Palma worried over rising number of drug-related killings

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/06/2016

CEBU CITY–Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has expressed concern over the rising death toll on the administration’s war on prohibited drugs. He said killing suspected criminals is not the right antidote to the country’s problem on illegal drugs…

Apas fire razes 70 houses, burns to death blind woman

12/05/2016

An elderly woman, who was visually-impaired or blind, was burned to death in yesterday afternoon’s fire in Sitio CRCI (Cebu Rehabilitation Center Inc.) in Barangay Apas, Cebu City which destroyed at least 70 houses and displaced 1,000…

Calcium, D3, salt, and MV-M

Philip S. Chua 12/04/2016

THERE have been controversies about the safe dose for our intake of calcium, Vitamin D, and sodium (salt). Obviously, the amount we take of any substance or medications, either too high or too low, is important, when…

Pa seeks NBI aid in probing daughter’s death

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/28/2016

THE father of the slain 21-year-old student whose remains were found in the mountain village of Guimbacongan in Sibonga town, south Cebu asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate her death. Joselito Jabello went to…

Firecracker ban

Editorial 11/27/2016

There’s some good news and bad news for firecracker manufacturers whose products may have provided some joy to revelers during Christmas and New Year as well as fiesta celebrations but had also caused accidental, unwanted injuries and…

Missing boy found dead in Budlaan

Dominic D. Yasay 11/24/2016

AN eight-year-old boy was found dead along Tac-an Road in Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City past 6 a.m. yesterday. Luigi Olivar, who had been missing since Wednesday afternoon, was identified by his mother Loida. Bruises were seen on…

Drug suspect killed in Danao

Rene F. Alima 11/24/2016

A SUSPECTED drug pusher was shot dead around 1 a.m. yesterday in Barangay Guinacot, Danao City. Arnold Hermosilla Barrega, 48, died instantly after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds in the body. Senior Insp. Alejandro Batobalonos, chief of Danao…

A final insult

Editorial 11/18/2016

Even in death, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos or specifically his family and their political allies pulled a fast one over the Filipino people by managing to hold his burial behind closed gates and away from the…

Pink Sister Mother Mary Aurora dies at 93

Apple Ta-as 11/13/2016

JOSEFINA Marasigan y del Pilar, also known as the “Pink Sister” Mother Mary Aurora, has died at the age of 93. Her death came as a surprise as it has only been a few weeks since phenomenal…

Closing circles

Francis B. Ongkingco 11/11/2016

A way to describe our life projects or ambitions is to compare them to drawing circles. One patiently connects the dots, so to speak, until a circle is finished before moving on to the next goal. Once…

Owwa scholar to join World Robot Olympiad

PR 11/10/2016

A death of a father triggers profound grief, but this did not stop a son from pursuing his dream to represent the country in an international robotics competition. It has been three years since a family bonding…

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…

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