Rescuing hope: A Cebuana fur mom’s journey to free impounded animals

Immae Lachica 05/09/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The dream is to free all impounded animals. This Cebuana fur mother and animal advocate, Careen, is sharing her story on her dream to rescue all animals in pounds and give them a fur-ever…

80 rescued dogs from pound in Cebu sparks happiness online

Immae Lachica 05/08/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines— One successful rescue mission at a time. Cebuana private rescuer and animal advocate Careen Tan, shared on her Facebook account a reel of the 80 rescued dogs from the Danao City Pound. In her…

Cebu lost 10,000 hectares of tree cover in the past 20 years

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For the past two decades, deforestation in Cebu had resulted in the loss of thousands of hectares of tree cover equivalent to the land area of Bantayan Island. Data from the Global Forest…

How failures motivated this Cebu topnotcher to succeed

Pia Piquero 05/05/2024

Always go back to the basics. Many exam takers often overlook the basics because “they are just basics.” They believed they were confident enough to master the basic levels, so they focused on advanced topics, thinking those were…

Labor Day 2024: Cebu engineer honors construction workers

Immae Lachica 05/01/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Nothing beats a simple act of kindness after a long day at work. In this story, a civil engineer who was on his way home chanced upon five construction workers who were walking along…

Labor Day 2024: Loving the job that you have

Immae Lachica 05/01/2024

CEBU CTY, Philippines— “I love my job.” This is a mantra that most of us would say to convince ourselves that every time we clock in for work, we should not feel like its an obligation that…

Judge Olivia Mende: A Boholana judge’s journey through life with cancer

Pia Piquero 04/27/2024

BOHOL, Philippines – The hallowed halls of justice have been her battleground for 17 years. Cloaked in her judicial robes and wearing her usual poker-faced resolve, she always defends integrity and justice in the courtroom. She is…

‘Water, water nowhere’: Cebu City farmers reel from ‘worst El Niño’ yet

Immae Lachica, Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/24/2024

Photos by Christian Dave Cuizon CEBU CITY, Philippines – A typical, healthy cob of sweetcorn usually measures at least six inches. But the ones growing on the farmland of James Tumulak of Brgy. Sirao, Cebu City barely…

EXPLAINER: Why ‘innocent’ drivers get arrested in road accidents

Emmariel Ares 04/24/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — In the event of a road accident involving two or more vehicles, authorities typically take an individual believed to have caused the accident into custody after an investigation. However, there are certain incidents…

3 stand-alone books that may help fix your ‘reading slump’

Jessa Ngojo - CDN Social Media Specialist 04/23/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – You may not be the only one with stacks of unwrapped books just lurking in the corner, waiting for you to lay your eyes on them. You may have enjoyed reading during your…

Argao hero: Mechanic rushes inside burning house to save 3 kids

Immae Lachica 04/23/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Selflessness reigned supreme last April 20 when a mechanic risked his own life to save people trapped inside a burning house in Argao town in southern Cebu. Christopher Barrit Deluna, a native of Manlapay,…

Extreme drought hits Cebu City: Farmer decides ‘free harvest’ for tomatoes

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 04/23/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — He is giving out his tomatoes for free but not because of the abundance in harvest. He is Emelio Secretaria, a farmer who owns four hectares of farmland nestled in Barangay Sudlon 2,…

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