couple’s home in Barangay Poblacion, Compostela town located around 30 kilometers north of Cebu City on Friday morning. The fire left couple Bonifacio and…
AT least 200 individuals were left homeless after a Monday morning fire hit a thickly populated community in Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City. Data from the city’s command center and the barangay hall showed that a total…
For 12 years, Buenaventura Obatay worked his heart out as a security guard to earn money for his family. All the fruits of his labor, except for the few clothes he and his family wore, instantly vanished…
With many mentally ill people on the streets and few facilities to cater to them, the Cebu City Council wants the city government to establish its own mental health institution. In an approved resolution, the City Council…
IN yet the biggest fire in Cebu City for the year, hundreds of families were left homeless when a fire allegedly caused by a kerosene lamp inside a house in Barangay Tisa, quickly spread to Barangay Labangon…
This column endorses the land swap deal between City Hall and the Cebu Provincial Capitol. This is a plan that has been too long in coming. It will give government greater leverage to solve the problem of…
We can only hope that both Cebu City Hall and the provincial government resolve the plight of the Apas settlers, a substantial number of whom are blind people with very few opportunities for gainful employment. The fire…
PIDIE JAYA, Indonesia — Indonesian President Joko Widodo pledged Friday to help the people of Aceh rebuild as he toured areas worst-hit by a devastating earthquake that killed more than 100 people and left thousands homeless. The…
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