Yolanda survivors look back as they move on

Morexette Erram 11/08/2017

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…

Pagasa learns from Yolanda

Agnes B. Alpuerto 11/08/2017

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.…

NHA to rebid Yolanda housing project; contractor under fire

Inquirer.net 10/10/2017

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…

Not just the bells: Balangiga folks sound off on Yolanda rehab mess

Inquirer.net 07/25/2017

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…

Yolanda-hit school in Bogo to receive 3rd building from SM

PR 02/21/2017

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…

400 children in Bogo receive SM Bears of Joy

PR 01/04/2017

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…

Symposium tackles mangroves for coastal defense

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/19/2016

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…

The act of giving

Radel Paredes 12/17/2016

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…

Robredo: Pregnancy rumor an ‘insult to women’

11/21/2016

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…

Dino asks contractors to turn over Yolanda houses by year-end

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/20/2016

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…

Dino to lobby for the lifting of environmental certificates TRO in Bantayan Island

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/20/2016

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…

90 housing units for Yolanda victims to be turned over by December

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/20/2016

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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