Woman faces charges for burying baby

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/24/2015

A woman from  barangay Panadtaran, San Fernando town in southern Cebu will stand trial for allegedly burying her newborn daughter in  her backyard last year. Jackielyn Soroño was charged with infanticide for the crime of killing  a…

Hammock strangles boy, 6

Rene Alima 12/18/2014

A 6-year-old boy died after his neck got entangled with the rope of a  hammock Tuesday in barangay Perelos, Carcar City, southern Cebu. Everdeve Albrando, a kindergartner, was pronounced dead on arrival at  Carcar Provincial Hospital. SPO3…

Seven babies born amid typhoon’s wrath

Peter L. Romanillos, Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/08/2014

DAANBANTAYAN, Cebu  — Seven babies were born at the town’s district hospital here as rainfall and strong winds caused by Typhoon Ruby hit northern Cebu towns last Saturday night. One of the seven newborns was named by…

Girl, 3 rescued from Pa

Carine M. Asutilla 10/18/2014

A 3-year-old girl was rescued by Cordova Police and the Department of Social Welfare and Development after she was allegedly raped by her father. A concerned neighbor called the attention of the DSWD and the police onThursday…

Mandaue couple turns to Cebu City Hall for legal aid

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/23/2014

Although they are Mandaue City residents, the couple whose premature baby died at childbirth turned to the Cebu City government for legal assistance. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama referred the case of Redjie and Antonieta Torreon to…

DOH 7 starts probe of 2 Cebu hospitals

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/19/2014

A full-blown investigation will be made of two Cebu hospitals that handled a pregnant mother whose delivery on Sept. 14 ended tragically with the death of her son. Regional Director Jaime Bernadas of the Department of Health…

Hospital says baby ‘dead’ when mother was admitted

Carine M. Asutilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/17/2014

The administration of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) said the baby of pregnant Antonieta Torreon was already dead when she reached the hospital’s admission section last Sunday dawn. “This was a case of a previable…

DOH warns CPCMHI vs. pacifiers use

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/04/2014

The Department of Health (DOH) central office has warned the Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House Inc. (CPCMHI) to discontinue the use of pacifiers to quiet newborn babies. DOH-7 added they will closely monitor whether this is…

Baby was punished

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/01/2014

Gov’t probers find hospital ‘negligent’ for using tape, pacifier for boy’s mouth   Baby Johannes whose mouth was taped in a nursery last May was unfairly “punished” for crying and the private hospital in Cebu City where…

Pacifier needed to ‘calm’ baby

06/01/2014

Here is the response of Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House Inc. Medical director to letter of Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella May 28, 2014 Honorable Edgardo C. Labella Acting Mayor Cebu City Dear Honorable Labella,…

Dad starts online campaign to ‘break the silence’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/20/2014

While hospital staff in Cebu City deny knowing who taped the mouth of a newborn boy, the father, Ryan Noval, is taking his grievance to a wider campaign using social media. The Fil-Am bicycle advocate launched a…

‘We didn’t tape baby’

05/18/2014

Four nurses and one midwife on duty denied taping the upper mouth of baby Yohannes in an in-house investigation by the Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House Inc. Lawyer Cornelio Mercado, spokesman of the private hospital, said…

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