Former drug user mom from North Cotabato finishes senior high school with honors

Futch Anthony Inso 06/26/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – Honeylene Alindajao, 27, used to be addicted to illegal drugs.  She smoked a lot and partonized alcoholic drinks. Alindajao, a native of Makilala in North Cotabato, said she never even care what her…

‘Kuya Berta’ now works as assistant admin staff of Safehaven

08/31/2021

DALAGUETE, Cebu—Roberto A. Plando Jr, commonly known as Berta is now working as an assistant admin staff at the facility where he also received treatment. Berta is the street dweller in Cebu City who melted netizens’ hearts…

Man accused of causing Panagdait fire faces homicide and arson charges

Alven Marie A. Timtim 01/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The alleged drug addict who confessed to having set his own home on fire that later razed several other houses and killed one person in Sitio Panagdait, Barangay Kasambagan, Cebu City, on Sunday,…

A different kind of surrender

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/29/2016

CONCLUSION (A four-part series on why there is hope for drug users and pushers) Katherine (not her real name) started using shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) last February. She was only 14 years old and wanted to get the…

The rising body count

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/29/2016

(A special CDN series on the Philippine National Police and the war on illegal drugs in Central Visayas) Forty-one-year-old Julian Ramos, a carpenter from Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City, admitted to using shabu (meth amphetamine hydrochloride) since he…

A DIFFERENT KIND OF SURRENDER

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/29/2016

(A four-part series on why there is hope for drug users and pushers) PART III How do you deal with drug addicts with a desire to change? According to Rene Francisco, co-developer of the Surrender to God…

A different kind of surrender

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/27/2016

PART 2 (A four-part series on why there is hope for drug users and pusher) Rene Francisco, 57, was an addict whose addiction to drugs and alcohol started in high school, back in Ozamiz City. Sent to…

NGO: Talks on EJKs should should focus on victims, families left behind

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/10/2016

A NONGOVERNMENT organization in Cebu launched the first of what it hopes to be a series of dialogues on extrajudicial killings (EJK) and how to address this concern, especially in the context of violence against women and…

Osmeña accepts Rama’s challenge but wants test done according to his terms

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/09/2016

In response to former Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama’s challenge, Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he accepts Rama’s challenge but it should be done according to his terms. Rama called for a press conference on Friday morning at…

Rama challenges Osmeña to a ‘one-on-one’ drug test

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/09/2016

Former Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama challenged Mayor Tomas Osmeña to a “one-on-one” drug test on Saturday. In a press conference on Friday morning at the Rama Ancestral House in Barangay Basak San Nicolas, Cebu City, Rama…

Community-based drug rehab program pushed

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/01/2016

Only “high-risk” drug surrenderers from Cebu will find themselves in Bohol next year if plans of the Department of Health (DOH) to build the region’s drug rehabilitation site in Carmen town, Bohol, push through. According to the…

Suspected drug pusher killed inside his home in Mandaue

Norman V. Mendoza 12/01/2016

A suspected drug pusher died on the spot after he was shot several times by an unidentified person while dining with family inside their house at Upper Labogon, Mandaue City past 8:00 p.m on Wednesday. PO3 Ricardo…

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