Park by the Fort

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 10/27/2017

I recently started a museum-hopping campaign for my blog to get our three mutants out of the house and visit museums and galleries in Cebu which showcase part of their Filipino culture and heritage. We conquered Fort…

BFAR intensifies campaign to protect aquatic resources

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 10/24/2017

FISH CONSERVATION WEEK THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas (BFAR-7) has intensified its awareness campaign on the protection of aquatic resources. During the celebration of the 54th Fish Conservation Week from October 16…

Opposition backs review of anti-drug campaign

Inna Gian Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Norman V. Mendoza 10/12/2017

SOME Barug Team Rama councilors supported yesterday the decision of Cebu City barangays to temporarily suspend the labeling of “drug-free” houses pending review. While they were mixed over the campaign initiated by Barangay Ermita, the opposition bloc…

Governor gives alternative to shame campaign: Jobs

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morexette B. Erram 10/09/2017

Provide drug users and surrenderers jobs that can help the community. Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III suggested this alternative instead of implementing different versions of the shame campaign done by some barangays in Cebu and Lapu-Lapu cities.…

ERMITA TO ROLL OUT SHAME CAMPAIGN

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morexette B. Erram 10/07/2017

RUPINTA BACKTRACKS, EXPANDS ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN Ermita Barangay Captain Felicisimo “Imok” Rupinta has changed his mind anew. Less than 24 hours after he decided to stop attaching tarpaulins on houses they identified as “drug-free,” the controversial village chief…

Osmeña, Zafra back Ermita’s campaign

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/05/2017

STRESS the deed, not the doer. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña had this to say yesterday when asked for comment on the campaign of Barangay Ermita officials to put tarpaulins on identified drug-free households in the barangay.…

Pro-Duterte group to campaign for change, end of poverty

Chris A. Ligan, Migeul Ernest Ermac 10/02/2017

In celebration of their first anniversary, the Kilusang Pagbabago (KP) in Cebu is organizing a gathering on Saturday to especially renew their commitment of support for the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. KP will also be launching…

Babag officials intensify anti-illegal drug campaign

Miguel Ernest Ermac, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Norman V. Mendoza 09/15/2017

  Inspired by Barangay Pajo’s aggressive anti-illegal drug campaign, another village in Lapu-Lapu City has launched a similar campaign but minus the “shaming.” Babag Barangay Captain Epifania Augusto led her councilors and village workers in going around…

‘Shame campaign has public support’

Chris A. Ligan 09/13/2017

There is no stopping Barangay Pajo Chairman Junard Chan of Lapu-Lapu City from spray-painting houses as part of his anti-drug campaign despite the threat of charges by the regional Commission on Human Rights (CHR-7). But in yesterday’s…

Stopping the shame campaign

Editorial 09/13/2017

Would the threat of charges in court be enough to stop Pajo Barangay Captain Junard Chan of Lapu-Lapu City from continuing the shame campaign he launched in his area? Chan said he would stop it, but his…

Shame campaign to continue despite appeal from CHR

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 09/06/2017

The shame campaign initiated by Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City Barangay Captain will continue despite appeals from the Commission on Human Rights to stop it. Pajo Barangay Captain Junard Chan claimed that CHR chief investigator Leo Villarino told him…

DOH steps up campaign against encephalitis cases

Futch Anthony Inso 09/06/2017

EVEN with only one recorded case of Japanese encephalitis (JE), the regional Department of Health (DOH-7) office said it will intensify its campaign against the disease. Renan Cimafranca, Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (Resu) coordinator, said the…

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