Balikbayan hearts inspire shelter aid for Pilar town

01/16/2014

The “bahay kubo” is the original Filipino cottage. The house on stilts, built with bamboo and nipa, is the chosen design of a shelter program for homeless families in Pilar town, Camotes Islands, one of 11 northern…

Shelter after the storm

Editorial 01/15/2014

Providing northern Cebu residents ravaged by supertyphoon Yolanda with roofs in time for the Christmas season was an astute move on the part of Gawad Kalinga and its partners in Islands Souvenirs and the LH Foundation. Someone…

Relief drive delivers roofs to storm-hit Cebu families

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Eileen G. Mangubat 01/14/2014

Find out what’s needed first before giving. Work with partners who have the expertise that you don’t have. Let storm survivors help themselves in the spirit of “bayanihan”. Keep your promises and say thank you afterward. These…

DOT program raising funds for Yolanda rehab

01/13/2014

For every peso local tourists shell out, part of it will go to rehabilitating areas destroyed by typhoon Yolanda’s onslaught in the Visayas. This is the new approach being spearheaded by the Department of Tourism (DOT) to…

CDR King extends help to Yolanda victims

PR 01/13/2014

CDR King joins the entire world in extending help to the survivors of super typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban City. They distributed 140 crank-dynamo flashlights that does not require batteries but only the muscle power of the user…

Opportunity in reconstruction, Cebu business leaders say

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/09/2014

Cebu business leaders described 2014 as a year of “massive reconstruction” and more challenges as the province and Central Visayas continue to recover from the devastation caused by the Oct. 15 earthquake and supertyphoon Yolanda last Nov.…

Cebu mayors to map out disaster action plan

01/09/2014

The vice mayor of one of Cebu’s smallest towns will meet with Cebu mayors o help map out a disaster risk management and action plan for the province. “What happened in 2013 and the past years may…

Owners told: Remove ships stranded inland

01/06/2014

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will grant emergency permits to allow shipowners to remove their vessels that have been stranded inland in Tacloban City and Guiuan, Eastern Samar, for almost two months now. The owners of the…

New office for province, regional fiscals

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/03/2014

A BUILDING along Osmeña Boulevard in Cebu City became the temporary office of both the Cebu Provincial Prosecutor’s Office and the Regional State Prosecutor’s Office since last month. Regional State Prosecutor Fernando Gubalane said yesterday that the…

Capitol officials to ask national gov’t help; cost exceeds P70 million

Peter L. Romanillos 01/03/2014

On the first working day of the New Year, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III and Mandaue Mayor Jonas Cortes met to discuss how to repair the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) which will be the venue of…

‘Never Forget Victims’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/23/2013

Libertad, Ormoc City—Ten-year-old Janina Fe Quiroz has two wishes for Christmas. First, she wanted her family to recover from the devastation caused by supertyphoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan). The second is for her school to be repaired…

200 free storm-proof shelters for typhoon Yolanda survivors in Bogo

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/22/2013

SM Group will build a village with 200 typhoon-proof concrete houses for survivors of supertyphoon Yolanda in barangay Polambato, Bogo City under the “Adopt a Barangay Project.” “We choose areas affected by the storm that have not…

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