Aklan, Capiz town declare state of calamity due to Paeng

Joey Marzan 10/31/2022

ILOILO CITY—The whole province of Aklan and one town in neighboring Capiz declared a state of calamity over the weekend amid the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae). A state of calamity declaration would…

Cebu receives aid from Chinese community

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/23/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Help continues to pour for Odette-stricken residents in Cebu province. The latest batch came from the Chinese community in Cebu.  Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on January 18 personally received at least 2,000 sacks…

Cebu mulls sending aid to Cagayan

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The economy in the Province of Cebu is barely recovering from the long quarantine brought by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), but Cebuanos are eager to help fellow Filipinos in typhoon struck areas…

Cebu City to send help to typhoon victims in Luzon

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The city government here will be sending P5 million worth of goods and 30 personnel to help in the relief aid in Catanduanes and other typhoon-stricken areas in Luzon.  According to Cebu City Councilor David…

220 Calamba Cemetery vendors receive promised aid

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Vendors of the Calamba Cemetery here have received the promised 25 kilos of rice from the city government. The Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS) here began the distribution on October 23,…

Cebu City completes distribution of 280K sacks of rice to barangays

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government completed the distribution of the 280,000 sacks of rice as relief aid to the 80 barangays here on July 9, 2020. In a Facebook post, Cebu City Mayor Edgardo…

DSWD sends goods to Surigao

PR 02/20/2017

Earthquake Relief Aid  The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) sent relief goods to Surigao del Norte following the 6.7 magnitude earthquake that hit the province last February 10. “As a response to…

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