Police eye suicide in fisherman’s death in Carmen town

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 07/12/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police in the town of Carmen, Cebu are now considering suicide as the possible cause of death of a fisherman in Barangay Dawis Norte on Monday afternoon, July 11, 2022. The fisherman, identified…

What Cebu City Jail inmates did to help Oppra students to develop reading skills

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 06/19/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Reading is a way to a better learning experience. This is what Jeda Toreteo, a Grade 7 student of Oprra National High School, has said following the turn-over of the “mini-library” project of…

Man’s death prompts doc’s call to depressed people: Get help

Florence Baesa 01/20/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Philippines — “See or seek help from a psychiatrist.” Dr. Angelo Arias gave this advice after he learned about a 24-year-old man of Valencia town in Negros Oriental, who was found dead in…

Mandaue officials back U.N. Avenue depressed project

DORIS BONGCAC 08/15/2018

Members of the Mandaue City Council has authorized Mayor Gabriel Luis Quisumbing on Wednesday to sign an Affidavit of No Complaint and Affidavit of Undertaking for the proposed construction of a four-lane depressed structure at the intersection…

‘Possessed’? 8 female inmates hysterical

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/08/2015

WERE they possessed or just depressed? Eight female inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) became hysterical inside their cells yesterday. READ: Two Female inmates go berserk inside jail Six more female inmates go…

Social welfare officers, law students tapped to help depressed inmates

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/15/2015

The Provincial Health Office said it cannot provide any psychologist to the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) to conduct sessions with inmates suffering from depression. “We have programs for mental health support but this is…

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