LGUs as first responders

08/25/2016

THIS refers to your photo published under “Siloy is watching” last Saturday with a caption “These street children are seen playing on the sidewalk in front of a mall in Barangay Mabolo. Despite the Cebu City government’s…

Available funds but no projects

Nestle L. Semilla 08/24/2016

OF a P2.8 million fund intended for a comprehensive program for street children, the only project it was used for was the profiling of street dwellers. Cebu City Councilor Margarita Osmeña asked what happened to the funds…

Judge sentences female pimp to 15 years

Izobelle T. Pulgo 08/18/2016

Judge Ferdinand Rafanan of Branch 55 of the Mandaue City Regional Trial Court sentenced a female pimp to 15 years after she was convicted of charges of human trafficking Thursday morning. Reynes was also fined P500,000 and…

Education a strong weapon against poverty

PR 08/08/2016

AT 16 years old, Ustia Daomani, a Sama-Bajau girl, knows where she is heading to. “I want to be a businesswoman,” she said. Eldest among the five children of Edari and Arlyn Daomani, Ustia is doing her…

PWDs taken to tours in three city malls

PR 08/08/2016

Thirty-two visually impaired trainees of the Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC II) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development joined the celebration of White Cane Safety Day. White Cane Safety Day is celebrated on August 1…

CYBER TRAFFICKING MAMA

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Carmel Loise Matus, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/02/2016

Kathy, at first glance, appears to be your typical 22-year-old millennial who loves taking selfies. Two months ago, she bought a new Android phone to replace an old, busted unit and wasted no time exploring her latest…

Food aid delivered to 30 families hit by tornado in Bohol

Lesley Cara Delos Santos 08/01/2016

ABOUT 30 families displaced by a tornado that struck Baclayon, Bohol province last Sunday were provided with food by the regional Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). In a press statement issued to media outlets, the…

DSWD-7 turns over Kalahi subprojects to Compostela

PR 07/27/2016

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) recently turned over to the 17 barangays of Compostela town the 20 completed subprojects under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services…

Funeral homes talk of unpaid balances

07/25/2016

CONCLUSION As the body count in the war on illegal drugs rises, funeral parlor staff members see no profit in servicing the bodies of people killed in shootouts with police officers. They also could not touch the…

DSWD targets to feed 121K kids

07/25/2016

As part of its commitment to improve the Early Childhood Care and Development Program (ECCD) program of the government, the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) is targeting 121,419 children in Central Visayas…

No money in dead drug suspects

07/24/2016

First of two parts The recent killings of suspected drug personalities have kept funeral parlor employees in the cities of Mandaue and Cebu busy the last few days. But Enrique Lapetaje, billing and collection supervisor for St.…

2 convicted for trafficking own kids

Izobelle T. Pulgo 07/20/2016

FOR sexually exploiting their own children, a couple was convicted of trafficking persons through plea bargaining last July 19. Judge Mercedita Dadole-Ygnacio of Mandaue City Regional Trial Court, Branch 28 sentenced the two accused, who were charged…

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