Yolanda: A wake-up call for Pagasa

Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/05/2018

FIVE YEARS AFTER (Part 1 of a CDN special report on Super Typhoon Yolanda which hit the country on November 8, 2013) Five years after Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) made landfall on the 8th of November 2013,…

Living with the dead

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/04/2018

CEBU CHINESE CEMETERY Never in her life did Janeth Hermogino expect to live among the dead. But the mother of five children, who earns a living doing laundry, now finds herself sleeping inside what used to be…

MCIAA NOW ISO-CERTIFIED

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 11/03/2018

After 28 years since it was created, the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) has finally met the international standards for quality management system. This after the MCIAA has complied with the requirements and passed the accreditation process…

DEARLY DEPARTED PETS

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/03/2018

Sometimes people love their pets, they see their pets as equivalent to humans who deserve a dignified death. While an estimated two million people flocked to cemeteries across Cebu province for the commemoration of All Saints’ Day…

‘LET THE TRUTH COME OUT’

Ador Vincent Mayol, Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio, Nestle L. Semilla 11/02/2018

PALMA BACKS SENATE PROBE INTO CEBU KILLINGS Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma on Friday expressed full support for the Senate inquiry into the series of killings in the island, saying the truth must come out and justice must…

Comfortable with the dead

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 11/02/2018

Usahay madala sad ka sa emosyon. Tawo ra gud ta. Mao nga mopalayo lang sa mi ug dili mi moduol sa ilaha kon gahilak pa. Unlike most times of the year, the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Cemetery…

Accountability in the war on drugs

11/01/2018

A news story on an ongoing assessment by the Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG) on anti-drug councils nationwide came on the heels of the sacking of Customs officials and their replacement with soldiers after more…

IDENTIFY, PROSECUTE ‘HITMEN COPS’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 11/01/2018

CEBU OFFICIALS, CHR-7 TO PNP: Local officials in Cebu are now urging authorities to probe into the claims of a top police official in Central Visayas that some policemen in the province are active hitmen hired by…

Landslide victims remember their dead

Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/01/2018

NAGA CITY Seventy-five-year-old Anacorita Lobiano used to spend All Souls’ Day visiting her departed parents and other relatives together with her daughters Anabelle, Aracelie and Analiza, and great grandchild Lance. The Lobianos would stay at the cemetery,…

Palina: A pagan belief

Nestle L. Semilla 10/31/2018

Evanron Barcelon will not leave the cemetery unless she has done ‘palina’ — a ritual, borne out of superstition. The ritual, practiced by many Catholics, involves getting immersed in smoke coming from dried leaves, twigs and weeds…

Honoring the dead with flowers

Gerard Vincent Francisco 10/30/2018

As October ends, people from all walks of life begin to pay homage to their dearly departed to commemorate two of the most important dates of the year — All Saints’ Day and All Soul’s Day this…

Centuries of honoring the dead

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/29/2018

VISAYAN HISTORY While strong Christian influences mark Filipino culture, research by the University of San Carlos (USC) showed that certain pre-colonial practices had been retained such as those that revere the dead. USC professor, Dr. Jobers Bersales,…

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