2025 Wrap-Up: A Year of Resilience and Reckoning
As 2025 ends, we reflect on a transformative year marked by natural disasters, governance shifts, and personal resilience. Discover the key lessons and look ahead with clarity. Read the full analysis.
As 2025 ends, we reflect on a transformative year marked by natural disasters, governance shifts, and personal resilience. Discover the key lessons and look ahead with clarity. Read the full analysis.
Explore how Davao Region's provinces turned Christmas 2025 into a time of service with aid, gifts, and community programs, bringing the true spirit of Pasko to the people.
A long-time city resident decries the loss of neighborly respect as non-stop, off-key karaoke singing disrupts the peace. A call for responsibility amidst the festive season. Read the full story.
Over 1,400 Aeta families in Pampanga received financial and in-kind assistance from the DSWD and local government. Three families also got livelihood grants. Read more about this holiday support initiative.
The DOH records 7 firecracker injuries from Dec 21-23, a 75% drop from 2024. The agency urges the public to use safe noisemakers and attend community displays.
The DOH records 7 firecracker injuries days before New Year 2026, a 75% drop from 2024. Officials urge the public to use safe noisemakers and attend community displays instead.
A P500 aid promise for a decent Noche Buena has ignited public anger in the Philippines, highlighting the deep disconnect between officials and families struggling with poverty and corruption.
Persons with Disabilities in Mandaue City celebrated their Year-End General Assembly, sharing inspirational stories and strengthening community bonds. Discover how they advocate for an inclusive society.
More than 100 children in Lapu-Lapu City experienced Christmas joy at the Soong dumpsite. The Hokkomslow Organization event brought games, gifts, and hope to the community.
Mandaue City allocates P60M for 'Gugma sa Pasko,' distributing 100,000 Noche Buena packs to ease holiday expenses for families and students. Learn about the city's festive support initiative.
The Pampanga Provincial Government provides P2,000 cash, rice, and food packs to 4,281 patients battling serious illnesses. Governor Lilia Pineda leads the aid distribution to ease financial burdens.
Over 300 Angeles City residents received gifts in the 'WE KEN' Wish Ko Lang Christmas Edition 2025. Sponsor Kenneth Lansang vows more aid for the marginalized. Read the heartwarming story.
Over 100 children experienced Christmas joy at the Soong Dumpsite in Lapu-Lapu City during the 'Joyful Hearts' gathering organized by Hokkomslow Organization. The event featured games, gifts, and a message of hope.
Aboitiz Foundation grants P8.5 million in home recovery assistance to 285 families in Liloan, Cebu, impacted by Typhoon Tino. Each family receives P30,000 for rebuilding. Read more.
Hokkomslow Organization brought festive cheer to children at the Soong Dumpsite in Lapu-Lapu City. The event featured games, gifts, and a message of hope. See how community spirit made Christmas meaningful.
Residents of El Pardo, Boljoon, Cebu, voice their silent suffering, questioning how long they must endure poverty and neglect. Read their powerful story of resilience.
Around 1,000 students in Candaba, Pampanga received P11,070 each from the SPES program, a joint effort by the LGU and DOLE to support education. Learn how this initiative helps local youth.
Senator Imee Marcos brings hope to families affected by Typhoon Tino with Christmas gifts and food packs for 800 beneficiaries in Danao City and Liloan. Read how the community found relief.
The Philippine National AIDS Council clarifies that HIV transmission is linked to high-risk actions, not sexual preference, warning against harmful stigma. Learn the facts.
A fire in Sitio Mayflower, Barangay Duljo Fatima, Cebu City, destroyed 15 houses and injured two. Over 100 individuals are displaced. Read the latest on the cause and response.
A new water drilling project in Barangay Naalad, Naga, Cebu, promises a reliable and clean water supply, solving a decades-old problem for residents. Completion is expected by January 2026.
Cebu's historic churches damaged by the Sept. 30 quake set for 2026 rehabilitation. NHCP provides technical guidance as province allocates P18M aid. Details on the assessment and the nine churches listed.
167 fishermen in Masantol, Pampanga received ₱3,000 fuel subsidy and new fiberglass boats from BFAR and the local government to boost livelihood and the fisheries sector.
Cebu faces recovery after a year of earthquakes and typhoons. See how community spirit and simple Christmas celebrations bring hope and strength to affected families. #CebuStrong
UCFI and NUSTAR's NUServe provide ₱5 million in emergency relief to Cebu City, including tents, food, and hygiene kits. Final batch expected before year-end.
Davao de Oro Province provides ₱4.5 million in financial assistance to 11 earthquake-affected LGUs in Cebu. Read how this act of solidarity supports recovery efforts.
The European Union provides over P660 million in humanitarian aid for Filipino communities hit by recent disasters. Ambassador Massimo Santoro visits Cebu to oversee relief efforts.
Cebu City Hall continues systematic relief distribution to all affected barangays following recent earthquakes and typhoon. Over a hundred families already assisted. Learn how to get help.
DSWD Field Office-Davao temporarily halts guarantee letter issuance for AICS and AKAP starting Nov 30, 2025. Other aid forms continue. Learn more.
Governor Lala Taliño-Mendoza leads the turnover of 100 Serbisyong Totoo Rescue Vehicles to boost emergency response in remote barangays of North Cotabato. Read about this P90M initiative.