(SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS / WEBSITE) About 48 percent or 12.2 million Filipino households considered themselves “poor” in the second quarter of 2022, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Tuesday, August 2, showed. The survey conducted from June 26 to 29 with 1,500 respondents found...
Around 5,000 informal settler families (ISFs) in Valenzuela City now have homes in the fully furnished Disiplina Village in Barangay Bignay, the local government announced Thursday, July 28. Photo courtesy of Valenzuela City PIO Valenzuela City Mayor Wes Gatchalian, Congressman Rex Gatchalian, Vice...
In accordance with the local government's "ambitious target" of having zero informal settlers families (ISF) in Pasig City within the decade, Mayor Vico Sotto reminded the city council and other government employees to set realistic expectations in promising and delivering services to citizens....
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma led recently the 10th World Meeting of Families in Cebu City. In his homily, Archbishop Palms cited the important role played by the family in shaping and strengthening one’s faith and spiritual life. “The family is God’s instrument in strengthening our faith...
“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...
