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By Oscar C. Pineda Tuesday, January 27, 2015 THE municipality of Medellin, Cebu now has two roving nurses tasked to answer house calls and provide medical assistance to senior citizens in its 19 barangays, said Mayor Ricky Ramirez. Medellin has around 5,000 senior citizens, said Ramirez. The 2010 census placed its population at 50,000. “Mas nindot ni kay ang di kalakaw murag gi-door-to-door ang pag-atiman nila (This is good because it is like providing a door-to-door service to those senior citizens who can no longer walk),” said 66-year-old Angelina Mangubat, Office of the Senior Citizen Affairs (Osca) president and Barangay Dayhagon secretary. Ramirez said that the blood pressure and vital signs of the elderly will be regularly checked by the nurses, giving priorities to those who are bedridden and on wheelchairs. He revealed that the nurses will use two motorcycles. These nurses, who are also called mobile health care workers, are given barangay assignment...

Here are the winners of the Yolanda: A Year After Photo Contest . Yolanda Relief Operations Category First Place "Smiles" by Carlo Caracena November 17, 2013 Bogo City Second Place "Thirst" by Daniel M. Ybanez November 15, 2013 Sta. Fe, Bantayan Island Third Place "Gifts from Heaven" by Rene M. Ybanez November 22, 2013 Barrio Langod, Sulangan, Bantayan Island Yolanda Rehabilitation & Recovery Category First Place "Rebuilding Hideaway" by David T. Ramos November 18, 2013 Tindog, Medellin Second Place "Bayanihan" by Rene M. Ybanez November 16, 2013 Kota Beach, Sta. Fe, Bantayan Island Third Place "Stepping Into a New and Colorful Beginning" by Antonio Rey O. Pepito Jr. October 19, 2013 Polambato, Bogo City Yolanda Emergency Response and Search & Rescue Category First Place "Obstacle Race" by Roger Tonacao November 8, 2013 Bogo City Second Place...

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...

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...

The  Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) was asked by the Cebu Provincial Board for a feasibility study for an Airport in Bogo City or Medellin.  Provincial Board Member Joven Mondigo proposed the said study which was approved last Monday.  More on the Airport Study for Bogo and Medellin