A Long Walk of Faith

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/01/2018

He had second thoughts on whether he would join the walk or not. Days before he started on the long journey, Neil Mark Galo, 23, doubted if he could make his first Camino along with other pilgrims…

‘Breastmilk is always best for babies’

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 07/31/2018

BIG LATCH ON 2018 When Hilary Overton gave birth to her daughter, Amara, in 2017, she requested that she stay at the Glory Reborn Maternity Clinic for a few days to have people assist her in breastfeeding…

PWD job fair: A new hope

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/28/2018

Anpaul Hilongo had been on a quest for four months now. Hilongo, who just graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology last March submitted applications for various job positions in supermarkets, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies…

The winged ‘barangay captain’

Morexette Marie B. Erram, USJR Intern 07/27/2018

Aside from several cellphones, and a pile of paperwork that needed his signature, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña keeps a container filled with M&Ms on his office table at the Cebu City Hall. But the chocolate candies…

SERGIO’S STRAWBERRY FARM: ‘An answered clamor’

Doris Mae C. Mondragon 07/25/2018

  Cebu’s strawberry farm is located in the fertile valley of Barangay Maloray, Dalaguete, approximately 103 kilometers south of the province. Developed in 2012, the farm was originally a “salad farm” planted with different varieties of lettuce,…

Strawberry farm draws tourists

Doris Mae C. Mondragon 07/24/2018

It was the ill-effects of pesticides and toxic fertilizers that drove an engineer-contractor to turn to organic farming and grow hundreds of strawberries in what has become one of Cebu’s top tourist destinations— Sergio’s Strawberry Farm in…

THE TROUBLE WITH MARIJUANA

Nestle L. Semilla 07/21/2018

Until a law regulating its use in the country is passed, marijuana or cannabis remains illegal in the Philippines. The trouble is, despite the clear and present danger of being caught by authorities using or selling the…

The pain of losing Skyler

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/19/2018

A painting about three meters high and five meters wide on a seawall in Sitio Bato, barangay Ermita, Cebu City, will remind residents of the village of a little boy they once knew and loved dearly. Jose…

A festival of food, stories and books in Barangay Taptap

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 07/18/2018

It was a day of celebration filled with food, stories and books. On one side of the gymnasium was a group of 40 mothers eagerly listening to Cebu Daily News columnist Louella Alix, a noted home cook,…

Forester says: ‘Plant the right trees’

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 07/17/2018

Forester Juan Pablo Yao never grows tired of educating people about the importance of planting the right type of trees. Yao works for the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and has been climbing the mountains of…

Thelma Chiong: Forgiven but not forgotten

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/17/2018

  CHIONG CASE ANNIVERSARY She has not forgotten the pain of losing her two daughters. But 65-year-old Thelma Chiong says that she has learned to forgive the seven men who were found by the courts to have…

Working in a ‘man’s’ world

Nestle L. Semilla 07/14/2018

GARMA, OTIDA, MACATANGAY Society may tend to view women as weak and inferior as they are thrust into gender roles and biases of what women should or shouldn’t do. But make no mistake about it. In the…

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