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Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella called for a meeting next Tuesday with building administrators, owners and fire department officers about the increasing number of high-rise buildings in the city. “With 40 t 50 story buildings, we…
We are now in the throes of preparing for the New Year celebration. The question that comes to the mind is: Are we facing 2015 with glee or with trepidation? Thankfully, just like the past years, many…
Two cities that were hit the hardest by supertyphoon Yolanda will be using as reference the proposed Anti-Child Sex Tourism ordinance of the Cebu provincial government to combat human trafficking in their areas. Romina Sta. Clara, project…
Last week, our country remembered and celebrated the first anniversary of supertyphoon Yolanda last year. The devastation revealed the way our government had prepared for the calamity and its reaction to the aftermath. As early as a…
Survivors of supertyphoon Yolanda yesterday shed tears in celebration of life as they descended on mass graves to mark one year since the storm took away their loved ones and devastated much of central Philippines. But even…
The revalidation of the damage by the Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) may still delay the repair and construction of new classrooms in northern Cebu to replace those destroyed by supertyphoon Yolanda last year. Dr.…
A group of supertyphoon Yolanda survivors criticized President Aquino for his alleged “incompetent” response a year after the tragedy. “It is clear that P-Noy (Aquino’s monicker) only listens to voices in his head and not to us…
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) has started to mark out boundaries of Bantayan Islands for possible alienable and disposable lands and protected areas. A 17-member team was sent to the island…
AFFECTED by adverse public opinion, three Cebu City councilors returned the P20,000 calamity assistance each received from City Hall last December. “Sakit kaayo ang public opinion,” said Councilor Roberto Cabarrubias after hearing and reading media commentaries about…
Advent, the liturgical preparation to the Christmas season starts in less than a fortnight, but several government offices and private firms have decided to cancel or simplify Yuletide celebrations in view of the widespread suffering caused by…
As he watched his daughter Katsy being interviewed by Anderson Cooper on CNN, 56-year-old businessman Peter Borromeo tried to connect the pieces of his harrowing encounter with super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name Haiyan). He thought “Yolanda” was…
Along with medical volunteers, donations of medicines are welcome in the Benito Ebuen Air Base in Mactan where hundreds of survivors of supertyphoon Yolanda have been flown in from Eastern Visayas since Friday. Capt. Michael S. Ching,…
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