The Philippine Red Cross is rolling out its large rub hall tents—similar to what are being used by hospitals and relief agencies, to decongest classrooms being used as shelters for flood victims in this province.
AROUND 200 runners are expected to answer the starting gun for tonight’s Night Race for the Flood Victims: I Ran My Part at the Cebu Doctors’ University (CDU) campus at the North Reclamation Area in Mandaue City.
The lack of land is hindering efforts to build permanent houses for families made homeless by Tropical Storm “Sendong” here in December last year, a United Nations (UN) agency said.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) in partnership with the Philippine Red Cross will continue to accept donations for the victims of the recent flooding until Aug. 24.
In response to the urgent need of flood victims in Metro Manila, the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) has opened its Donors’ Desk at its field office to accept donations in cash or in kind.
Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon has ordered an inventory of seized and abandoned smuggled goods in all ports nationwide for possible distribution to flood victims in Metro Manila and other parts of the country.
President Benigno Aquino III’s inspection of the floodplains of Central Luzon on Friday brought a ray of hope into the bleak lives of victims of the weeklong monsoon rains and floods who took refuge in evacuation centers in Tarlac, Pampanga and Bulacan provinces.
President Benigno Aquino III on Friday expressed elation at the outpouring of support from local government, international sources and the private sector, as he assured thousands of families displaced by floods in Metro Manila, central and southern Luzon of a “permanent solution” to their woes.
Officials in Cebu City Hall and the Capitol promised to send cash aid to flood victims in Metro Manila, as the capital and nearby areas staggered under the weight of floodwaters. In yesterday’s 888 News Forum, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he would advance P5 million from calamity funds as the city’s contribution. [...]
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will be handing out food or cash to victims of recent typhoons who help in the cleanup and repair of their communities. The DSWD’s cash-for-work or food-for-work programs will apply to displaced families in Metro Manila, the Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos, Cagayan Valley and Central Luzon. Those [...]
