MFGM: Promising breakthrough in pediatric nutrition

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 09/03/2017

While breast milk remains as the best food for babies, scientists and experts have discovered the latest breakthrough in pediatric nutrition—milk fat globule membrane or MFGM—which several studies have proven to contribute in the behavioral or EQ…

Center for street children to rise in Cebu – Palma

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc 08/02/2017

The Cebu Archdiocese will build a facility that will cater to the needs of the street children. This was said the Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma yesterday. Palma said the construction of the building called “Abtanan sa Kalooy,”…

Couple, children nabbed for drugs in Consolacion

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc 07/29/2017

POLICE arrested a job-order employee of the Consolacion municipal government along with his wife and four children who allegedly recruited minors to deliver drugs to their customers. Senior Insp. Romeo Caacoy, deputy chief of the Consolacion police…

Ex-cop shot dead wife and 2 children before killing self

Jhunnex Napallacan, Winston Ensomo 07/23/2017

  A policeman dismissed from service killed his wife and two children before committing suicide early today at their residence in Barangay Valladolid, Carcar City. The ex-cop, identified as Joel Lopez, was found dead near the door…

DOH-7 starts campaign to deworm children

Visayas State University Intern Angenette Jugan 07/05/2017

THE Department of Health in the Central Visayas (DOH-7) has started its campaign to deworm all the schoolchildren in the region yesterday. This is in line with the celebration of Deworming of School Children Month. The campaign…

Parents’ nasty split harms kids’ health for decades

AFP 07/02/2017

  MIAMI — When children live through a contentious divorce or separation by their parents, the fallout appears to harm their health for decades, even into adulthood, according to a research. The study involved 201 healthy adults…

Gender in the curriculum

Sofia Aliño Logarta 06/07/2017

Many reasons encourage us to integrate gender within the curriculum. As I have previously mentioned, it would help us understand certain social issues like violence against women. If we trap people in their gender roles, we would…

New measures, the LRT and Mega Cebu

Ricky Poca 05/22/2017

Our government approved some bold measures last week. These are namely the Anti-Distracted Driving law, the ban of children from riding motorcycles and the ban on smoking in public areas. The Anti-Distracted Driving law, which prohibits distraction…

Spanked children more likely to defy parents, be anti-social

05/05/2017

Spanking, or the act of slapping a child’s buttocks, as a form of punishment has been some sort of a ritual in a lot of households. This disciplinary measure has been accepted as a societal norm in…

Lapu fire destroys 45 homes

Norman V. Mendoza 05/01/2017

ABOUT 45 houses were destroyed and three were damaged by a fire that hit Sitio Caimitohan Sudtunggan in Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City yesterday morning. Senior Fire Officer Climaco Salisid of the Lapu-Lapu City Fire Central District said…

Syrians in frantic search for their children after blast

04/19/2017

BAB AL-HAWA, Syria — Fatima Rashid was recovering in a Syrian hospital after a deadly suicide blast when she glanced at a teenager with a bloody, disfigured face. She did not recognize her daughter. The wounded teenager…

PWD’s struggle and success

PR 04/02/2017

If you happen to visit the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) office in Barangay Carreta, Cebu City, you have probably met or seen this guy in his wheelchair behind the cashier counter.…

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