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It was a year that tested the faith and resilience of Cebuanos, who embraced hope as they carried on to face another chapter in their long road to recovery.

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Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro has admitted that the province will need at least a year to fully recover from the devastation brought by the twin calamities that struck the island—the 6.9-magnitude earthquake in September and Typhoon Tino earlier this month.

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The worst calamity besetting the nation isn’t the series of earthquakes, typhoons, floods, and volcanic eruptions.

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One of the most blatant and callous audacities of traditional politicians is to use ongoing calamities and disasters as platforms for their perennial "epal" publicity stunts.

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                    [Title] => Cebu conquered twin calamities
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It was a year that tested the faith and resilience of Cebuanos, who embraced hope as they carried on to face another chapter in their long road to recovery.

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Cebu Governor Pamela Baricuatro has admitted that the province will need at least a year to fully recover from the devastation brought by the twin calamities that struck the island—the 6.9-magnitude earthquake in September and Typhoon Tino earlier this month.

[DatePublished] => 2025-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804829 [AuthorName] => Caecent No-ot Magsumbol [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2484990 [Title] => From calamities to corruption, ad nauseam [Summary] =>

The worst calamity besetting the nation isn’t the series of earthquakes, typhoons, floods, and volcanic eruptions.

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One of the most blatant and callous audacities of traditional politicians is to use ongoing calamities and disasters as platforms for their perennial "epal" publicity stunts.

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