‘HELP US’

Nestle L. Semilla 12/03/2016

Sirila Gomisong has not changed her clothes in two days. Yet she had no choice but to keep on wearing the same house dress because it was all that she has now, having fled from the fire…

Mandaue fire victims seen to rebuild homes

Norman V. Mendoza 09/26/2016

The fire victims of Barangays Guizo and Mantuyong in Mandaue City may spend Christmas rebuilding their houses in the lot where they once stood before they went up in flames. Tony Pet Juanico, head of Mandaue City…

Mandue City to continue negotiations with Capitol for CICC purchase

Julit C. Jainar 07/05/2016

In his speech during the Inaugural Session on Tuesday afternoon, Mandaue City Mayor Gabriel Luis “Luigi” Quisumbing said that in terms of infrastructure, the Mandaue City government is serious with its earlier decision to purchase the Cebu…

5 remaining houses in Guizo demolished

Norman V. Mendoza 06/23/2016

The five houses that remained standing at the fire site in Barangay Guizo, Mandaue City were demolished yesterday after the deadline to voluntarily demolish them had lapsed. Lawyer Edu Ibañez of the Mandaue City Legal Office, said…

Demolition deadline extended

Julit C. Jainar 06/20/2016

Guizo-Mantuyong victims given three more days to destroy houses at fire site Fire victims staying in the fire site in Barangays Guizo and Mantuyong were given three more days to demolish the houses that they rebuilt as…

Fire victims to stay at CICC in case of rain

Julit C. Jainar 06/06/2016

THE Mandaue City government decided to allow fire victims of Barangays Guizo and Mantuyong to stay inside the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) ahead of the onset of the rainy season. Felix Suico, who heads the City…

Tension high in fire site as backfilling work starts

Julit C. Jainar 06/03/2016

Tension rose on the first day of the backfilling operation for the site development in Barangays Guizo and Mantuyong in Mandaue City yesterday, after some residents who are opposed to the project tried to stop the operation.…

Mandaue City Hall personnel, settlers in row over reblocking

Julit C. Jainar 06/03/2016

TENSION broke out between members of the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (TEAM) and fire victims who occupied a city government owned site in barangay Guizo, Mandaue City Friday morning. The TEAM personnel were tasked to clear…

Cebu City councilors open to re-blocking fire-prone areas

Jhunnex Napallacan 03/02/2016

Cebu City councilors were open to the proposal to re-block and decongest the 79 fire-prone areas in the city but raised concern over the high cost of implementing the project and the protests the city would face…

Cebu City fire victims want to collect on promised relocation, aid

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/02/2016

VICTIMS of fire incidents that hit communities of mostly informal settlers in Cebu City in 2011 and 2014 yesterday asked the city government to address unfulfilled promises of relocation and cash benefits. Many of the 136 households…

No reblocking of fire site

Julit C. Jainar, Marc Eric Cosep 01/25/2016

There won’t be any reblocking on the fire site in sitio Mecabaha, barangay Duljo Fatima based on the assessment of Cebu City Hall’s Department of Social Welfare Services (DSWS). Collin Rosell, who heads the Division for the…

No re-blocking; City Hall to deal with lot owner

Apple Ta-as, Marc Eric Cosep 01/14/2016

Cebu City Hall may be unable to re-block the fire site in sitio Sto. Niño in barangay Quiot since the lot is owned by a private firm. “We don’t want to give an impression that the city…

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