More islands need help

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/11/2014

Task Force Paglig-on chief Baltazar Tribunalo yesterday welcomed rehabilitation czar Panfilo Lacson’s admission that  Kinatarcan island in north Cebu was overlooked in the governnment’s Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Recovery Plan. He said it helps  focus attention on other…

Remembering and shaping up

11/07/2014

As we remember the fateful day of Nov. 8, 2103, we will see a lot of missed targets. It is now glaring how  actual rehabilitation accomplishments do not match  official promises  made by politicians. In Cebu, where…

Classrooms, day care centers turned over in Daanbantayan, Bantayan

Peter L. Romanillos 10/21/2014

About 229 classrooms and daycare centers were turned over to towns hit by supertyphoon Yolanda in northern Cebu. Panfilo Lacson, Office of the Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (OPARR) Secretary, witnessed the turn-over by the Ramon…

DILG to send more engineers to speed up rehab of quake-hit areas

Stephen D. Capillas 10/16/2014

The Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG) will hire additional engineers to help out municipal engineers speed up implementation of projects in earthquake hit areas. Interior and Local Governments Secretary Mar Roxas, who visited Bohol province…

P-Noy confirms approval of P12.2B rehab funds for Cebu, provinces hit by Yolanda

Peter L. Romanillos 07/28/2014

President Benigno Aquino III announced the approval of the rehabilitation plan for areas affected by supertyphoon Yolanda that includes Cebu, Iloilo, Eastern Samar and Leyte during his State of the Nation Address today. Aquino approved the implementation…

Whole-day brownout from Danao to Medellin town tomorrow

Doris C. Bongcac 06/12/2014

A whole-day brownout will be experienced tomorrow from Danao City to Medellin town in northern Cebu. The 69-KV Compostela – Medellin line will be shutdown to facilitate the Compostela upgrading project thus affecting the Cebeco II franchise…

DENR to check resorts in Sta. Fe, Bantayan as they’re too close to shore

Peter L. Romanillos 06/01/2014

Several resorts in Sta.Fe , Bantayan Island are back in the shoreline, even those whose seawalls were demolished in 2010 by a court order for violating a 20-meter public easement. This is already known by the  Department…

Bantayan resorts build back on no-build zone for coastal families

Peter L. Romanillos 05/30/2014

After typhoon Yolanda, a “no-build” zone  is supposed to keep coastal families from rebuilding their homes 40 meters from the shoreline. But in Sta. Fe town, whose   long shoreline of powdery white sand draws many tourists, several…

Roads below flyover in Maguikay closed as retrofit job starts

Norman V. Mendoza 05/25/2014

Motorists will  be barred from using the road under the Maguikay flyover in Mandaue City during the evenings starting tomorrow, May 26, when the PLD Construction starts retrofitting the structure. The road under the flyover, one of…

‘Tap private sector to build CCMC’

Doris C. Bongcac 05/18/2014

The Cebu city government should  tap the private sector to finance the construction of  the new Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) more quickly, Press Secretary Herminio Coloma said. Coloma, who attended a gathering of the Don Bosco…

Cebu as benchmark for rehab plan

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/18/2014

More than seven months after supertyphoon Yolanda hit central Philippines, the government’s rehabilitation master plan is now “taking shape”, an official of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (PARR) said. “We still have…

President blows top when asked on slow pace of recovery in northern Cebu

Inquirer, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Peter L. Romanillos 02/26/2014

Expect heads to roll in the coming days as the President’s patience is wearing thin over the seemingly disjointed efforts, particularly at the local level, to help victims of disasters since December 2012. President Aquino yesterday appealed…

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