Botched baby delivery

Editorial 06/23/2016

It will be the word of the couple Edalene and Roldan Añosa against the staff of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) who, despite her doctor’s advice, insisted on a normal delivery for their baby son…

Gunman in pastor slay killed by police

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/22/2016

The suspected gunman in the slay of a Christian pastor in Barangay Bonbon, Cebu City was killed Tuesday in a shootout with police in Barangay Guadalupe. Oliver “Kabang” Devilleres, of Dalaguete, Cebu, was identified by the two…

Mystery still surrounds Jaguar’s journey home

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/21/2016

The remains of erstwhile elusive drug lord Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz arrived in Cebu City at around 1 a.m. Tuesday, still shrouded in mystery. The body was brought by members of his family directly to his private compound…

Autopsy for John Niño

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/17/2016

THE family of an infant who died during birth at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) is bent on pursuing criminal charges against the government-run hospital even if it means exhuming the remains of their baby…

Police want autopsy on couple’s son

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/16/2016

The Cebu City Police Office is asking the couple who filed a complaint against the doctors and staff of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) to allow them to conduct an autopsy on their son who died…

Police asked to probe VSMMC staff

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/15/2016

The couple who lost a son at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) asked the Cebu City police to investigate the doctors and staff that they blamed for his death. Edalene Añosa and husband Roldan told…

VSMMC blamed for infant’s death

Carmel Loise Matus, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/14/2016

A mother who expected to deliver her baby by cesarean section but was allegedly advised by the staff of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) to opt for a normal delivery instead is now blaming the government-run…

Muscle pain killer eyed in Pasay concert deaths

06/01/2016

A MUSCLE pain killer called “WariActiv,” which is also billed as a “laughing gas,” could be one of the drugs used by some of the victims, who collapsed and later died of heart attack during the May…

Bid for PB support on Digong’s stand on death penalty junked

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/30/2016

A PROPOSAL for the Cebu Provincial Board (PB) to support the position of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to re-impose the death penalty was shot down during yesterday’s PB session. The proposal sponsored by PB Member Arleigh Sitoy was…

The problem with death penalty

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jameela Antoniette I. Mendoza, Rhobie A. Ruaya, Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/17/2016

It is always a staggering thought, that of many lives lost in a country that has seen its share of violence amid surging criminality. But are the reimposition of the death penalty, a curfew for minors and…

Bombings kill 36 in Iraq

05/17/2016

Baghdad — A wave of bombings struck outdoor markets in Shiite-dominated neighborhoods of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 36 people, officials said — the latest in deadly militant attacks far from the front lines in the…

Extreme heat kills more than 160

04/20/2016

HYDERABAD, India — Weeks of sweltering temperatures have caused more than 160 deaths in southern and eastern India, officials said Tuesday, warning that any relief from monsoon rains was still likely weeks away. Most of the heat-wave…

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