Dengue cases in Central Visayas down

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/21/2014

THE regional office of the Department of Health (DOH-7) reminded the public to remain vigilant against dengue whenever they stock up on water during summer. “Even if it’s not the rainy season, people should be careful about…

Dad starts online campaign to ‘break the silence’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/20/2014

While hospital staff in Cebu City deny knowing who taped the mouth of a newborn boy, the father, Ryan Noval, is taking his grievance to a wider campaign using social media. The Fil-Am bicycle advocate launched a…

DSWD to pay P6.6M to expedite rice release

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/20/2014

The Department of Social Welfare and Development  (DSWD) will pay the  P6.6 million demurrage fee to expedite the release of over 90,000 sacks of rice  donated by Algeria for the typhoon victims. The shipment was part of…

Probers made to wait 3 hours by hospital execs

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/17/2014

One week after the issue surfaced, the Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House has yet to submit an incident report on the taping of a baby’s mouth, the investigation now includes two other agencies aside from the…

‘Pacifiers don’t belong in baby-friendly hospitals’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/14/2014

With three nurses attending to 30 babies in the nursery, staff had their hands full in the Cebu Puericulture and Maternity House on the night baby Johannes was found with his upper mouth taped. “The baby was…

Infant’s mouth taped to hold a pacifier – is that safe protocol?

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/13/2014

An investigation got underway yesterday in a private hospital in Cebu City , where parents of a newborn complained that their son’s upper lip was sealed with tape. The tape was placed to hold a pacifier in…

Newborn’s mouth sealed

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/12/2014

Her first special day as a full-fledged mother was not pleasant. Jasmine, 31, yesterday — Mother’s Day — faced the media to expose what she claimed was the abuse her then five-day-old son experienced at the hands…

MCIA construction won’t affect air base operations

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/12/2014

THE expansion of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) terminal will not hamper the operations of the Benito Ebuen Air Base of the Philippine Air Force. Lt. Col. Marciano Jesus Guevarra, chief of Civil Military Operations of…

Israelis to hold disaster preparedness trainings in Cebu towns in November

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/11/2014

THE Israeli government will conduct trainings on disaster preparedness in Cebu towns starting November. During Thursday’s celebration of Israel’s 66th Independence Day, Israeli Ambassador Menashe Bar-on said it’s one way of “showing our continuous support for the…

Classroom repairs will miss school opening on June 2

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/10/2014

With three weeks to go before  the start of the school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) will finally bid out to contractors the partial rehabilitation of public schools in north Cebu damaged by  Supertyphoon Yolanda. Most…

Fare hike petitions hearings to be decentralized to regions

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/09/2014

The Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is doing away with holding fare hike consultation hearings in Manila. LTFRB Chairman Winston Ginez announced in yesterday’s Transport Summit that fare hike petition process will instead be held in…

LTFRB: No old school buses allowed by 2015

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/09/2014

BEGINNING January 2015, old model school buses or service vehicles will no longer allowed to ferry students to and from schools. Land Transporation Franchising Regulatory Board Chairman Winston Ginez made this announcement yesterday. He said school bus…

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