3 Cebu graduates top MedTech board exam

Marian Z. Codilla 04/04/2014

Three Cebu graduates top the recent Medical Technologist board exam conducted in March this year. Sheila Mae Taga Magallanes from Southwestern University (SWU) garnered the sixth highest score among 1,252 Medical Technology graduates who took the licensure…

Groups to stage rally on fossil fuel use and mining expansion in Cebu

Marian Z. Codilla 03/28/2014

Over 100 youth and ecology advocates from 50 groups will stage a rally to denounce the continued use of fossil fuels and mining expansion in Cebu. The rallyists who form part of the so-called Sulong Power Shift…

Civil society assess post-Yolanda work

Marian Z. Codilla 03/27/2014

THE need to strengthen communities against disasters was highlighted at yesterday’s summit where about a hundred civil society organizations from all over the country gathered to discuss challenges in disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation. “Typhoon Yolanda…

Civil society groups raise call to enhance disaster mitigation programs

Marian Z. Codilla 03/26/2014

About a hundred civil society groups aired the need for both the national government and the private sector to address the gaps in disaster preparedness and mitigation programs in the country. “Supertyphoon Yolanda showed the gaps in…

4 Cebu civil servants make the grade

Edison Delos Angeles, Marian Z. Codilla, Norman V. Mendoza 03/19/2014

Four of the 1,174 successful bar examinees – Regal Oliva, Mark Rusel Salomon, Rey Chris Panugaling and Ian Kenneth Lucero –  are government employees in Cebu. Oliva, the city treasurer of Mandaue City, and Solomon, city accountant…

Fire hits barangay Lorega as thick dark smoke seen from a distance

Marian Z. Codilla 03/18/2014

A dense area in barangay Lorega was razed by a fire after 5 p.m., last Tuesday. Firefighters arrived late since most of them responded to an earlier fire alarm in Mandaue City past 3 p.m. Thick black…

Two Cebuanos top the 2013 bar examinations

Marian Z. Codilla 03/18/2014

Two Cebuanos landed in the top 10 in the October 2013 bar examinations. Only  1,174 or 22.18% of the total of 5,292  bar takers passed the October 2013 Bar examination.   Here are the top ten bar…

Vehicle goes up in flames in Fuente Osmeña rotunda

Marian Z. Codilla 03/16/2014

Motorists passing through Fuente Osmeña Rotunda were surprised when a hardware’s service vehicle carrying paints caught fire, Sunday afternoon. The truck’s driver said he noticed a spark near the vehicle’s car battery and immediately told his nine…

Hearing tomorrow on Cebu city ordinance to handle septic tank waste

Marian Z. Codilla 03/11/2014

ALL households and buildings  in Cebu City will be required to desludge their septic tanks every three to five years or when the tank is half full under a proposed ordinance set for public hearing tomorrow. The…

Will water cost more?

Marian Z. Codilla 03/10/2014

With summer about to kick in and Cebu’ s groundwater supply already thinly stretched, the  Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) is banking on private suppliers  to fill the gap. The water district has resolved to purchase water…

‘Conserve water, make houses water-efficient’

Marian Z. Codilla 03/10/2014

With the onset of summer, it’s too late to harvest rainfall for the dry months ahead. But it’s still important to conserve water and make houses and other infrastructure water-efficient. This doesn’t have to be  costly, said …

MCWD targets to shift to surface water sources

Marian Z. Codilla 03/07/2014

(FIRST OF 2 PARTS) A SLIGHT girl in her teens empties two pails of water she fetched from a large steel container outside their house to a smaller container in their kitchen. Each wobbly step to her…

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