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The sister of Abegael Inot stands in to receive the late Abegael’s for finishing a business administration course. The Mandaue City College graduation was held on June 16.| Malcolm Sanchez
Mandaue student dies of lung disease months before graduation
A heartbreaking scene unfolded at the Mandaue City College on June 16, 2023, when a sister of a student, who died months before graduation, received her deceased sibling’s diploma for finishing a Business Administration course.
Dr. Lilybeth Mayol, Mandaue City College administrator, said that Abegael Inot died in March this year due to a lung disease.
Mayol said that it was Abegael’s last wish for her sister to receive her diploma if she would not make it to the June 16 ceremony.
The late Abegael Inot finished Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Human Resources Development Management.
Rescuers make a last desperate push as final hours of oxygen on the missing Titanic sub tick down
In the North Atlantic Ocean, the race against time to find a submersible that disappeared on its way to the Titanic wreckage site has entered a new phase of desperation on Thursday morning.
This is because the crew had only a four-day oxygen supply when the vessel, called the Titan, set off around 6 a.m. on Sunday.
Rescuers have rushed more ships and vessels to the site of the disappearance, hoping underwater sounds they detected for a second straight day might help narrow their search in the urgent, international mission.
How to optimize Cebu City’s tax collection: Implement ‘Sayaw para sa Buhis’
In Cebu City, a special task force has been formed to optimize tax collection revenues.
The Strategic Assessment of Your Assets and Worth Para sa Buhis or Sayaw Para sa Buhis where the city’s tax collectors will showcase their dancing as one way to collect taxes from the people.
Ofelia Oliva, project head of ‘Sayaw para sa Buhis’ and the former Cebu City treasurer, said that they launched the program to inform the public that Cebu City was “serious in collecting taxes through friendly persuasion.”
Paolo Contis declares after new ‘Eat Bulaga’ social media pages got taken down: ‘Di kami susuko’
Paolo Contis vowed that he and his fellow hosts of the revamped “Eat Bulaga” would continue to bring joy through the noontime show.
Contis said this after the show’s social media pages were taken down due to apparent mass reporting.
The actor spoke about the mass reporting along with co-hosts Isko Moreno, Buboy Villar and Betong Sumaya, among others, during an episode of the noontime show on Tuesday, June 20.
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