Many Filipinos knew by heart the Korean phrases like “annyeonghaseyo” (hello) or “kamsahamnida” (thank you) due to their fascination with Koreanovelas, especially now that they had to stay home due to the COVID-19 community quarantine. “Kingdom” is one interesting Netflix series…
Suicide reports due to depression are sad manifestations of the negative mental health effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Pandemic anxiety can be overwhelming which if not handled properly may become emotional, physical and economic…
The month of May has three significant dates for us: Mothers’ day, Mama’s birthday and her death anniversary. My mother, fondly called Mama Linda, died on May 17, 2002 due to pericarditis and lymphoma three days after she celebrated…
I thank the management of Cebu Daily News, as it continues to explore avenues to meet the challenges of time. CDN has always exercised editorial independence, refusing to kowtow or bow down to vested interest. Indeed, the…
Nostalgia is a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time. For some, music can be a strong trigger of nostalgia of adolescence and discovering one’s identity. The soundtrack in the 1990s was dominated by…
Mas maayo’ng moresign, kung may delicadeza pa si Lapu-Lapu City Social Worker Officer I, Ma. Eleonor Feliciano, tungod sa pag-apil sa iyang lima ka mga miyembro sa pamilya nga sagad kanila dili kuwalipikado sa Social Amelioration…
Before this COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), we had always thought that congestion was just something we can live with, like a “necessary evil.” Our politicians did little to solve the problem, among the many reasons being…
One of my still-to-be-fulfilled dreams is to huddle colleagues and to ask what shaped them to pursue this challenging field of protecting and defending our natural life support system. It is certainly in a tougher arena…
I do not want to sound pessimistic. But if you look at another virus that has killed millions of humans in recent past, the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV, no vaccine has been produced yet some…
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Inquirer.net is constrained to take a step back and reassess its operation in Cebu. As a result, CDN Digital columnists were advised to end our tasks effective end of this…
“Serve the people. Do not betray your humanity.” Words that should guide the new lawyers according to Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen in his Twitter account. The Supreme Court released last week the results of…
After a month and a half of “house arrest”, irate senior citizens in Luzon could take it no longer and slammed the Inter Agency Task Force on COVID-19 after it declared that the order banning them…
