Discrimination concerns raised as LGBTs celebrate Pride Month

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/24/2017

WHILE at least 100 members from the lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community celebrated Pride Month yesterday through a march from Fuente Osmeña Circle to Plaza Sugbo in Cebu City, they also shared their concerns about…

Fate of new PUJs in Cebu City in limbo

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/20/2017

GROUP’S CONCERNS ON BRT, LRT PROJECTS What will happen to the modernized jeepneys in Cebu when the mass transit projects such as Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and the Light Rail Transit (LRT) are realized? Ryan Benjamin Yu,…

MV Fortuner owner told: Tell us your plans to remove trapped fuel

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/20/2017

TALISAY City officials want to know the plans of the shipping company that owns MV Fortuner, which sank off the waters of Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City, more than a month ago. Councilor Antonio Bacalso Jr., chairman of…

Using Rizal’s life to inspire ‘troubled kids’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/19/2017

Group marks national hero’s 156th birthday by sharing Jose Rizal’s story to Operation Second Chance children Some 100 children in conflict with the law got a glimpse of the life of the country’s national hero, Jose Rizal,…

DPS chief: Half of garbage backlog already disposed

Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/19/2017

  At least half of the more than 3,000 tons of garbage deposits at the Inayawan Sanitary Landfill transfer station were already taken from the area and disposed to a private landfill facility in Barangay Pulpogan in…

Fallen Cebuano soldier laid to rest at the Libingan

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/18/2017

Cebuano fallen soldier Reymund Paracuelles, one of the casualties in the Marawi City siege, was given a hero’s burial, befitting a soldier who died serving his country. Paracuelles, a native of the southwestern Cebu town of Badian,…

Enforce waste segregation at household level, officials told

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/18/2017

CEBU City Hall should “get its act together” in enforcing waste segregation at the household level to help solve the city’s garbage problem, a local representative of the environmental group Greenpeace said yesterday. “Segregation of biodegradable and…

Cebu grads top nursing exam

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/17/2017

Nona Casey Dela Serna Baring was watching a Korean drama on TV when the results of the nursing exam were released last Friday. “I screamed when I learned that I passed and made it to the top…

Pinoys told to lessen rice intake

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/16/2017

FILIPINOS are encouraged to reduce their rice intake because having too much rice would lead to diabetes and obesity. Dr. Parolita Mission, regional nutrition program coordinator of the National Nutrition Council in Central Visayas (NNC-7), said the…

BOHOL SENDS AID

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Benjie B. Talisic, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza 06/15/2017

Bohol, after all, cares. A week after efforts to find the body of Mayor Gisela Boniel of Bien Unido town in Bohol started, Gov. Edgar Chatto decided to release P100,000 in financial assistance to the ongoing search…

Magpale: ‘Unli-rice’ ban anti-poor

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/15/2017

  THE banning of unlimited rice serving in restaurants is anti-poor, according to Cebu Vice Governor Agnes Magpale. Magpale’s comment was sought by the Cebu media yesterday morning following the call of Senator Cynthia Villar to ban…

734 students are Capitol scholars

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/15/2017

Mary Grace Pugoy should have entered college in 2013, but financial constraints stopped her from enrolling. While waiting for a scholarship opportunity back then, Pugoy worked as a sales lady in a mall and pharmacy and later…

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