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Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma thanked the 343 participants from calamity stricken areas in Bohol and northern Cebu for attending the local World Youth Day last Saturday. In his message, Palma described the youth as the present and…
Yolanda’s infrastructure damage wasn’t just visible on land. Under the sea, a still unmeasured devastation in coral reefs tells us that a second look is needed to calibrate the task of recovery ahead. A decline in fish…
The devastation caused by the Oct. 15 earthquake and the Nov. 8 supertyphoon Yolanda has driven the business community to appeal for greater public participation in the reconstruction of the damaged towns and cities. The Philippine Business…
The tent city that was home for 54 families from Eastern Visayas who were displaced by supertyphoon Yolanda will fold up tomorrow, more than four months after the world’s strongest storm to hit land devastated the…
Perpetua Cañete is enjoying her last few days in college by doing her teaching assignments in Liloan National High School. The 60-year-old Cañete is one of 37 graduating students of La Consolacion College in Liloan town. She…
Help is on the way for seaweed farmers and fisherfolks in northern Cebu four months after supertyphoon Yolanda swept away their aquatic farms and fishing gears. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-7 turned over P33…
Oxfam, for the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, an independent group of 17 nongovernment organizations (NGOs) based in Oxford, Great Britain does not usually criticize governments in areas where it is engaged in humanitarian work. However, there…
In observance of International Women’s Day, an aide to President Aquino promised Saturday that his administration would strengthen measures to combat violence against women and provide more opportunities for gender equality and empowerment. Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma…
Local officials in Cebu should prepare for a supertyphoon in the same magnitude as Yolanda (Haiyan). “You know that there will be another disaster. You don’t know when it will happen but you know it will happen.…
Expect heads to roll in the coming days as the President’s patience is wearing thin over the seemingly disjointed efforts, particularly at the local level, to help victims of disasters since December 2012. President Aquino yesterday appealed…
LAST December, the management of Pioneer Group decided to forego its traditional Christmas party celebration to contribute more sufficiently to rebuilding efforts in typhoon Yolanda-affected areas. The Christmas party fund was pooled with donations from colleagues, individuals…
The answer to the question of quickly rehabilitating the northern Cebu towns lashed by supertyphoon Yolanda rests not on the local, provincial or national government alone. Quick rehabilitation is a matter of coordination between the three levels…
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