Myriad people flock to Indian city to swallow live fish with ‘miracle cure’ to asthma

06/16/2024

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A mother encourages her daughter to fully open her mouth to swallow a live fish holding “the medicine” she believes will help cure her child’s asthma, as scores clamor about, gulping down their…

DOH reports slight increase in prices of antihypertensive drugs

Zacarian Sarao - Reporter / @zacariansINQ 01/26/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Prices of antihypertensive medicines slightly increased due to the rising inflation, as well as the depreciation of the Philippine peso, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday. This was based on the DOH’s price…

OFW found dead in hotel quarantine facility in Cebu City, family calls for investigation

Dyrecka Letigio 09/09/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mercidita Torbeso, 53, worked as a teacher in Cambodia for six years, to earn a living for her family in Barangay Lawaan 2, Talisay City. She was eager to go home on September…

Asthma and COVID fears: Looking back at a challenging year

Dennis Singson 02/04/2021

(As CDN Digital turns two this month, we give you, readers, a glimpse of the people behind the news of one of Cebu’s leading online news portals.) CEBU CITY, Philippines — She suffers from asthma every now…

Carmen, Bohol police chief negative of COVID-19

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The police chief of Carmen, Bohol, who died last July 3, 2020, was negative of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus. Police Colonel Joselito Clarito, Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO) chief, confirmed this Sunday,…

Did haze cause female college student’s demise in Cebu?

Futch Anthony Inso, Rosalie Abatayo 09/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines ⁠—The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) is not confirming reports that a female college student from Cebu did indeed die because of the haze that blanketed Metro Cebu in the past days.…

#PRESYO MERKADO: Sweet Potato

Immae A. Lachica 09/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Sweet potato locally known as camote is a sweet-tasting starchy tuberous crop. This can be eaten whole or peeled.  Even the leaves are edible too. This root crop is popular in both urban…

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