Lapu-Lapu City launches Chikiting Ligtas to fight measles, rubella, and polio

Futch Anthony Inso 05/02/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines- The Lapu-Lapu City Government has launched on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, the “Chikiting Ligtas” at the Pajo gymnasium in Barangay Pajo. Chikiting Ligtas is a free supplemental immunization campaign to vaccinate children against measles,…

How children view death

Ruben Encarnacion - @inquirerdotnet 11/06/2021

A parent’s feelings about death often transfer to his child. Treating death as part of life may ease the child’s confusion and fear. A child’s age, emotional development, environment, and experience with death influence his or her…

Matteo gusto nang maging daddy, tinukso-tukso si Sarah: Babies! Babies!

Ervin Santiago 07/27/2021

MUKHANG gustung-gusto na ngang ng magka-baby ng asawa ni Sarah Geronimo na si Matteo Guidicelli. Makalipas ang isang taon at limang buwang kanilang pagsasama bilang married couple ay tila handa na rin sina Sarah at Matteo na mag-level…

Another infant with COVID-19 in Cebu passes away

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A one-month infant from a southern Cebu town, who was earlier confirmed to have the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), passed away on Friday dawn, May 22. Argao Mayor Allan Sesaldo announced in an…

‘Breastmilk is always best for babies’

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 07/31/2018

BIG LATCH ON 2018 When Hilary Overton gave birth to her daughter, Amara, in 2017, she requested that she stay at the Glory Reborn Maternity Clinic for a few days to have people assist her in breastfeeding…

A tree for marginalized mothers and babies

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/21/2017

HILARY Overton was an 18-year-old midwifery student from El Paso, Texas when she first came to Cebu to do missionary work. The daughter of a pastor, Overton was assigned to deliver babies in a clinic located near…

Fruit juices: Bad for babies

Dr. Philip S. Chua 07/02/2017

THE AMERICAN Academy of Pediatric strictly recommends no fruit juices for babies, absolutely no fruit juices at all, before age one, and very limited, if at all, for toddlers and older children. This is a major shift…

Billy Crawford and Coleen Garcia now engaged

Apple Ta-as 12/21/2016

TWO thousand sixteen seems to be the year of celebrity proposals, weddings and babies. This, as another celebrity couple just got engaged. Singer-host Billy Crawford popped the question to her girlfriend for two years, actress Coleen Garcia.…

Obama signs bill requiring diaper stations in men’s cr

10/12/2016

Changing a baby’s dirty diaper in public is truly a struggle for most parents, and the US government has taken notice. President Barrack Obama has approved the Bathroom Accessible in Every Situation Act, also known as the…

US health officials: Zika causes birth defects

04/15/2016

NEW YORK — Confirming the worst fears of many pregnant women in the United States and Latin America, US health officials said Wednesday there is no longer any doubt the Zika virus causes babies to be born…

‘Breast is best’ meet-up for moms at Sundance Residences

PR 07/28/2014

The coos and giggles of babies cozily tucked in their mother’s arms was a welcome sight at the Sundance Residences showroom last July 5 as La Leche League-Cebu Breastfeeding Club held one of their regular Saturday meet-ups…

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