Airliner builds homes for typhoon-affected families in north Cebu

PR 05/11/2015

The Korean Air partnered once again with Habitat for Humanity Philippines (HFHP) to build shelters in northern Cebu for the victims of typhoon Hagupit that struck last December. Last April 11, 16 Korean Air employees and outsourced…

Sta. Fe asks for shelter aid balance

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/11/2015

The municipal government of Sta. Fe town in Bantayan Island, Cebu called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to release the P55.2 million balance of its Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA). Sta. Fe Mayor Jose…

Houses for Yolanda victims in July

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/12/2015

For more than a year now, 60-year-old Sarah Sabel and her family had been living in a house made of plywood and scrap metal in a s wamp area in barangay Paypay, Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu. But…

‘Yolanda’ village for 200 families in Ormoc

03/31/2015

SM Foundation broke ground for another SM Cares Village in Ormoc City last March 18. The two-hectare land donated by Ormoc City Mayor Edward Codilla in barangay Barrio Catmon, barangay Concepcion, Ormoc will soon be home to…

Councilors want details of post-Yolanda projects

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/11/2015

Five councilors in the Daanbantayan municipal council want a detailed plan on each of the projects proposed by Mayor Augusto Corro for funding under the World Bank’s Strategic Local Development and Investment Project (S2LDIP). Daanbantayan municipal councilors…

Yolanda shelter aid only for the poor — Soliman

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/10/2015

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) stands by its guideline that limits the distribution of the Emergency Shelter Assistance to those living below the poverty line. Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman said that the…

Yolanda pushes scholar to top eng’g exam

02/09/2015

The provincial government recognized 74 of its scholars who completed their college degrees, among them a 22-year-old civil engineer who placed 10th in the May 2014 board examination. A recent graduate of the Cebu Technological University –…

Mayor Corro seeks World Bank aid

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/04/2015

Rather than get bogged down by the municipal council, Daanbantayan Mayor Augusto Corro said he would ask help from Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III to avail of World Bank aid to fund post-Yolanda rehabilitation projects in his…

Capitol, RAFI to build 75 classrooms

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/02/2015

The Cebu provincial government will enter into a partnership memorandum of agreement with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) for the construction of classroom buildings in ten schools throughout the province. Last Monday, the Cebu Provincial Board…

Egg sales help Medellin folk

Melissa Q. Cabahug 02/01/2015

More than a year after surviving the onslaught of supertyphoon Yolanda, northern Cebu residents like Raul Remulta have picked themselves up and rebuilt their lives. Remulta, a barangay councilman of barangay Caputatan Norte in Medellin town, Cebu…

Motorcade dry run in Palo done today

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/15/2015

Sta. Cruz, Palo – Police continue to conduct a motorcade dry run en route from Tacloban City to Palo town early this morning. Police personnel were deployed along the motorcade routes as they positioned the barricades. The…

Davide says Cebu ready for Pope Francis stopover

Apple Ta-as, Melissa Q. Cabahug 01/15/2015

Even if the prospects are slim, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said yesterday  the province is ready if Pope Francis’ flight is diverted to the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA). “In the event that happens then we…

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