School dropout catches up on learning

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/16/2015

She stopped going to school because she disliked her English class and  her father would hit her every time she got bad grades in the subject. And since dropping out of school, her life was no longer…

Five more fall ill in Toledo village

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/16/2015

Five more residents of sitio Bayabas, barangay Subayon, Toledo City were put under observation at the Toledo City District Hospital after they complained of fever, abdominal pain, and cough and colds. Subayon barangay captain Florante Lariba told…

PB drafts law to stop Sapangdaku quarrying

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/16/2015

To finally solve the long-running problem caused by sand and gravel quarrying in the Sapangdaku River, the Provincial Board (PB) is now in the process of drafting an ordinance regulating river activities. PB member Alex Binghay said…

Five more Toledo residents show typhoid fever type symptoms

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/15/2015

Five more residents of Subayon, Toledo were brought to the Toledo City Hospital after showing symptoms associated with typhoid fever. Subayon barangay chairman Florante Lariba said the five residents raised the number of patients showing similar symptoms…

Security guard ‘shot’ in shipyard

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/13/2015

POLICE are investigating the death of a security guard in a shipyard in barangay Tayud, Consolacion town, northern Cebu. Edison Dura died of a gunshot wound in the shoulder. It was not immediately established if the man…

DOH: Teenage girls contracting cervical cancer

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/12/2015

Here’s one reason teenage girls should avoid having premarital sex. More than half of the 6,670 cases of cervical cancer in the country were contracted by teenage girls last year, the Department of Health in Central Visayas…

Davide agrees to opening Capitol access road to vehicles

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/11/2015

Cebu Gov.  Hilario Davide III said he will allow the opening of the Capitol access road in support of Cebu City Hall’s experimental traffic route scheme along Escario Street, Cebu City. “I understand, gi-experimentohan pa na sa…

Sonny O supports halt of Sapangdaku quarrying

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/10/2015

Toledo City Mayor  John Henry “Sonny” Osmeña yesterday called for a total ban of quarrying in the Sapandaku River. He appeared before the Provincial Board (PB) where he said this requires a stop to the issuance of …

Freed inmate prefers to stay in jail

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/09/2015

Being a prison maintenance man is his way to thank those who treated him well in CPDRC   He was free to walk away from jail after he was acquitted last month of the rape charges filed…

Tuburan probed for suspected typhoid

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/07/2015

THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) is looking into a suspected typhoid case in Tuburan, northern Cebu yesterday afternoon. Dr. Cynthia Genosolango, PHO head said they received reports from the municipal health officer of the town that there…

Hopia, new infirmary for CPDRC

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/07/2015

The bakeshop of the Cebu provincial jail, a unique enterprise of inmates there, has added “hopia” to its line of snacks. The   Chinese pastry with monggo filling was a tasty note in yesterday’s inauguration of new facilities…

Health authorities check out typhoid fever reports in Tuburan

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/06/2015

The Cebu Provincial Health Office is verifying reports of another typhoid fever case in Tuburan town, northwest Cebu. Dr. Cynthia Genoslango, PHO head said they sent a team to investigate five suspected cases in a hinterland barangay…

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