DSWD taps Cebu NGOs to help in disaster preparedness

Futch Anthony Inso 09/24/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Visayas Disaster Resource Center (VDRC), entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with five non-government organizations that will provide volunteers to help in the…

DSWD-7: Nearly 3,000 Pantawid-monitored kids back in school

Futch Anthony Inso 09/11/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) has recorded 2,993 pantawid-monitored children who returned to school based on their July to November 2021 monitoring. Nelani Sanico, Gender and Development…

Mandaue flood victims receive cash, relief goods

Mary Rose Sagarino 12/29/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – The thousands of families affected by the floods last October 2020 here received their financial assistance from the city government on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. In barangay Paknaan alone, there were about 3,600…

NGOs urge City Council to hasten ordinance on food recycling

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Non-government organizations (NGOs) working on eradicating hunger in the Philippines encouraged the Cebu City Council to hasten the passing of an ordinance making food donation and food recycling systematic. Pamela Baricuatro, executive director…

19 NGOs fail to account for P32M in assistance

Morexette Erram 07/20/2017

At least P32 million in financial assistance given to non-government organizations (NGOs) remain unaccounted for. The Commission on Audit (COA) discovered that the government funds given to 19 Cebu-based NGOs have not been liquidated since 2016. “The…

Sta. Fe mayor stands by his decision to distribute emergency shelter assistance to Yolanda victims

Carmel Loise Matus 08/26/2016

MAYOR Jose Esgana of Sta. Fe, Bantayan Island stood firm in his decision to distribute the emergency shelter assistance (ESA) to Supertyphoon Yolanda victims who already received core shelters from non-government organizations (NGOs). Esgana was earlier warned…

No more open toilet in Bantayan village

07/23/2015

A PANEL of sanitation and health experts declared barangay Sillon in  Bantayan island  “zero-open defecation” or ZOD  despite the lack of household toilets. After typhoon Yolanda in November 2013, several  disaster response teams focused on sanitation. Islamic…

Cebu City NGOs asked to show what they did last year

Doris C. Bongcac 02/02/2014

After the Napoles scandal over pork barrels and fake NGOs, the Cebu City Council is  paying closer attention to   groups seeking accreditation. Nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and people’s organizations (POs) have to show a report of their accomplishments…

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