IN just a month, Sam McDonalds witnessed the devastation caused by one earthquake and a typhoon in Central and Eastern Visayas. In both catastrophes, the 30-year-old Briton’s first instinct was to help. “To help is a natural…
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama will donate his P53,000 salary for this month to typhoon victims in northern Cebu and asked City Hall officials to donate some of their own. “It is important that we should be…
The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) distributed 3,000 relief packs in the towns of Bantayan, Sta. Fe and Madridejos in Bantayan Island last Sunday. Another 6,000 relief packs were distributed in the towns of Daanbantayan, San Remigio…
More than 100 students from all over Cebu City converged at the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu Arts and Sciences building lobby yesterday to help pack relief goods intended for typhoon victims. Students of the University…
CEBU will remain under a “state of calamity.” Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said this after visiting the northern towns of the province which were the hardest hit by supertyphoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan). Parts of Cebu…
TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — The death toll from one of the strongest storms on record that ravaged the central Philippine city of Tacloban could reach 10,000 people, officials said Sunday after the extent of massive devastation became…
DAANBANTAYAN – For five hours, wind and rain pounded this northern town 120 kilometers from Cebu City, leaving residents, who are used to strong storms, in disbelief. Gusts toppled century-old acacia trees in the plaza and houses,…
The winds were fierce in Cebu’s far north, blowing off roofs and fallen trees. However, supertyphoon Yolanda, which carried more punch than 1990’s Ruping, brought less rain and devastation across Cebu island when it struck before 10…
Repair crews were out in full force to restore power, water and cell sites to more than 90 percent of Metro Cebu and the rest of Cebu province in the wake of typhoon “Yolanda’s” wrath. While the…
With the world’s strongest typhoon of the year still heading for Cebu and the Visayas, Roman Catholics turn to prayer power. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma yesterday asked bishops and priests all over the country to lead people…
There is no panic buying in Cebu. People are just heeding public announcements to be prepared for the coming of supertyphoon Yolanda, an official of the trade department said yesterday. “Panic buying occurs when consumers buy more…
WORK was ordered suspended in the government and private sector at 3 p.m. yesterday as a pre-storm precautionary measure. The order was given by local governments in Metro Cebu and the Cebu provincial government. “As per advice…
