By GINA DIZON Northern Dispatch SAGADA, Mountain Province – Local residents here are opposing the construction of a communications tower for Globe Telecom on the Calvary hill. Through a petition sent to the telecommunications company and appeals for support to the vestry of the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin (CSMV) and the Episcopal Diocese…
Day: November 11, 2013
Benguet officials wary of impending trash slide
By KIMBERLIE N. QUITASOL Northern Dispatch LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The chief executive of Benguet is wary of a possible trash slide at the Alno garbage dump after the municipal engineering office reported that the safety of the facility is now compromised. Engineer Benedict Pineda said the retaining wall of the functioning garbage dump facility…
In Negros, Cebu, typhoon Haiyan unleashes wrath
Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), the strongest typhoon ever recorded, has wreaked havoc to provinces of Visayas. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, as of Nov. 10, 6 a.m., 151 individuals were killed, 5 missing and 22 injured. Photos from Cebu Photos from Negros Photo courtesy of CITIZEN’S DISASTER RESPONSE CENTER
Aquino urged to rescind QCCBD project
“Aquino promised to provide us with decent shelter using billions of pesos from the Informal Settler Fund (ISF), but only provided us with far-flung relocation sites that lack basic social services and employment opportunities.” – residents