Globe builds houses for Yolanda victims

Leslee B. Morales 02/18/2014

WHEN Typhoon Yolanda hit the Visayas area last year, one of the places that had the worst devastation was the city of Ormoc. Hundreds of families lost their livelihood and became homeless. Globe through their corporate social…

Home is where the heart is

02/17/2014

Nelson Tatoy stands beside his new home in barangay Poblacion, Borbon town in Northern Cebu. His house was leveled by supertyphoon Yolanda, but a group of nurses based in Switzerland helped to rebuild his home. Thumbs up!…

Tourists with a purpose

Marian Z. Codilla 02/17/2014

With chisel and hammer,  American visitors Mike Herman and Eddie Leazer spent the morning helping repair a fisherman’s boat in barangay Okoy, Bantayan Island. The visitors were not ordinary tourists. The US Army Apache pilots had come…

Over 600 fishing boats distributed to fisherfolks in storm-devastated Bantayan towns

Marian Z. Codilla 02/16/2014

  I don’t know how to react, I am overwhelmed and just cried.” This is what Lilibeth Gidukos, a wife of a fisherman and a mother of seven children said after she lost everything in the horrifying…

David Beckham visits Tacloban

Marian Z. Codilla 02/13/2014

Football superstar David Beckham sets foot in Cebu, Thursday morning before flying to Tacloban City to visit survivors of supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan). Beckham arrived at the Mactan Cebu International Airport around 11 a.m. from Hong Kong. RELATED…

Gargantuan task

Editorial 02/13/2014

At least P3.6 billion in government pledges look good on paper until you find out that Cebu province needs P26.8 billion total for  total rehabilitation of northern towns hit by supertyphoon Yolanda. Three months after the devastation,…

Civil defense office recounting dead to eliminate duplications: How many really died from Yoly’s wrath?

Inquirer 02/13/2014

5,803 recorded deaths More than three months after supertyphoon Yolanda, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) still has to validate the number of deaths the world’s strongest storm on record left in Eastern Visayas. The Eastern Visayas…

Sun Life offers interest-free policy advance for Yolanda survivors

PR 02/10/2014

RECOGNIZING how Filipinos who suffered the wrath of Typhoon Yolanda need further assistance to recover from the devastation, Sun Life of Canada (Philippines) Inc. is applying a zero-interest rate on all policy advances availed by affected residents…

How Siloys touch lives: ‘Yolanda’ stole my new smart phone

Dale G. Rosal 02/08/2014

Exactly three months ago, the meanest typhoon to hit the country made her unwelcome visit in the Visayas. Thousands of lives were lost. Billions worth of infrastructure and agricultural produce were washed out. Lives changed forever. While…

Globe, GK build houses in Ormoc

Aileen Garcia-Yap 02/06/2014

Ormoc City, Leyte— Lhaly Laviste,  38, has something to look forward to after her  home was destroyed by supertyphoon Yolanda nearly three months ago. “My husband [Orlando] used to land paint jobs  but after Yolanda, we have…

Brownouts loom if plant repair not done this month

Doris C. Bongcac 02/06/2014

Repairs of the geothermal plant in Leyte will have to be completed this month to ensure that the Visayas grid meets a  15 to 20 percent increase in power demand during the summer months, energy officials said…

2,500 runners enlist for 4th SM2SM Run slated Feb 16

Dale G. Rosal 02/05/2014

Some 2,500 runners have already enlisted for the Fourth SM2SM Run set to unfold this coming February 16 at the SM City Cebu. Included in the 2,500 cast will be the formidable Kenyan pack who are again…

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