Proposed StRAW Ordinance: Guide to recognize, promote, protect students’ rights in Cebu City pushed 

CDN Digital 02/03/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Students in Cebu City will soon have a guide outlining their rights and freedoms to be promoted, recognized and protected inside and outside campuses in the city.  This will happen if a proposed…

School suicides

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 02/03/2023

Some 404 basic education students, according to Department of Education (DepEd) figures, committed suicide in academic year 2021-2022. That figure is not small, considering that 2,147 students in the same period did not succeed in doing so.…

Senior high students of Mandaue nat’l high school show entrepreneurial skills in one-day bazaar 

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/02/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Senior high students of the Mandaue City Comprehensive National High School (MCCNHS) showcased their entrepreneural skills in a one-day bazaar organized on Thursday, Feb. 2. Each group set up a booth displaying a…

U.S. Peace Corps volunteers return to the Philippines including Cebu

02/02/2023

MANILA, Philippines —On January 30, nearly 40 American volunteers arrived in the Philippines to resume the U.S. Peace Corps’ work in the sectors of education, youth development, and coastal resource management for the benefit of communities across…

An angel sent from above: Meet Angyl Fayth Ababat, the hero nursing student from Leyte 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/02/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Angyl Fayth Ababat received the message she and her friends have been dreading since videos of them in downtown Cebu City, in their school uniforms, went viral on social media.  Fayth, a sophomore…

Naga cops probe death of dogs in a subdivision allegedly due to poisoning

Futch Anthony Inso 02/02/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Naga City Police Station is investigating the alleged poisoning of dogs in a subdivision of this southern city in Cebu. Police Lieutenant Colonel Junnel Caadlawon, chief of Naga Police Station, said that…

Cashless transaction for business, transport groups in Lapu to be launched on Feb 17

Futch Anthony Inso 02/02/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Government will introduce cashless transactions to the city’s establishments and transport groups on February 17, 2023. The Paleng-QR PH program was adopted by the LGU last year in partnership with the…

Early Warning Systems of Mandaue: Most of them already fixed, operational

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/02/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Almost all of the Early Warning Systems (EWS) of the Mandaue City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) are now operational. CDRRMO Assistant Department Head Karlo Cabahug, said that only the EWS…

Cebu City TMC Board wary of traffic lights’ contractor’s claims

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 02/02/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Traffic Management Coordination Committee or TMC Board has expressed apprehension on the claims of the contractor behind the 2020 Digitalized Traffic Light System Project that the system that it was…

Ballesteros on Cebu City’s bid to host Palaro: It’s high time; they should prepare right now

Glendale G. Rosal 02/02/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The announcement of Cebu City to bid to host the Palarong Pambansa next year created a buzz in the local sports community, and one of the most excited of this is renowned multi-sports…

Cataraja on OPBF super flyweight title showdown with Heno: I am ready

Glendale G. Rosal 02/02/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Unbeaten world-rated prospect Kevin Jake “KJ” Cataraja said his months long preparation would be his key in beating Edward Heno in their Feb. 11, 2023 showdown for the vacant Oriental and Pacific Boxing…

Councilor Gealon files resolution commending nursing student’s heroic act

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 02/02/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Angyl Faith Ababat’s heroic deed as a nursing student saving the life of a fruit vendor whose neck got slashed by her live-in partner did not go unnoticed. Cebu City Councilor Rey Gealon,…

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