YOLANDA STATUS REPORT: More work to be done, 3 yrs after

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/08/2016

Government agencies have completed 74 percent of all Yolanda rehabilitation projects in Central Visayas after three years, but an official of the regional National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA-7) said a lot remains to be done. Based…

NHA urged help in making Yolanda projects possible

Nestle L. Semilla 11/08/2016

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III is encouraging the National Housing Authority to fast track their housing projects for Super Typhoon Yolanda victims. Davide made the call since three years has passed and the resettlement projects had yet…

Yolanda 3rd Anniversary: New homes, new lives

Nestle L. Semilla 11/07/2016

Three years after one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the planet smashed into the Philippines on November 8, 2013, thousands of victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda in Northern Cebu would still be without a decent…

Labella asks Cebu City disaster office to assess soil erosion in Budlaan

Margarette Managaytay 09/30/2016

CEBU City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella requested the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) officer-in-charge Nagiel Bañacia to conduct a “more intensive assessment” in Sitio Lower Tac-an, Barangay Budlaan. This is due to the…

Cliff dwellers seek help amid landslide risks

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/28/2016

On the hillylands of Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City, several residents live in peril as their homes sit dangerously at the edge of a cliff right beside a small river. The houses numbering eight are among 62 structures…

COA questions City Hall over unpaid loan

Nestle L. Semilla 07/09/2016

The Commission on Audit (COA) has questioned the Cebu City government over its failure to settle a loan with the National Housing Authority (NHA). COA said the P2-million loan received by the city from the Local Housing…

Yolanda projects hanging

Melissa Q. Cabahug 07/10/2015

Several government agencies have yet to start implementing projects for victims of supertyphoon Yolanda which struck the country in November 2013. Only 32 percent or 697 of the total 2,185 projects in northern Cebu were completed while…

DSWD explains shelter aid rules to Cebu execs

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/18/2015

The Department of Social Welfare and Development called on northern Cebu towns to have their barangays file a resolution asking their central office for reconsideration on the Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) guidelines. In a briefing attended by…

Binay considering Cebuano for UNA senatorial slate

Doris C. Bongcac, Peter L. Romanillos 11/24/2014

Vice President Jejomar Binay said he plans to include a Cebuano in the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) senatorial slate in the 2016 elections. “Mahirap na huwag isipin ang Cebu dahil 2.3 million ang voters dito (It’s hard…

‘Explain delay in shelter aid’

Doris C. Bongcac, Peter L. Romanillos 11/13/2014

Daanbantayan Mayor Augusto Corro and mayors of northern Cebu towns will ask Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas to explain the non-release of  Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) to typhoon Yolanda survivors  when he  visits their areas…

Land title glitch stalls Yolanda houses

Peter L. Romanillos 10/04/2014

The  National Housing Authority (NHA) could not proceed with  building   17,000 houses for people in northern Cebu who lost their homes to supertyphoon Yolanda because municipal governments don’t have  titles  for the designated relocation sites. Task Force…

Cebu towns with identified relocation sites to receive aid first

Marian Z. Codilla 04/29/2014

Towns in northern Cebu that were hard hit by supertyphoon Yolanda should find relocation sites for displaced families. Regional Director Gavino Figuracion of the National Housing Authority said they will allocate funds for land development and housing…

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