Mandaue celebrates CDRRMO Day by highlighting puroks’ alarm response capabilities

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/02/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Mandaue City celebrated CDRRMO Day on May 2 by showcasing the capabilities of Purok-Based Emergency Response Teams’ in responding to emergencies. The activity held at the city hall grounds highlighted the purok teams’…

Mandaue City puroks empowered to respond to disasters

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/28/2023

  MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – Mandaue City is capacitating its puroks in the city’s different barangays to empower them to respond to alarms. Mandaue City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) head Buddy Alain Ybañez said…

Minglanilla logs 2nd COVID-19 case, locks down 3 puroks

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Minglanilla town Mayor Elanito Peña has ordered a community lockdown in three puroks or sitios in Barangay Tunghaan as the town logs its second coronavirus disease case this Thursday, April 30, 2020. The…

Wednesday afternoon fire damages Lapu home

Benjie Talisic and Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 04/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A Wednesday afternoon fire damaged a house made of light materials in Sitio Purok Sampaguita, Barangay Looc, Lapu-Lapu City. Fire Officer 3 (FO3)  Johnmer Lesiges of the Lapu-Lapu City Fire Department said that…

Capitol strengthens support for puroks

10/17/2018

Governor Hilario Davide III reaffirmed the Cebu Provincial government’s commitment to enhance and promote the purok system in the province during the second year of Mega Cebu’s Purok Talks earlier this month. Davide delivered his welcome address…

Capitol pushes purok system in towns

Steffi Kyle Nolido 12/11/2017

THE provincial government is stepping up its campaign to mobilize barangays in towns and cities of Cebu to adopt the “purok (neighborhood/zone)” system to deal with natural and man-made calamities. Baltazar Tribunalo Jr., head of the Provincial…

Institutionalizing the purok system

Editorial 10/10/2017

It is quite timely for the Cebu provincial government to push through with the institutionalization of the purok system similar to the Bohol province model; but they need not look farther than San Francisco town on Camotes…

San Fran’s purok system, a deterrent against criminals

Nestor Ramirez 05/16/2017

I spent my weekend on the island towns of Camotes, the place where my maternal grandparents came from, but the trip was not meant for vacation or some sort of a reunion. I was brought back to…

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