Gender in the curriculum

Sofia Aliño Logarta 06/07/2017

Many reasons encourage us to integrate gender within the curriculum. As I have previously mentioned, it would help us understand certain social issues like violence against women. If we trap people in their gender roles, we would…

Police arrest Korean accused of mauling female helper

Norman V. Mendoza 06/01/2017

CEBU CITY–A Korean national was arrested by police on Wednesday night after his helper accused him of mauling her inside his rented apartment in Sitio Son-oc Barangay Ibabao, Cordova town. Young Suk Zung, 32, was detained at…

Online media as influencer

05/10/2017

What do the rising number of teenage pregnancies, online sexual extortion and cyberpornography cases have in common? They all involve youths, mostly underage and female, who are victimized by sexual predators either old enough to be their…

Italy to allow 3 days of paid menstrual leave for female workers

Inquirer.net 04/03/2017

Women go through a ton of discomfort monthly due to their menstruation cycles. Now, it seems that the Italian government is looking to aid their ailing female workforce. The country’s lower house parliament, as per The Independent,…

Sisters against sexism

Apple Ta-as 03/22/2017

IT’S NOT easy being a woman. We may be better off than the women of yesteryears, but we’re still far from being equal with men. For one, there are certain stereotypes and biases associated with women. Like…

STRIPPING OF CPDRC INMATES

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/12/2017

Being naked in front of female inmates indecent, embarrassing It was not the stripping naked of the male inmates of the provincial jail that was offensive, but rather the presence of the female inmates while they were…

Malacañang ‘saddened but resolved’ after discovery of beheaded German’s body

Inquirer.net 03/05/2017

Malacañang on Sunday reiterated the government’s commitment to address terrorism in the country following the discovery of the remains of beheaded German hostage Jurgen Kantner in Sulu. “The Philippine government is deeply saddened but resolved as ever…

Female visitor arrested for trying to sneak in mobile phone in Mandaue City Jail

Doris C. Bongcac 01/28/2017

    CEBU CITY—A female visitor was arrested on Saturday morning after she was caught attempting to sneak in a mobile phone inside the Mandaue City Jail. Thelma Jopia, 50, wrapped the cellular phone on her left…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/21/2016

ONE LIFE TO LIVE An elderly city councilor was chatting with a couple of City Hall employees about the upcoming holiday feast. At one point, the employees advised the male councilor to go easy on his sugar…

No suspect yet on slay of graduating student

Rene F. Alima 11/22/2016

The police have yet to identify the perpetrators who killed a female graduating student who was found dead last Monday morning in Barangay Guimbangcoan, Sibonga town in southern Cebu. Genevieve Jabello, 21, was identified by her father,…

Anorexia nervosa, bulimia

Philip S. Chua 10/30/2016

What is anorexia nervosa? This is a “psychological” disorder where the person has a disturbed sense of body image. He/she has a morbid fear of obesity, refuses to maintain a minimally normal body weight, and in women,…

Female inmates dance against drugs

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/29/2016

Even before her life in jail, 24-year-old Jenny Cortes was already a passionate dancer. So when she ended up at the Mandaue City Jail female dormitory six years ago, Cortes didn’t stop dancing. “Passion gyud na nako…

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