SM, donors turn over biggest housing village to Yolanda survivors

04/20/2016

For 64-year-old pedicab driver Rogelio Palma Consalida, Nov. 8, 2013 is a date he will never forget for the rest of his life. It was when Supertyphoon Yolanda made landfall in his hometown of Tacloban City, Leyte…

Typhoon-hit schools in Samar get new armchairs

04/12/2016

CITY Savings Bank turned over 120 armchairs to Cawayan National High School and Galutan National High School last March 17. The two schools were severely affected by typhoon Nona that hit Northern Samar last December. The turnover…

Fishermen in Yolanda-hit areas get fishing boats

03/05/2016

FISHERMEN associations from the 16 municipalities hardest hit by typhoon Yolanda in 2013 finally saw the fulfillment of their dreams. After strong winds and storm surges battered their homes and fishing boats, they are back to fishing.…

Yolanda relief guide shared with stakeholders

Juli Ann M. Sibi 02/28/2016

WHEN Supertyphoon Yolanda hit northern Cebu and Central Visayas nearly three years ago, Cebuano economist Miguel Barretto Garcia was in Barcelona, Spain finishing his master’s degree in economics and finance. Rather than feel helpless, Garcia, who earned…

Yolanda victims finish hotel course

02/17/2016

It has always been my desire to give my family a better life. My dreams encouraged me to study hard so I could help my family,” said Lyca Mae Caminos, 19, one of the ten scholars who…

Enrique Iglesias thanks ‘Yolanda’ child survivors for Valentine cards

02/16/2016

INTERNATIONAL singer Enrique Iglesias thanked kindergarten Yolanda survivors from Tacloban City after he received handmade Valentine cards from them for the day of hearts. “I am honored to receive these hopeful messages from children in the Philippines.…

Altar table made from wounds of Yolanda

Nestle L. Semilla 01/24/2016

The altar table for the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) Pavilion is made of wood from damaged boats and houses destroyed two years ago in the fierce winds and waves of supertyphoon Yolanda Mandaue City furniture maker…

Yolanda aid: 15 families now have homes in Camotes

Vanessa Claire Lucero 01/11/2016

Makatog na mi og maayo (We can sleep soundly now).” This was the reaction of 15 families in the Yolanda-stricken town of Pilar in Camotes Islands when they were awarded nipa huts under the Balik Bahay project…

At the altar, new deacons promise to serve God

Julit C. Jainar 01/10/2016

Since childhood, it was Jonathan Rubin’s dream to become a priest. “I want to serve God and I believe this is really my calling”,  he  said. Rubin was  one of 13 seminarians ordained as deacons by Cebu…

North Cebu fishers to get 50 motor bancas

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/08/2016

Fishing communities in Yolanda-hit areas in northern Cebu are set to receive 50 motorized bancas worth P6 million from the Capitol in March. Dr. Roldan Saragena, provincial agriculturist, said the funds were downloaded by the Philippine Charity…

Cebu Daily News Rewind 2015 (Part 1)

Stephen D. Capillas 01/05/2016

The January visit by Pope Francis, the death of two Cebuano police troopers in the Mamasapano bloodbath, the death of a street child grabbed headlines in Cebu in the first five months of 2015. The year 2015…

Lapu-Lapu yields more Illegal Crackers

Norman V. Mendoza 01/03/2016

MORE illegal firecrackers were confiscated in Lapu-Lapu City last Dec. 31. The firecrackers worth P40,000 were seized in barangays Babag and Kalawisan where previous confiscations were made days before the Christmas and New Year revelry, said Chief…

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