Flooding swamps two Southern Mindanao provinces anew
By Frinston L. Lim
Hundreds of families have fled anew as flooding swamped two southern Mindanao provinces, still reeling from last month’s devastating typhoon, due to days of torrential rains.
Hundreds of families have fled anew as flooding swamped two southern Mindanao provinces, still reeling from last month’s devastating typhoon, due to days of torrential rains.
Some 80 kilometers away from his devastated community, 44-year-old Edwin Balinas has found a place where he wouldn’t worry anymore about food, clothing and most importantly, the threat of another deluge every time it rains.
Army Pfc. Albert Fuyonan should have been celebrating his wedding at a church in Tagum City in Davao del Norte on Saturday instead of being confined in a hospital.
The Care for School Chairs (CFSC) Program of the city government got another boost in the form of a P2.7-million donation given by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.
More than 4,000 women have availed themselves of free tubal ligation here in the city’s continuing implementation of its reproductive health program in the middle of continuing Church criticism of a proposed national law on reproductive health, city officials said.
A banana-producing company has decided to donate some of its bananas to various schools here instead of exporting them to China where the authorities have imposed stricter phytosanitary requirements since March.
The relocation and housing program of the city government got a boost with financial help from two of the country’s biggest real property developers.
Skepticism. This was the first reaction to a project by the city government of Tagum to build classroom chairs, especially from political rivals of the brain behind the Care for School Chairs Program, Mayor Rey Uy.
TAGUM CITY—Eighteen-year-old Katrina Solis makes sure she won’t miss the switching on of the lights that dot the 108.6-foot tall Christmas tree at the city’s park. Never mind if it is not the tallest anymore, after it was edged out by Puerto Princesa City’s 150-foot tall Christmas tree. “This year’s holiday tree is amazing and [...]
As national debate rages over the reproductive health (RH) bill, Tagum City has been sponsoring birth control methods for the past six years.
