Water tanker saves lawyer's car from fire

CEBU, Philippines - While lawyer Ted Belarmia was cruising along M. L. Quezon Ave. in barangay Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City past 11 a.m. yesterday, his car, a Kia Pride, with plate no.GTS-877, caught fire.

He said he first saw smoke and then sparks coming from the dashboard.

Belarmia was approaching the Mandaue Mactan Bridge and as he stopped for a red light, he spied a water tanker of the Lapu-Lapu City Clean and Green Program office not far from where he was. Belarmia quickly sought its help.

With the tanker’s help, the fire failed to spread and that saved his things in the car.

FO2 Climaco Salisid of the Lapu-Lapu City Fire department said the lawyer was fortunate.    

Ramon Aboitiz Foundation donates school supplies to Lapu-Lapu schools

 The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. has donated school supplies to public elementary and high schools in Lapu-Lapu City.

Mayor Paz Radaza at once expressed her gratitude to the foundation for the donation and for choosing education as a pillar of its corporate social responsibility.

 Radaza said the donation is a big help to the city government.

“I hope that other corporations doing business in our city will also choose education as their flagship corporate social responsibility,” Radaza said.

With government’s limited funds and unlimited priorities, it has to collaborate with the private sector in educating the youth, Radaza said.

She said if most of the corporations that do business in the city chose to construct classrooms, then the shortage of classrooms, which has remained a challenge to public schools, will be addressed.

“We need to provide our young the skills and capabilities to excel and compete in the real world,” she said.

She said the war against poverty is won by an educated populace.

“That is why it is very important to provide our children with the needed education to learn how to fish,” she said.