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The SM Group, through SM Cares , will build 200 houses in Barangay Polambato, Bogo City for the families who were affected by super typhoon Yolanda. SM Prime Holdings Inc. president Hans T. Sy led the groundbreaking ceremony with Cebu Vice Governor Agnes Magpale, Bogo City Mayor Celestino Martinez Jr., and SM Prime Holdings Inc vice president for Visayas and Mindanao Marissa Fernan last Saturday. Bogo City Mayor Celestino Martinez Jr. and SM Prime Holdings Inc. president Hans T. Sy A one-hectare property was donated by the heirs of Wenceslao and Margarita Briones Fernan, where the  SM Cares Village will soon stand. Each unit will cost P250,000 amounting up to P50 million for the whole project. Each unit will be built with concrete roofing, high ceiling, proper ventilation and utility-ready provision. The settlement are will have a 5-meter wide road network, a concrete perimeter fence, community center and a basketball court. Click here for more ph...

Former Bogo City mayor Celestino “Tining” Martinez III , now serving as barangay captain of Cayang, has been elected as the new president of the Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) for Cebu province. Martinez secured the position unopposed in yesterday’s elections, giving him a seat on the Provincial Board as the ex‑officio member. He takes over the role previously held by Jose Ribomapil Holganza Jr., the ABC president of Bantayan, who now moves into one of the eight seats on the board of directors. Emerito Calderon , ABC president of Samboan, retains his post as vice president — a role he has held since 2010. Addressing his fellow ABC members, Martinez expressed gratitude and optimism: I hope I can live up to the expectation sa tanan, and most especially, I hope and I look forward to a very fruitful and successful league sa umaabot nga mga tuig. Martinez shared that one of his main priorities is partnering with the Capitol to extend aid to typhoon‑hit communities in northern C...

by Celestino Martinez Jr. Thursday, 05 December 2013 | cityofbogocebu.gov.ph Yolanda left a great devastation in her wake. But if there is a lesson the super typhoon has taught us, it is that life is one unpredictable road and that we are living in an increasingly dangerous world. Our preparations can be a helpless, useless armor against the fury of Mother Nature. Yet, if there is another lesson Yolanda has taught us, it is that this world is still filled with people who are what all human beings ought to be: Kind, selfless, full of sympathies & generous impulses, people who never tire giving, people who even cross continents in order to bring healing and hope . Because of them, what could have been a monumental tragedy, has become a monumental triumph of humanity... To all those who, in one way or the other,have given us a helping hand when we were down on our knees, we have no signature big enough to mark our gratitude for what you have done for us. As "Padayon ...