Mandaue partners with TCI to curb teenage pregnancy

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/13/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – The Mandaue City Government has partnered with The Challenge Initiative International (TCI) to implement programs on adolescent and youth reproductive health, aiming to reduce teenage pregnancies in the city. TCI officials visited Mandaue…

Mandaue City Health Department extends school-based vaccination program

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/13/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – The Mandaue City Health Department is extending its vaccination program for vaccine-preventable diseases for targeted students in public schools throughout the city. City Health Officer Dr. Debra Maria Catulong said on Wednesday, Nov.…

Raymond Garcia offers to pay insurance premium for delivery riders

Emmariel Ares 11/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Christmas came early for over 2, 000 food delivery riders in Cebu City. Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia has promised to personally pay the cost of their accident insurance premium in 2025 that will…

College student falls from terrace during fight with ex-BF, dies

Futch Anthony Inso 11/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A college student died after she reportedly fell from the terrace of a building located along Urgello Street, Brgy. Sambag 1 in Cebu City, at dawn on Wednesday, November 13. Initial investigation by…

Pakistan wedding bus crash: 14 dead, bride survives

11/13/2024

Gilgit, Pakistan—A bus carrying guests home from a wedding plunged into a river in northern Pakistan killing at least 14 people, officials said Wednesday, November 13, 2024, with the bride so far the only known survivor. “There were…

Tolentino: Signing of two landmark maritime laws a victory for PH

11/13/2024

MANILA, Philippines – Senate Majority Leader Francis “Tol” Tolentino hailed the signing of two landmark laws asserting the country’s territorial integrity and rights over all its maritime zones, including the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The twin measures…

Cebu City shooting: Man mistaken as police informant killed

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 11/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines  – A 20-year-old man was shot dead by two assailants in an alleyway in Sitio Kamagong, Barangay Lahug, Cebu City on Wednesday dawn, November 13. Authorities suspect that the deceased victim was mistaken by…

Inflation rate in C. Visayas for October 2024 rises to 2.9% — PSA

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After observing a drop in the inflation rate last September, Central Visayas saw an increase of up to 0.8 percent in October this year. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority in Central Visayas…

Online love scams: Filipinos are top targets

Lisbet K. Esmael - @inquirerdotnet 11/13/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Are you looking for love online? Then you should be wary of finding the wrong love in cybercriminals, who have been targeting Filipinos and cashing in on this. Transunion, a global information and insights…

Duterte dares ICC to start drug war probe: ‘Baka mamatay na ako’

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 11/13/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Former President Rodrigo Duterte has challenged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to immediately begin its investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed during his administration’s anti-drug campaign, saying he might die before the probe…

‘Sextortion’ in Naga: Man nabbed for trying to blackmail girl, 14

Futch Anthony Inso 11/13/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — A 37-year-old man was apprehended in an entrapment operation, after a 14-year-old girl lodged a complaint against him for sextortion on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at around 9:50 a.m. in a lodge in…

Hungarian investors eye Cebu’s agriculture, health sector

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — To bolster diplomatic and economic ties, the Hungarian government has invited Cebu’s business community to join the Hungary Business Council which will take place in Metro Manila this December. A delegation from the…

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