“Going home to the family” is an act that marks many stages of one’s life starting with the need to be with family during the holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, or death of a relative. There’s also the desire to be with family to share an achievement, or to nurse defeat. In the past week,...
A total of 165 families in Daraga and Guinobatan, Albay who lost their homes due to lahar flooding were given new homes by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). PH Red Cross' relocation site in Bubulusan, Guinobatan (Photo courtesy of PRC) PRC has recently handed the displaced families their certificate...
Around 100 Informal Settler families (ISFs) have received their land titles through the direct sale and direct purchase program facilitated by their barangay. “Sinisikap ng pamahalaang lungsod na mapabilis ang proseso ng pagbibigay natin ng permanenteng tahanan at maging in-city ang ating housing...
Four and a half years after the end of the five-month long Marawi siege in May to October 2017, Congress has passed Republic Act No. 11696, the Marawi Siege Victims Compensation Act. The law provides compensation to those whose kin were killed, as well as those whose properties were destroyed in...
TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-8) has tapped the help of 31 families in planting local tree species in a 220-hectares of land in Northern Samar province. The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) of Northern Samar, through its...
The Quezon City Anti-Drug Abuse Advisory Council (QCADAAC) conducted a facilitator's training for the Strong Families Program in the Quezon City Hall last Jan. 25-26, where a total of 20 individuals participated. The participants were point persons and facilitators from the city's Special Drug...
Editorial Super Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) cut a wide swath of destruction after making landfall nine times across Caraga region (Siargao, Dinagat Islands); Eastern Visayas (Southern Leyte); Central Visayas (Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental); and Palawan. While the casualty toll is still...
TACLOBAN CITY - A total of 29 poor families received their early Christmas gifts in the form of new houses built for them by police officers in Samar province on Thursday (November 18). The houses were constructed under the "Pangarap na Bahay, Pulis ang Aalalay, Pamayanan ay Kaagapay Project" of...
With the temporary closure of both private and public cemeteries from Oct. 29 to Nov. 3, Archdiocese of Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula called on the faithful to gather together as a family to pray for their departed loved ones. Cardinal Jose Advincula (Manila Bulletin Photo) The Church...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued over 70 stranded families in Zamboanga City due to massive flooding caused by the low-pressure area (LPA) and intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) on Friday, Sept. 17. Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued over 70 stranded...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has evacuated at least 260 families that were trapped in deep flood in Naic, Cavite due to the heavy rains brought by tropical storm “Jolina". The rescued families in Barangay Bukana in Naic town were transported to safer grounds at the basketball court, which...
More than 312,000 families affected by imposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Western Visayas and Northern Mindanao have received their “special” cash assistance from the government. (Photo by Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)...
