Mindanao’s Higaonon tribesmen are appealing to President Rodrigo Duterte to help them protect and preserve the hidden giant waterfalls in the boundaries of Bukidnon, Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte. In Davao City, Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Secretary Emmanuel … Continue reading Tribe seeks Duterte’s intervention to protect Limunsudan Falls
SAFER HOMES AMID COVID-19 Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) has approved about P20 million in loan for the resettlement of more than 200 families previously living in shanties along a river in Davao City as the agency continues to uphold its … Continue reading SHFC RESETTLES 200 DAVAO RIVERSIDE FAMILIES TO P20-M SOCIALIZED HOUSING PROJECT
Proliferation of bogus accounts a ‘prelude to a crackdown’ House Deputy Minority Leader Carlos Zarate expressed concern over accounts on social media platform Facebook alleged to be owned by activists, students and faculty of some universities. Zarate, an opposition solon, … Continue reading ZARATE: GOVT BEHIND FAKE FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS VS. ACTIVISTS
Under a Senate bill strengthening the government’s housing program, the Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) is mandated to provide shelter to informal settlers living in risk areas like shorelines, river banks and other danger zones. SHFC also has been given … Continue reading SHFC HAS HOUSING FOR SETTLERS IN RISK AREAS AVAILING OF BALIK PROBINSYA
Nat’l housing development, financing bill passage pushed By ROGER M. BALANZA The Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) will play a key role under a proposed Senate bill that aims to decongest MetroManila by luring back people to their provinces. Primarily, … Continue reading SHFC TO PLAY KEY ROLE IN BALIK PROBINSYA PROGRAM
Seizing shelter not a mandate “It’s really against our mandate or our basic principle that housing is a right.” True to its mandate, the state firm Social Housing Finance Corp (SHFC) has refrained from foreclosing loans awarded to the underprivileged … Continue reading SHFC: NO FORECLOSURE VS. DEFAULTING HOUSING LOAN BORROWERS
Former Senator Heherson “Sonny” Alvarez passed away Monday, three weeks after contracting the dreaded coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The death of Alvarez, who was 80 years old, was confirmed by son, Hexilon, and former Senator Joey Lina. Alvarez served in … Continue reading Ex-Senator Alvarez succumbs after battle with Covid-19
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday confirmed that he tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). In a statement, Zubiri said it was Health Secretary Francisco Duque III who informed him about the positive test results for Covid-19, … Continue reading Zubiri tests positive for coronavirus
The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) donated four truckloads of seized illegal lumber to earthquake-affected municipalities in Davao del Sur. Thursday’s delivery of “hot” lumber was received by Davao del Sur Gov. … Continue reading MinDA, DENR donate ‘hot logs’ to quake-hit Davao Sur towns
Davao del Sur Governor Douglas Cagas did not care if after shocks from two 6plus magnitude earthquakes that rocked Tulonan in nearby Cotabato continue to rock his province and threaten government buildings including the Provincial Capitol. Gov. Cagas had declared … Continue reading DAVSUR GOV. CAGAS BRAVES 6.6 MAGNITUDE QUAKE TO SIGN SOCIAL HOUSING DEAL WITH SHFC
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – As the late Senate President Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr. is laid to rest Saturday, a Roman Catholic leader is hopeful emerging politicians will follow the path that the deceased political figure had taken–even in the face … Continue reading Bishop hopeful of more ‘Nene Pimentels’ among politicians
