DOH-7 urges public to wear face masks this holiday season

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 12/27/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With large crowds expected in public places amid the holiday season going to the Sinulog Festival celebration in January 2023, a local health official in Central Visayas is encouraging the public to wear…

Community involvement, help from other agencies important in addressing sexual abuse problems involving children in CV 

Pegeeen Maisie Sararaña 11/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police in Central Visayas believe that the involvement of the community and other agencies is crucial in addressing sexual abuse problems involving children in the region. This as data from the Police Regional…

Gwen declines nomination for RDC-7 chairmanship  

Futch Anthony Inso 09/20/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia declined her nomination as chairman of the Regional Development Council (RDC) during their 3rd quarter Full Council Meeting at the Mezzo Hotel here on Friday morning, September 20, 2019. Garcia said…

P15B eyed to prop up local rice prices

Melvin Gascon, Ronnel Domingo - Inquirer.net 09/20/2019

Fifty-four congressmen on Thursday filed a joint resolution seeking P15 billion more to allow the National Food Authority (NFA) to help farmers adversely affected by the rice tariffication law. Joint House Resolution No. 18 also seeks to…

Leonen says no to automatic nomination as SC chief justice

08/19/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen has declined his nomination for the Chief Justice post. “I would like to confirm that Justice Marvic Leonen has declined his automatic nomination as Chief Justice of the…

Decline of servanthood

Editorial 01/14/2018

When a powerful group pursue their plans without a modicum of respect for anyone affected, they display not fine politics that mark the civilized but a primal brutality that defines the mob. We still hope there are…

Dengue cases down in November, says PHO

12/14/2016

THE Cebu Provincial Health Office (PHO) reported a decline in dengue cases in a span of one month from October to November this year. Records from the PHO showed that there were 785 dengue cases in November…

The fight against poverty is doable

Fernando Fajardo 11/03/2016

The country’s poverty incidence declined significantly to 21.6% in 2015 of our population from 25.2% in 2012, and 26.3% in 2009 as reported by the Philippine Statistic Authority last October 27, 2016. The 2015 poverty incidence is…

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