Rescued dogs, puppies up for adoption

Immae Lachica 03/09/2019

LOOK: The Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF) Cebu City and the Island Rescue Organization (IRO) are looking for new homes for their rescued dogs and puppies. Drop by Parkmall in Mandaue City today from 10…

Senate okays simplified adoption process

Inquirer.net 12/10/2018

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading a measure that would simplify the adoption process in the country. Seventeen senators voted to approve Senate Bill 2081, or the Simulated Birth Rectification…

Childless couples told: No shortcuts to adoption

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 03/11/2018

JEN, not her real name, said she planned to adopt her friend’s baby as soon as she gave birth. She told Cebu Daily News that her friend, who’s nine-months pregnant, is willing to entrust her son to…

Stray dogs for adoption

Rosalie Abatayo 02/14/2018

  Five-month old Atlas looks like any ordinary dog that you see on the street, except for a mark around her neck that reminds of a painful journey.   A plastic straw, believed to have been used…

Palace welcomes UNHRC adoption of PH human rights report in Geneva

Inquirer.net 09/23/2017

  The Malacañang on Saturday welcomed the United Nation Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) final adoption of the third Philippine Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report. “The adoption of the Philippine UPR Report in Geneva recognizes the human rights…

Arroyo bill seeks to create child adoption authority

Inquirer.net 07/13/2017

In a bid to speed up adoption, former president now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo proposed a bill to address the problem of “overaged children” who are deemed unfit for adoption by unifying all adoption laws and creating…

DSWD marks Adoption Consciousness Week

02/22/2017

Ten child-caring agencies attended the opening salvo of the Adoption Consciousness Week celebration last February 11. The weeklong celebration started with a motorcade along the major thoroughfares of Cebu City and culminated with a program held at…

Who takes care of the orphaned children?

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/03/2016

THIS 11-year-old boy has just been orphaned along with his four siblings — aged 5, 8, 13 and 17 — their parents’ bodies riddled with gunshot wounds found lying inside the cemetery of Banacon Island a day…

Child caring agencies join observance of Adoption Consciousness Week

03/19/2016

TEN child caring agencies attended the opening program of the Adoption Consciousness Week celebration last month. It was participated in by the Albert Schweitzer Familienwerk Foundation, Asilo dela Milagrosa, Children Shelter of Cebu, Pari-an Drop in Center,…

DWSD sets activities for Adoption Month

02/01/2016

The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD- 7) has lined up various activities in celebration of the Adoption Consciousness Month. These activities that will be done in partnership with the Department of the…

Many want to adopt abandoned ‘Baby Boy X’

Norman V. Mendoza 11/26/2015

SEVERAL people have shown interest in adopting “Baby Boy X,” the newborn  who was found in a shopping  bag at the roadside in barangay Basak last Tuesday.( Read : Who left newborn in shopping bag? ) “Ubay-ubay…

Fil-Am traces roots to Cebu

Apple Ta-as 06/28/2015

Filipino-American James Beni Wilson spent most of his 25 years wondering about his real parents. As an adopted child growing up in Michigan, USA, he was teased by playmates about his brown skin. “I always thought that…

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