What’s the status of the Yolanda housing projects in Cebu?

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines –  When Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) struck the Visayas a decade ago, it did not spare Cebu. In particular, the province’s northern towns and cities where thousands – if not millions – suffered…

Yolanda: A decade later, ‘moving on’ still hard for survivors

Ador Mayol, Joey Gabieta, Nestle Semilla 11/08/2023

(First of two parts) TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Philippines — Tropiano Esperas, an overseas Filipino worker, had just returned from Saudi Arabia to spend time with his family at Barangay 88 in San Jose District, Tacloban City, a…

‘Tuloy ba ang Pasko?’

Gaudium et Spes - @inquirerdotnet 12/08/2020

I’m writing this on the first Sunday of Advent, the time when the Church officially starts preparing for the Christmas season. I say officially because, for us in the Philippines, we start our countdown for the next…

Survivors honor the dead on 7th anniversary of Yolanda

Joey Gabieta - @inquirerdotnet 11/08/2020

TACLOBAN CITY – Seven years have passed since she last saw her 17-year-old son. While she has not seen her son’s body, Norie Dosol presumed that the sixth of her 11 children had died when super typhoon…

Snapshots of the storm

Kay Rivera - @inquirerdotnet 11/02/2020

It’s Sunday morning and winds are howling outside. On our barangay’s Facebook page, neighbors share photos of roads closed off because of debris or felled electrical posts. Friends send donations to people online who are asking for…

Environmental disasters we wish had never happened

Rhobie A. Ruaya, Rhobie Alburo Ruaya 03/22/2020

Pope John Paul II once said that “the Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by…

CA junks Ombud’s simple negligence ruling against former Daanbantayan Mayor Corro

Norman V. Mendoza 11/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Court of Appeals has completely exonerated Corro on the Ombudsman’s previous finding on him for simple negligence. The Office of the Ombudsman in its May 25, 2017 Joint Resolution found former Daanbantayan,…

Olivo Heights is first fully completed housing project for Yolanda affected families

Irene R. Sino Cruz 11/14/2019

CEBU CITY — Six years after supertyphoon Yolanda devastated some parts of the Visayas, the National Housing Authority turned over the first fully completed and occupied housing project for the affected families. Cabinet Secretary Carlo Nograles, who…

UP Cebu forum to commemorate Super Typhoon Yolanda’s 6th year anniversary

PR 11/06/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu in partnership with the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney is organizing a forum to commemorate the sixth anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda. The forum…

Nograles cites low completion rate of Yolanda housing construction in Cebu

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Thursday disclosed that there was a low completion rate for the Yolanda housing construction in Cebu. This holds true specifically in Camotes Island where not even one housing unit…

She thought it was a scam: ‘Yolanda’ survivor wins P25M

Inquirer 04/22/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Sometimes she would look at her parents and wonder how she could give them a better life. Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) destroyed their home, and they haven’t really recovered from the tragedy. Of…

How typhoon Yolanda helped turn Bantayan fishers into successful entrepreneurs

Irene R. Sino Cruz 02/09/2019

CEBU CITY— Typhoon Yolanda might have brought devastation to Bantayan Island, but it also paved the way for a group of fisher families to free themselves from dire straits. Fisher families in Sitio Binuswagan in Barangay Guiwanon,…

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