Customs revamp to affect Cebu unit

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/16/2014

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) is reshuffling its 144 intelligence personnel nationwide of which more than 20 are assigned in Cebu. “The reshuffling of intelligence personnel has not been implemented for a long time that is why…

PCG insists on salvaging sunken 2GO ship

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/16/2014

AUTHORITIES are firm on their stand to compel the owner of the ill-fated MV St Thomas Aquinas to salvage the wreck from the seabed of Lauis Ledge. A Philippine Coast Guard official earlier reiterated their warning that…

Seek justice for King

Apple Ta-as, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/15/2014

Still in shock over the murder of their patriarch, family members of 57-year-old businessman Richard King of the Crown Regency hotel chain retreated behind a wall of privacy when his remains were flown to Cebu yesterday. A…

Madridejos gets P71M for shelter, work-for-hire aid

Inquirer, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/15/2014

The Department of Social Welfare and Development released P71.7 million for its Emergency Shelter Assistance and Cash-for-Work programs in Madridejos, Northern Cebu, which was affected by supertyphoon Yolanda. Regional Director Mercedita Jabagat of the Department of Social…

Anti-pork convenors push for more signatures

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/13/2014

A WOMAN showed up handcuffed to a wheelchair and wearing a “Janet Napoles” mask . She was pushed by another rallyist wearing a President Aquino mask which also drew the crowd’s attention yesterday. Hundreds gathered at the…

Civic – military parade, anti-pork rally today

Carine M. Asutilla, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza 06/12/2014

Today’s Independence Day in Metro Cebu will be celebrated with parades, flag honors , a fun run, Mass and flower offerings organized by various local government units. Citizens lobbying against the pork barrel will also hold an…

Rama wants a hand in BRT management

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/11/2014

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama wants the Cebu City government to be actively involved in the operations of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in the city. Rama flew to Manila to meet with representatives from World Bank…

Draft ordinance seeks to ban taping of babies

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/10/2014

A proposed ordinance banning the act of sealing a child’s mouth with tape was passed on first reading by the Cebu Provincial Board yesterday. The move was prompted by the controversy in the Cebu Puericulture Center and…

Midwives cleared of gross neglect raps

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/09/2014

TWO midwives were exonerated in relation to the July 20, 2013-incident in Badian, southern Cebu wherein a mother lost her baby after she was allegedly turned away from a government-run birthing center. The anti-graft office dismissed the…

DSWD distributes rice to typhoon victims

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/07/2014

THE Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWD) in Region 7 started to distribute the 126,920 sacks of rice donated by the Algerian government to supertyphoon Yolanda victims in northern Cebu and Tacloban City. The Bureau of…

Dept. of Health withholds certificate for maternity hospital

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/07/2014

After an inspection last Tuesday, the Department of Health (DOH)-7 is not certifying the Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House, Inc. as a mother-baby friendly hospital. It was the third round of assessment for the maternity hospital…

Taping baby’s mouth ‘corporal punishment’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/05/2014

Seven lapses were initially identified yesterday by an inter-agency panel looking into the case of baby Yohannes whose mouth was taped to hold a pacifier in place last May 9 in a private hospital. The taping is…

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