DSWD urges indigents to avail free medicines

PR 05/23/2017

The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) is encouraging indigent patients who are confined in or receiving outpatient treatment from the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu City to avail the…

ITF licensed coach to conduct free 2-day tennis coaching clinic

John Carlo Villaruel 05/19/2017

FORMER Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) player Roland Kraut with the Pinoy Tennis Trainers of Stephan Lhuillier, hope to help elevate the competitiveness of Cebuano tennis players and trainers as he heads a free two-day tennis clinic…

Youth solon warns against passage of free tuition bill

Inquirer.net 05/18/2017

  The Kabataan Party-list has warned that the House bill on financial assistance that gives priority to “poor but deserving students” is being used to justify tuition increase instead of scrapping it altogether. In a statement, Kabataan…

Taiwan postpones visa-free entry for Filipinos

Inquirer.net 05/17/2017

The Taiwanese government has postponed the implementation of its visa-free entry policy for Filipinos from June to September 2017. In an advisory on Tuesday, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines said the Ministry of…

END GAME FOR BANDITS

Leo Udtohan, Nestle L. Semilla 05/15/2017

BOHOL NOW ‘ABU SAYYAF-FREE’ CALAPE, Bohol — Hungry and ragged after weeks of hiding, Abu Sayyaf bandits known only as Abu Ubayda and Abu Asis held a resident’s son hostage in exchange for a decent meal in…

Bohol province now ASG-free – Gen. Mataguihan

Leo Udtohan 05/15/2017

CALAPE, Bohol—The remaining Abu Sayyaf member was killed in the ongoing pursuit operation, more than a month of running following a foiled attempt to set up a base in the province. The member of the Abu Sayyaf…

Free HIV tests for Cebu provincial jail inmates

Intern 05/12/2017

Free HIV tests for Cebu provincial jail inmates THE Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) will conduct free Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing for the inmates of Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) as part…

Filipinos may visit Taiwan visa-free starting June

Inquirer 05/04/2017

MANILA — It’s official: Filipinos may visit Taiwan visa-free beginning June. Dr. Gary Song-Huann Lin, Taiwan representative to the Philippines, shared the good news on Wednesday during his special lecture in the University of the Philippines Diliman…

MAO BA!

Editorial 04/05/2017

TOURISM OVER TRADITION NEWS about Santa Fe Mayor Jose Esgana’s insistence to hold a music festival on Black Saturday drew disapproval from several Cebu residents. One broadcaster was stunned to learn that the mayor wanted to sue…

EU derails proposal of free travel for teens

03/28/2017

The European Union on Monday rejected a proposal to give all 18-year-olds free InterRail passes as too expensive, saying it would instead subsidize some travel for a few thousand students. Up to 7,000 European students will get…

Ready for rehab’s second phase

Dominic D. Yasay 03/03/2017

1,000 Mandaue surrenderers set to take next step of Health Department’s free rehab program At least a thousand drug surrenderers from the 27 barangays in Mandaue City will undergo the second phase of the region’s health department’s…

Business exec shows interest in Cebu City’s free medicines program

Inna Mejia 03/03/2017

The Cebu City government’s Long Life Medical Assistance Program will get a needed boost once a top business executive of an investment company makes good on his promise to help in the program. Mayor Tomas Osmeña said…

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