DWUP: ‘Only 93-1 beneficiaries may rebuild homes’

Morexette B. Erram 08/06/2018

Only 93-1 beneficiaries will be allowed to rebuild their homes in Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City. Genevieve Alcoseba, operations officer of the Cebu City Government’s Department of Welfare and the Urban Poor (DWUP), said informal settlers who lost…

Kamputhaw fire burns 60 homes

Benjie Talisic, Paul Lauro 08/04/2018

Around 60 homes were burned in an afternoon fire which hit Purok 3, Lower Kamputhaw, Cebu City today. Fire Chief Insp. Noel Ababon, head of the Cebu City Fire Department, said that the fire was believed to…

Some Lapu settlers voluntarily tear down homes

Futch A. Inso 06/11/2018

People living near the coastal area of Lapu-Lapu City have decided to voluntarily tear down their houses instead of letting the city to do the demolition. Mila Uy, head of the City’s Urban Poor Office, said they…

Early morning fire razes 22 homes in Lapu

Noram Mendoza 04/07/2018

AN EARLY morning fire razed 22 houses on Saturday and rendered 25 families or 103 individuals homeless in Sitio San Roque Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City. Damage was pegged at P250,000 while one person was reported injured when…

Fire victims told: Return to Paradise, rebuild your homes

Norman V. Mendoza 03/23/2018

Hundreds of fire victims in Barangay Pajo, who are staying at evacuation centers, are advised to return to Sitio Paradise and start to rebuild their houses there. Pajo Barangay Captain Junard Chan said that they would allow…

Late afternoon fire razes 300 homes in Lapu

Benjie B. Talisic, Norman V. Mendoza 03/16/2018

A late afternoon fire razed at least 300 homes built along the shorelines of Barangay Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City on Friday. Fire Senior Insp. Eulalio Muñez, officer-in-charge of the Lapu-Lapu City Fire Central District, said that the fire…

Rebuilding lives and damaged homes

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Nestle L. Semilla 02/20/2018

TRAGIC MONDAY Monday, February 19, saw a string of tragic events in Cebu: an early morning accident at the South Road Properties (SRP) involving an MPV and two motorcycles, which killed two people; the noontime ambush of…

Calero fire victims can go back, rebuild homes

Nestle L. Semilla 02/03/2018

MOST of the 944 fire victims displaced by Thursday’s Sawang Calero fire can return and rebuild their destroyed houses in the nearly a hectare Block 4 of Sitio Kanipaan. Sawang Calero Barangay Captain Ariel Yburan told Cebu…

Mambaling families lose homes, offered relocation

Nestle L. Semilla 01/08/2018

ABOUT 162 families in Sitio Tangke, Barangay Mambaling were left homeless after a court ordered demolition which took place at a privately owned lot yesterday. Judge Pamela Baring-Uy of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) Branch…

Kalunasan families ask Capitol’s aid on homes

Morexette B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 01/08/2018

Fearing they may lose their homes, about 23 families or 100 residents of Sitio Oprra in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City asked for help from the Cebu provincial government yesterday. The Kalunasan People’s Initiative Association Inc., represented by…

Families to stay at fire site in Talisay

Rosalie Abatayo 12/27/2017

The fire victims in Sitio Caduldulan, Barangay Lawaan 3 can rebuild their homes, unless the owners of the land will say otherwise. According to Delia Ybañez, Lawaan 3 Barangay Captain said that the privately owned lot was…

205 families lose homes to fire incidents

Nestle L. Semilla 12/25/2017

CEBU CITY—It was a sad Christmas for the at least 205 families displaced in two separate fire incidents in two villages in Cebu and Talisay cities on Christmas Eve. Fire of still unknown origin gobbled 200 houses…

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