Mao diay nga alarming na ang HIV ug AIDS

Lloyd Suarez 12/11/2016

Nanlimbawot akong balhibo nga nakadungog sa gitribukar ni Dr. Rene Joseph Bullecer, president sa AIDS Free Philippines International, niadtong Sabado atol sa among programa’ng “Dialogue On The Air” sa DYSS Super Radyo nga nagtuki bahin sa plano…

DOH: Keep water safe for fire victims

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/07/2016

A medical officer from the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) reminded the Cebu City government and barangay officials to help ensure that water supply at the evacuation centers is free from contamination to prevent the…

Gov: Condoms in schools send ‘wrong message’

12/07/2016

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III said storing condoms in school clinics sends the wrong message to school children insofar as the campaign against AIDS and underage pregnancy is concerned. “Of course I am not in favor of…

Palma slams condom distribution in schools

Inna Mejia, Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/06/2016

CEBU Archbishop Jose Palma criticized the Department of Health’s initiative to distribute condoms in schools to combat the rise of HIV and AIDS among Filipino teenagers. The 66-year-old prelate said giving condoms will never address the problem…

Distributing condoms in schools only encourages promiscuity – Magpale

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/05/2016

Cebu Vice Governor Agnes Magpale expressed disapproval over the plan of the Department of Health’s (DOH) to distribute condoms in schools saying this act will only encourage promiscuity among the youth. “No (I don’t agree). I am…

Include Cebu as rehab site

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/28/2016

WITH over 37,000 drug surrenderers recorded, the provincial government urged the Department of Health to include Cebu as a site for building a drug rehabilitation and treatment center. During the inauguration of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical…

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…

Cebu not in DOH list of areas to build new rehab centers

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/26/2016

DESPITE the thousands of drug users and surrenderers in Cebu, the Department of Health will not build a new rehabilitation and treatment center in Cebu for next year. This developed despite the bigger budget that the DOH…

Apas execs to file plaint on seizure of medicines

Nestle L. Semilla 11/26/2016

Officials of Barangay Apas, Cebu City, plan to file a complaint against the City Health Office at the regional Department of Health (DOH-7) for allegedly confiscating the medicines intended for their constituents. Apas barangay chairman Ramil Ayuman…

Govt docs, staffers dedicated to quality health care for poor

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/26/2016

HEALTH Secretary Paulyn Jean B. Rosell-Ubial said the government’s doctors and medical staffers remain committed to providing quality health care to poor people despite the challenges in resources and controversies confronting them. “I know that a lot…

Nearly 300 drug users, pushers yield to police

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza, Rene F. Alima 11/21/2016

About 291 drug users and pushers surrendered to the police in the four towns of Camotes Islands two weeks after the police chiefs in these areas were replaced due to their mediocre performance in the campaign against…

DSWD aid for kin of jailed drug surrenderers unused

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/11/2016

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) is asking its central office to redefine or revise its guidelines in extending assistance to affected families whose kin are drug surrenderers who are in jail.…

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