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DAANBANTAYAN ONCE the construction of the comfort room in her new house is finished, Iluminada Aloba, 60, can say that a semblance of normalcy has finally returned to her life, and that of her 10 grandchildren living…
Even before it made landfall, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) already sensed that Super Typhoon “Yolanda” (international name Haiyan) will inflict massive devastation in the Visayas.…
The National Housing Authority (NHA) is set to terminate the contract of a construction firm that allegedly used substandard materials in the houses meant for the resettlement of families in Eastern Samar that were displaced by Super…
For all of President Rodrigo Duterte’s talk on the Balangiga bells in his second State of the Nation Address (Sona), residents of Balangiga town in Eastern Samar actually have a more pressing demand: for the national government…
SM Foundation continues to strengthen its commitment to providing quality education with the turnover of a new school building to the Marcelo B. Fernan Polambato Elementary School in Bogo City, on Feb. 22. The two-storey four- classroom…
SM City Cebu turned over more than 400 SM Bears of Joy to the children in the SM Cares Village in Bogo City in northern Cebu on Dec. 28, 2016. The SM Cares Village in Barangay Polambato…
THE importance of mangroves as primary defense against the effects of typhoons and storm surges was emphasized yesterday during the symposium dubbed as Mangrove for Climate – Adaptive and Resilient Communities, attended by at least 200 participants…
One of the most common moral dilemma is how to do a good turn and resist the temptation to advertise it. We are all guilty of it, this urge to announce our acts of charity and how…
MANILA — Vice President Leni Robredo said on Monday that the false news being spread on her “pregnancy” would sound funny if it were not an insult to women. “Nakakatawa siya pero at the same time, parang…
Close to 240 families can expect to move in to new homes by December this year, more than three years after their old houses were destroyed by Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013. Presidential Assistant for the Visayas…
Pending the lifting of a court temporary restraining order (TRO) that bars any form of development on the whole Bantayan Island, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino urged a contractor to do what it can to…
At least 90 housing units in Barangay Antipolo, Medellin have been committed for turn over for Yolanda victims before December 1 this year. Project Engineer Elizer dela Paz of RFN Construction and Development Corp., the project contractor,…
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