WRONG TARGET

Carine M. Asutilla, Chito O. Aragon, Gabriel C. Bonjoc, Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/21/2015

German visitor killed, 2 other foreigners shot   in McDonald’s outlet; Racist taunt triggered  dawn commotion A German engineer,  who frequently visited the country to do volunteer work,   was fatally shot at dawn yesterday inside a fast-food outlet …

Helping others kept him going

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/21/2015

HENRY Haffner was one of the many “volun-tourists” who consider the disaster-prone Philippines their second home. The 31-year-old German industrial engineer had been to Bohol to help give aid to people affected by the October 2013 earthquake…

Gilutongan school gets P3M worth solar panels

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/21/2015

STUDENTS of Gilutongan Elementary School in Gilutongan Island, Cordova can now utilize their computers, electric fan, television and other educational supplies after 18 solar panels were installed in the school. School principal Marites Padayao said that before…

Bounty raised to P500K for three police suspects

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/21/2015

The family of slain Cebu lawyer Noel Archival gave a deadline next month for  the PNP  Highway Patrol Group (HPG) national headquarters to turn over three of its personnel accused in the 2014 ambush-slay. If  they don’t,…

Tale of two Cebuano achievers

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/20/2015

‘Korean telenovelas’ kept her from burning out THIS year’s No. 1 board passer of the Physician’s Licensure Examination made sure to  avoid  burnout when she was reviewing for the tests. “I watched Korean telenovelas,” said Veni Lovely…

Danao officials told: Stop sale of contaminated ice

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/20/2015

The Regional Epidemiological and Surveillance Unit (RESU-7) called on the Danao City government to prohibit an ice vendor from selling ice to ambulant vendors who sell their food outside the Cebu Mitsumi Inc. in barangay Sabang, Danao…

2 Mitsumi workers test positive for cholera

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/17/2015

TWO workers of Cebu Mitsumi Inc. in Danao City where a diarrhea outbreak was declared last week tested positive for cholera, a regional health official said yesterday. Reynan Cimafranca, chief of the Regional Epidemiological and Surveillance Unit…

Researcher, colleagues undergo tests at VSMMC

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/17/2015

ANOTHER passenger from Saudi Airlines 860 and three other persons who had contact with her submitted themselves for laboratory testing at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) the other day. Dr. Dino Caing, Regional Epidemiological and…

Sitoy has most resolutions for PB

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/16/2015

THE Cebu Provincial Board (PB) approved 1,165 resolutions last year, of which 231 were authored by PB member Arleigh Sitoy. Sitoy’s output, the highest in the PB, include a resolution asking municipal and city governments to impose…

Food safety now a priority

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/15/2015

FOOD vendors will not be barred from doing business outside the premises of Cebu Mitsumi Inc. in barangay Sabang, Danao City but authorities will strictly impose health and sanitary measures to prevent a repeat of the diarrhea…

Rebuild churches better, govt urged

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/15/2015

The national government should “rebuild better” the churches and other structures of historical value that were damaged by typhoons and the Oct. 15 earthquake so they can withstand similar calamities in the future. Dr. Aitor Anduaga, an…

DOH-7 declares diarrhea outbreak in Danao firm

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/14/2015

The regional office of the Department of Health (DOH-7) has declared a diarrhea outbreak in a Japanese electronics assembly factory in Danao City, northern Cebu. The health agency has started conducting tests yesterday to determine the cause…

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