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“I am deeply sorry.” In a written apology, Redemptorist priest Romeo Obach asked for forgiveness from a 17-year-old unwed mother whom he berated during a baptismal ceremony of her son two days earlier in Mandaue City. “The…
When abused women and children tell her their problems, “their pain becomes my pain,” said assistant city prosecutor Maria Liza Miscala-Jorda. Jorda, back from a study trip to the United States, said she was ready to continue…
Other types of evidence should be used to prosecute cases of child abuse, Cebu Asst. Prosecutor Ma. Liza Jorda said at a luncheon held on her honor in the US Embassy in Manila. Jorda said these evidence…
A risk-taker in business. “Big daddy” to employees. The boss who worked non-stop extending his base in Cebu to a fast-growing corporate network in the Visayas and Mindanao. But the loss of Richard King was most keenly…
WITHOUT its head and long tail that distinguishes a thresher shark from other types, how could you tell what kind of fish meat was intercepted by the Capitol’s anti-illegal fishing enforcers? “The skin is much thinner,” said…
When the October 2013 earthquake struck, employees in IT Park in Cebu City ran out and gathered in open spaces outside their buildings. Some waited out the night on the grass. The site wasn’t just a coincidence.…
For 12 container vans of relief goods from Belgium to be released without being levied taxes and duties, the shipment can be turned over to the government. This option was suggested yesterday by Cebu Deputy Customs Collector…
Twelve container vans of private donations from Belgium for typhoon victims in Leyte remain stuck in the Cebu International Port, where they arrived in January 2014. The Belgian donors want the cargo released as a tax-free importation,…
Cebu hotel owner Manuel Osmeña is counting on a vision of hope for calamity victims through rolling hospitals that can reach people who need them anywhere in the Philippines when a disaster strikes. “I’m a man with…
A female gunshot victim in a private Cebu City hospital had an unexpected visitor yesterday. Senior Supt. Noli Romana, city police chief, entered, bringing a book of photos. Could she identify the three hoodlums who shot her?…
Cracking jokes and giving his trademark victory jump, former president Fidel V. Ramos showed the lighter side of his role as a statesman as he laced an otherwise serious speech to journalists with shots of humor. He…
Deeper sleuthing may provide answers. The help of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 is being asked to find out how 79 trees vanished overnight from a public road in Cebu City, a loss which the…
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