Kaye Abad gives birth to son Joaquin on Paul Jake Castillo’s birthday

Mich Padayhag 12/23/2017

CELEBRITY couple Kaye Abad and Paul Jake Castillo received an advance gift three days before Christmas Day. Abad gave birth to their firstborn Joaquin on Friday, December 22, the same day Castillo celebrated his 33rd birthday. The…

Caloy Juapo: Swedish at birth, Cebuano by heart

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/11/2017

IF YOU haven’t seen him in person, you’d think that this guy singing Bisaya songs is pure-blooded Cebuano. Meet Carl John Kihl or more popularly known as Caloy Juapo here in Cebu, a 28-year-old Swedish national and…

Pauleen Luna-Sotto gives birth to baby girl

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/06/2017

“EAT Bulaga” host and actress Pauleen Luna-Sotto is now a mother. Her husband, comedian Vic Sotto, made the announcement yesterday — in his typical “Bossing” manner — during the “Juan for All, All for Juan” segment of the noontime…

Tomb raider

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 11/03/2017

Eleven years ago, I started a practice on All Souls’ Day where I bring along flowers and candles to public cemeteries. I would scan the tombs and ask caretakers which ones do not have “visitors.” I normally…

The First Christmas Tree

Francis B. Ongkingco 12/23/2016

Where will we get firewood, daddy?” Young Amos asked. “There, the dead tree,” he pointed at a leafless tree. Amos ran to the tree snapped off the smaller twigs. But as he tried breaking the bigger branches,…

The fifth magi

Francis B. Ongkingco 12/16/2016

Their names were: Balthasar, Melchor and Gaspar.” Jamie’s mother read. “Why are they called magi, Mommy?” “It also means a wise man, honey.” She gently closed the Bible. “And after visiting Jesus in the manger, they gave…

Marcos burial at the LNMB a revision of history

John Carlo Villaruel 11/30/2016

THIS is a revision of history. When a dictator who was ousted by People Power will be buried in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, we are made a laughing stock in the entire world. Only in the…

Kaizen

Hidelito Pascual 11/08/2016

Experts in organizational change management always give the warning that “the status quo is more dangerous than the unknown.” There are only three things that are permanent in this world: taxes, death and yes, change. As you…

Osmeña clan marks 138th birth anniversary of Sergio Osmeña Sr.

Izobelle T. Pulgo 09/09/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmena pointed out the irony of his grandfather don Sergio Osmena Sr.’s title as the “Grand Old Man of Cebu”, saying his greatest accomplishments were done when he was a young man. In…

Botched baby delivery

Editorial 06/23/2016

It will be the word of the couple Edalene and Roldan Añosa against the staff of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) who, despite her doctor’s advice, insisted on a normal delivery for their baby son…

Police asked to probe VSMMC staff

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/15/2016

The couple who lost a son at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) asked the Cebu City police to investigate the doctors and staff that they blamed for his death. Edalene Añosa and husband Roldan told…

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