The many faces of grief

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 12/15/2022

People sometimes ask me whether their grief is normal. Most worry that they’ve been grieving too long; others get concerned that they might not be feeling as strongly as they should. I assure them that there is…

Boy loses parents, siblings, house to Moalboal fire

Alven Marie A. Timtim 09/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A midnight fire in Barangay Balabagon, Moalboal town in southern Cebu razed a one-story house and orphaned a 16-year-old boy, who lost his parents and his two siblings to the deadly blaze. Juvy…

Grandfather shows love by building treehouse for grandson’s online class

Immae A. Lachica 08/23/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— What’s that one thing your grandfather did for you that you cannot forget? Did he build you a treehouse in the middle of a rice field to get a better internet connection for…

UC basketball player inspired by presence of visiting grandparents

Immae Lachica 10/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Aside from wanting to help his team chalk up a victory over the defending champion University of the Visayas (UV), Shane Menina of the University of Cebu (UC) had extra motivation going into his…

Senior citizen found dead in Naga City

Rosalie Abatayo 10/02/2018

Seventy-eight-year-old Esteban Paran was found dead inside his makeshift home in a secluded area of Barangay Cantao-an, Naga City on Tuesday (October 2). Paran stayed in the secluded area of Barangay Cantao-an to attend to his livestock.…

Health department orders probe

Norman V. Mendoza 11/14/2017

  The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) will investigate the death of two infants, who died three days after they received their immunizations at a health center in Lapu-Lapu City. “We will see if the…

12-year old girl harassed by grandfather

Winston Ensomo 09/29/2017

A 12-year old girl was rescued by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) after she was allegedly sexually harassed by her grandfather in Samboan town, Cebu on Thursday night. The suspect, 66, admitted to harassing…

Grandfather accused of molesting granddaughters

Nestle L. Semilla 03/05/2017

A grandfather is now detained at Guadalupe police station after he was accused of sexually abusing his two granddaughters, 6 and 8 years old, in a mountain barangay in Cebu City. The father of the two girls…

Two family men, two volunteers

Nestle L. Semilla 03/04/2017

Volunteerism in the eyes of a father and a grandfather What drives people to do volunteer work despite the challenges it imposes on their family lives? Darrold Jess Condiño, a 28-year-old volunteer of REACT-Masareal Group, said he…

Gary V now a grandpa

Apple Ta-as 11/02/2016

MR. PURE Energy Gary Valenciano is now a grandfather as one of his daughters-in-law has given birth to a baby girl yesterday morning. Samantha, wife of director/singer Paolo Valenciano, gave birth to Nataleia “Leia” Martine at 1:21…

Lolo nabbed

Chito O. Aragon 04/15/2016

Police arrested a 71-year-old man after his daughter and granddaughter accused him of rape last Thursday in Toledo City. The grandfather allegedly committed the crime when he was 68. Police arrested him after serving a warrant of…

Lolo ‘hacked’ partner of granddaughter

Melissa Q. Cabahug 10/18/2014

An 82- year-old grandfather was arrested Thursday evening after he allegedly hacked the common-law husband of his granddaughter in barangay Tayud, Consolacion, Cebu. Francisco Pepito, widower and sugarcane farmer, allegedly witnessed how his granddaughter abused by her…

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