Rebuilding and recovery budget for Odette-stricken residents in Cebu province raised to P2B

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/05/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Capitol is planning to set aside around P2 billion in public funds to help residents devastated by Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) get back on their feet. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, in…

A week after #OdettePH, Cebu province to focus on rebuilding

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A week since Typhoon Odette ravaged Cebu, all localities in the central and southern portions of the island are now accessible.  Power is also back in a couple of municipalities, and access to…

Poe after Ulysses’ onslaught: Rebuilding and recovering no longer enough

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 11/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines — “Rebuilding and recovering is no longer enough, we need to be resilient,” Senator Grace Poe said Monday after Typhoon Ulysses battered Luzon provinces. “This will not be the last nor the worst calamity that…

Mambaling fire victims’ concerns: Rebuilding homes, schooling for their kids

Zena V. Magto 06/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Phiippines — Jerrylyn Compuesto, 33, lived her whole life in her home in Sitio Puntod, Barangay Mambaling  Cebu City. And it only took two hours to lose her home to an afternoon fire on May…

‘Tibayanihan Crew’ to help rebuild their community in Marawi City

PR 05/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Almost two years after the liberation of Marawi City from ISIS-inspired terrorists in October 2017, evacuees from ground zero or the most affected area of the siege still remain displaced in transitional shelters…

PBSP, partners help Marawi residents rebuild homes

PR 04/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines  – It has been nearly two years already since the Maute Group staged a major attack on major institutions in Marawi City and left the once-beautiful Islamic city in ruins. The five-month siege has…

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…

Rebuilding ‘Boracay’ and our islands

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 02/11/2018

The pollution-challenged Boracay is in the news once again. The once-pristine island, with an annual local and foreign visitors estimated at 2 million, was recently described as a ‘cesspool’ by the President. This presidential declaration was immediately…

Tolerance and pluralism

Madrileña de la Cerna 11/11/2017

There is a movement to propagate interfaith dialogue among Muslims and non-Muslims especially in the rebuilding efforts, not just of infrastructures, but also of community relationships after the unfortunate and lamentable Marawi Siege. Among the active propagators…

Suba and Sawang Calero pilot areas for community-based fire prevention

Dominic D. Yasay, Inna Mejia 11/22/2016

ROCEL Quijano, 28, together with his wife and two little children, was in Barangay Opon, Lapu-Lapu City to offer their prayers during the feast of the Virgin of the Rule when the fire ravaged several houses in…

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…

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