Capitol opens 2nd Yolanda Anniversary Commemoration activities

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/09/2015

  The Cebu Provincial Capitol formally opens its 2nd Anniversary Commemoration of Supertyphoon Yolanda through a photo exhibit outside the social hall. Regional agencies are expected to deliver a presentation about their accomplishment after Yolanda which devastated…

Unused disaster donations

Editorial 11/09/2015

The Commission on Audit’s (COA) disclosure that about P923 million in foreign and local cash donations given to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) have been sitting idle in banks since last year is not only an…

PH image tarred by ‘tanim-bala’

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/08/2015

Passing through the Mactan Cebu International Airport last Thursday en route to Cagayan de Oro City, I could sense that travelers were trying to assess things at the MCIA amid reports that corrupt members of the Aviation…

‘Haiyan’ and ‘hayaan’

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 11/08/2015

Two years back, on November 8, Supertyphoon Yolanda, known globally as “Haiyan”, brought unprecedented losses and misery to thousands of citizens and visitors. Those in the cities thought that we had prepared for its onslaught. But as…

PBSP marks resilience of typhoon survivors

11/08/2015

TWO years after Yolanda Two years after supertyphoon Yolanda ravaged the Visayas, many of the survivors are still picking up the pieces of their lives which was disrupted by one of the world’s strongest tropical cyclones. But…

HOUSES OF THE STORM

Eileen G. Mangubat, Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/08/2015

Volunteer architects use bamboo, earth blocks and ‘bayanihan spirit’ for post-Yolanda houses designs    At a glance, the house looks like a nipa hut on stilts with oddly slanted walls and a tin roof. The design allows…

Pagasa steps up monitoring in wake of Yolanda

Nestle L. Semilla 11/08/2015

TWO years after supertyphoon Yolanda devastated the Visayas, the state weather bureau Pagasa said it had stepped up its capabilities to release more detailed weather advisories. Pagasa-Central Visayas weather specialist Jhomer Eclarino said their updates now  include…

‘Govt should build resilient communities’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/08/2015

Helping survivors of supertyphoon Yolanda get back on their feet does not end with building houses and providing livelihood opportunities, a priest of the Cebu  Archdiocese said yesterday. “We need to build sustainable and resilient communities,” said…

New shelters 2 years after Yolanda hit Cebu

Norman V. Mendoza 11/07/2015

Two villages with over a hundred disaster-resilient houses were turned over yesterday by foreign and local donors in Daanbantayan town  with the French Ambassador and officials of the Philippine Red Cross  and Cebu province. Two years after…

Disaster management caravan in northern Cebu

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/05/2015

A TWO-DAY caravan on disaster management will be held by the provincial government in towns across northern Cebu starting today until tomorrow. “We aim to identify areas that need further assistance and those that may be used…

Congress to probe shelter aid distribution in Daanbantayan

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/21/2015

CONGRESS will look into reports of alleged anomalies in the distribution of the national government’s Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) for Yolanda survivors in northern Cebu, Provincial Board (PB) member Sun Shimura said. He said 4th district Rep.…

In other words

Madrileña de la Cerna 10/18/2015

Two promising groups of young literati launched their respective ventures on October 3, 2015 at the Cathedral Museum. One was a group of translators called In Other Words and the other was the Mga Anak sa Dagang…

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