On Arcilla’s act: For official abuse also!

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 04/19/2018

When I learned about the issue on a red plate vehicle being spotted at Safari Adventure Park in Carmen, Cebu on a Sunday, I remembered a story of a good husband and a responsible father. The story…

More than meets the eye in the FB data privacy abuse

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 04/16/2018

Supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte are mad at Facebook for tapping Vera Files and Rappler as third-party fact checkers that will review news stories possibly containing false information. The FB vote of confidence for Presidential pet peeves,…

Ombudsman dismisses abuse of authority complaint vs. Tom

Nestle L. Semilla 02/10/2018

The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed a complaint filed by a former Cebu City Hall employee against Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña accusing him of abuse of authority. The anti-graft office has not found any probable…

Website calls on public to unite in fight against sexual abuse online

Steffi Kyle E. Nolido 12/12/2017

FAMILIES, schools, private industries and the government are called to work together in protecting children from sexual exploitation and abuse online through helping develop a platform where children are safe and guarded. One platform is AlamBaU.ph, a…

Child abuse suspect jailed in Balamban

Benjie B. Talisic 12/06/2017

A person facing child abuse charges was arrested by police in Barangay Prenza, Balamban town in Cebu at 8 am Wednesday. Chief Insp. Janeth Raffter of the Balamban police said the 23-year-old suspect identified as Ariel Sabalande,…

‘Teen pregnancy, sexual abuse, bullying’

Inquirer.net 11/23/2017

Issues such as corporal punishment, teenage pregnancy and sexual abuse are among the most pressing concerns that personally affect Filipino children today. In a children’s assembly organized by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), 32 children from…

Student ‘behaving erratically’ before fatal jump

Agnes Alpuerto, Benjie Talisic, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/28/2017

THE school whose building was the site where a senior high school student jumped off to her death voiced its shock on the incident and disclosed details that may have led to her suicide Thursday afternoon. In…

Cebu millennials: Martial law can lead to abuse of power

Migeul Ernest Ermac, Morexette B. Erram, USJ-R Intern Rosalie Abatayo 09/20/2017

Forty-five years after it was declared by the late president Ferdinand Marcos, millennials have different perspectives on how martial law had impacted the country’s history and its people. Yet Cebuano millenials Ivan Rey Tan, Ted Frances Servano…

Response to sexual abuse

Sofia Aliño Logarta 08/09/2017

Recent cases of sexual abuse, especially of minors, move us to reflect on certain characteristics of our society. The report on incest shows how some parents view their children. Fathers in the case of incest feel they…

Uncertainty amid Sona

07/23/2017

Clouds of uncertainty have hovered over the Duterte presidency in the past few months, and the growing public concern mostly stems from its willingness to resort to extreme measures such as martial law to justify its efforts…

Capitol extends aid to abuse victims

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/30/2017

Social workers will be sent to the towns of Catmon and Carmen in northern Cebu next Monday in response to the string of child abuse cases that occurred there. Hedda Largo, gender and development officer of the…

Minglanilla cops rule out kidnap rap against six arrested suspects

Nestle L. Semilla 03/18/2017

THE Minglanilla olice will only file a child abuse complaint against the six individuals who were arrested last Thursday for allegedly attempting to kidnap four students of the Minglanilla Central School. Chief Supt. Dexter Calacar, Minglanilla police…

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