Mayor Radaza vows to continue her daughter’s Senior Citizen’s Park project

Futch Anthony Inso 06/09/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Outgoing Lapu-lapu City Paz Radaza vows to continue the construction of the Senior Citizen’s Park which would be situated under the Mandaue-Mactan Bridge, when she sits as the new congresswoman in the lone…

Cebu City senior citizens to receive P2K on Saturday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City senior citizens are expected to receive the third tranche of their senior citizen allowance on Saturday, May 18, at their respective barangay halls. According to Lourdes Limpangog, acting city director of…

Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu to release cash aid to 43K senior citizens

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 12/08/2018

NEARLY 43,000 senior citizens in Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue cities will receive their cash assistance tomorrow (Sunday, Dec. 9) for Lapu-Lapu seniors and from Monday (Dec. 10) to Friday (Dec. 14) for Mandaue senior beneficiaries. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor…

Cebu-based group denounces Duterte’s tirades against Catholic Church, God

Ador Mayol 07/09/2018

  A group composed of senior citizens in Cebu has denounced President Rodrigo Duterte’s tirades against the Catholic Church and God, saying it offends religious feelings and emboldens his followers to go after priests and lay people.…

Senior citizens in Talisay City to enjoy increase in financial assistance

John Michael Aroa 06/07/2018

The Talisay City Council approves the P1,000-increase on the financial assistance for senior citizens. Now, senior citizens will receive P4,000 per year. [Refesh for more updates]…

UK alerts citizens vs travel to southern Cebu, Mindanao

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/25/2017

The United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has issued an advisory against travel to Dalaguete and Badian towns in southern Cebu “due to the threat of terrorism.” “Terrorists are very likely to try to carry out…

US Embassy advises citizens of checkpoints in Metro Manila

Inquirer.net 05/28/2017

The United States Embassy in Manila on Sunday issued an advisory to its citizens, saying the Philippine government has placed the entire Philippine National Police on full alert throughout Metro Manila. The security message issued tells its…

UK asks citizens to avoid Quiapo area after twin blasts

Inquirer.net 05/07/2017

THE United Kingdom (UK) government has issued a travel advisory to its citizens in the Philippines in the wake of the twin explosion that killed two people in Quiapo, Manila, on Saturday evening. “Reports indicate a number…

Australia warns citizens vs terror threats in Cebu, Bohol

Nestle L. Semilla 04/11/2017

THE Australian government has advised its citizens traveling to the Philippines to exercise a “high degree of caution,” citing “high threat of terrorist attack and the high level of crime.” In a travel advisory issued Monday, Australia’s…

US Embassy warns citizens to review travel plans to Central Visayas

Marc Eric Cosep 04/09/2017

The United States Embassy in Manila today issued a travel advisory to Americans heading in or are already in Central Visayas, especially in Cebu and Bohol provinces, to review their travel plans. The Embassy said they received…

Protecting Environmental Rights and their Defenders

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 12/04/2016

Miracles are provided by Nature to all of us but we haughtily take them for granted, as if our home planet owes us these services. How can we possibly exist without the air, water, land, trees, the…

Double-checking the drug tests

Editorial 11/03/2016

Should the case of Busay barangay chairman Amilo Lopez be used as a cautionary tale or a justification to stop the random drug tests conducted on local officials or private citizens for that matter? Lopez’s test results…

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