Cats in the office

Morexette Marie Erram 11/12/2018

There are over 40 workers at the office of the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF) located inside the now-defunct Cebu City Slaughterhouse at the North Reclamation Area (NRA) in Mandaue City. But six of them…

The widow’s story

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 11/10/2018

In the Brooklyn Museum hangs a watercolor painting by James Joseph Jacques Tissot, a French artist who lived towards the end of the twentieth century. It depicts a scene that Mark writes about in his Gospel, in…

WELCOME RELIEF: PARTY AT NAGA EVACUATION CENTER

Zena V. Magto 11/10/2018

  No matter how small the help is, it will really go a long way to make people happy. As an old saying goes, birthdays are blessings that need to be shared. For Kate Uy Estrera, nothing…

SEARCH ON FOR MISSING SK CHAIRMAN

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/10/2018

Where is Reynell Cantilla? The police of Badian town in southwestern Cebu have mobilized its force to search for Cantilla, the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairman of Barangay Tigbao of the town, who went missing at around 10…

Inflation: An election issue

11/09/2018

Soon the Advent season will arrive and after this, the season of Christmas. Small to big time traders are trying to cash in and have started to raise prices of goods and services. It is incumbent upon…

4TH BRIDGE TO START NEXT YEAR

Irene R. Sino Cruz 11/09/2018

Feasibility study on new Mandaue-Mactan Bridge set in January; construction to follow after 8 months  Barring hitches in the project implementation, the construction of the 4th Mandaue-Mactan Bridge will start late next year. The feasibility study for…

Yolanda: Pictures of a tragedy

Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/09/2018

Five years after Super Typhoon Yolanda’s trail wrecked Anibong District, the most gravely affected part of Tacloban City, survivors continue to cry for help to get back on their feet. For some children of the district’s Barangay…

Automatic fare adjustment

11/08/2018

Any plans by government to implement an automated fare adjustment rate system should ultimately benefit the commuter and not be one-sided in favor of transport operators. The plan was floated by the regional Land Transportation Franchising and…

Christmas is in the air, prices go up as well

Futch Anthony Inso 11/08/2018

As early as now, Susana Navarro, 52, is already planning on what to prepare for Noche Buena on Christmas Eve on December 24, in celebration for the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25. Navarro used to…

Yolanda: Seeing beyond

Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/08/2018

FIVE YEARS AFTER Nothing was left except ourselves. How do we begin? Where will I get shelter for my big family. “Hindi dapat matapos sa isang delubyo ang buhay ng tao (A person’s life should not end…

Life after Yolanda

Michelle Joy Padayhag and Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/08/2018

It was early morning of November 8, 2013, when their lives changed after Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) battered northern Cebu and the rest of the Visayas region. With the blink of an eye, what they…

Yolanda: Post-disaster management innovations

Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/06/2018

Five years after Uncoordinated response, a lack of equipment, and a lack of able personnel. These were among the challenges faced by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) during its response to the havoc…

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