The Bogo Times

The Cebu Provincial Information Office (PIO) in coordination with the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Office (PDRRMO) and LENS, has organized a photo contest as the provincial government commemorates the impact of super typhoon Yolanda a year after it ravaged the northern part of Cebu.  The contest is open to all professional and amateur photographers except Cebu Provincial Government officials and employees as well as LENS members. No age limit is imposed. The deadline for submission of entries is set at 5 P.M. of October 27. Winners will be announced on November 7. How to join To register, interested participants must submit to the Cebu PIO, PIO bldg, Capitol Site, Cebu City the following:  1. Completely filled out registration form;  2. Hard copy of photo entry in 8×10 printout;  3. Digital raw file of photo entry (300dpi resolution and at least 5mb in size) stored in CD/DVD. Registration form can be downloaded fro...

Bantayan , Madridejos , San Remigio and nine (9) other Local Government Units (LGUs) of Cebu signed an agreement with The  Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc . (RAFI) for the repair and construction of 218 classrooms that would benefit almost 10,000 students.  The Php144-Million School Rehabilitaion Project was signed by the mayors and/or representatives of the towns of Alcoy, Aloguinsan, Asturias, Bantayan, Barili, Borbon, Carcar, Naga, Madridejos, Samboan, San Remigio and Sibonga  as a continuing commitment to provide the school children with a safer and more conducive learning environment. Aside from building classrooms, RAFI would also assist the LGUs and the Department of Education in school governance. “The challenge is not on fixing the school buildings anymore. What we need is to prepare the students so that they can compete,” said RAFI President Roberto Aboitiz, adding that there is also a need to build the character, competence, an...

Twelve northern Cebu towns were given 168 million pesos to fix government buildings, build emergency shelter and develop resettlement areas for Yolanda survivors. The financial assistance came from three government agencies: Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Housing Authority (NHA), and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Sunstar reported: This represents only the first tranche, said a recent progress report of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO). The assistance is not part of the P12.2-billion rehabilitation and recovery plan for Cebu Province that President Benigno Aquino III signed last July, said Capitol consultant for rehabilitation and recovery Carmel Ulanday. Yolanda ended more than 6,200 lives and injured about 28,000 people in the Visayas last Nov. 8, 2013, said a National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council report. The typhoon also destroyed or damaged almo...