More than 70 health workers, social workers, nuns, journalists and environmentalists have accused government soldiers of sabotaging their transportation, which had forced them to spend the night in a hinterland village in Baganga, Davao Oriental.
The planned rehabilitation of the Fuente Osmeña fountain can now push through after the Cebu provincial government gave yesterday Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama the authority to already start with the rehabilitation works.
At least P16 billion is needed for typhoon-devastated Compostela Valley province to get back on its feet, officials said.
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama said he wants to talk with Capitol officials about rehabilitating the century-old Fuente Osmeña fountain.
Boys shout in delight as they flip backwards off a bridge. Fishermen quietly cast rods out. They are joyful acts that should belong to an earlier era, before the Pasig River turned toxic.
Coconut farmers in the town of Baganga in Davao Oriental are asking the Philippine Coconut Authority to help them recover from the devastation left by Typhoon Pablo last December by allowing them to sell fallen coconut trees outside the province without having to pay any fees.
Upland areas in Mindanao that were laid to waste by Typhoon “Pablo” will be rehabilitated under the National Greening Program of the government, officials said on Saturday.
As schools here open on Monday, a week behind schedule, teachers are faced with the tough challenge on how to lure back students still coping with the devastation brought by typhoon Pablo.
The December 18 road accident in Davao Oriental — which injured six Maguindanao doctors and their driver on the way to a medical mission for typhoon Pablo victims — has not deterred the province’s health workers from holding another mission there, the Maguindanao provincial health chief said on Friday.
In the predominantly Catholic Philippines, the first signs of Christmas appear months before the actual event: shops playing Christmas carols on their audio loops, brightly decorated trees, neon Santas and reindeers are colorfully displayed outside shops and plazas. It is hard to get away from the holiday over-load.
Still grappling with the shock and horror over the devastation wrought by typhoon Pablo, people here greet Christmas with a deep feeling of mourning, foregoing parties and ostentatious celebrations to sympathize with those who lost their loved ones to the typhoon.
Surviving victims of typhoon Pablo here face a bleak new year as the massive devastation also ripped their jobs away.
Classes will resume in typhoon-devastated areas by January 2013 despite the extensive loss of lives and property, according to Education Secretary Armin Luistro.
