For improved services: CCMC gets Level 2 accreditation from DOH

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 08/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) was granted a Level 2 accreditation by the Department of Health-Central Visayas Center for Health and Development (DOH-CVCHD) in recognition of its improved service capabilities. In a…

Son of hit-and-run victim says father was in good health

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 06/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The son of the hit-and-run victim in Carcar City dismissed the suspicion of the police that his father may have had a heart attack when he was hit by a still unidentified motorcycle…

Man found hanging from a building in Colon remains unidentified

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie Sararana 05/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The police and the city’s disaster risk reduction and management office personnel are still clueless as to the cause of death of the still-unidentified man seen hanging from a building in downtown Cebu…

Chan orders deployment of more health workers at Hoops Dome

Futch Anthony Inso 03/20/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan has ordered the deployment of more healthcare workers at the Hoops Dome in Barangay Gun-ob, which serves as the alternate isolation facility for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive patients in…

Maradona’s surgeon responds tearfully to investigation into star’s death

Agence France Presse 11/30/2020

Diego Maradona’s surgeon responded to the launch of an investigation for involuntary manslaughter by saying he did “everything he could, up to the impossible” for an “unmanageable” patient. Earlier in the day prosecutors in San Isidro, near…

School principal dies in apparent heart attack while attending NORAA

Florence Baesa 11/22/2019

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental – A high school principal attending the Negros Oriental Athletic Association (NORAA) meet in Valencia, Negros Oriental was found dead inside her room  at 2 a.m. on Friday, November 22, 2019, at Bong-ao…

Man with P1M donation to Kapa dies of heart attack

06/19/2019

KORONADAL CITY – A 76-year-old man from Polomolok, South Cotabato suffered a heart attack and died after learning that President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the closure of Kapa-Community Ministry International Inc. (Kapa). Ambrose Alojado, a public elementary school…

Ex-security adviser Roilo Golez succumbs to heart attack

Inquirer.net 06/11/2018

Former National Security Adviser and lawmaker Rogelio “Roilo” Golez passed away on Monday. He was 71 years old. Parañaque City Vice Mayor Rico Golez confirmed his father’s death in a DZMM report. Golez, who served as former…

Broken

11/27/2016

My flight to Manila was delayed. And I just sat there with that nagging feeling of annoyance. Seems like delayed flights are getting to be the normal situation instead of the exception. My mind was mentally calculating…

NBI: 2 of 5 concert fatalities died of massive heart attack

05/24/2016

TWO of the victims that attended the Closeup Forever Summer Concert during the weekend died of massive heart attack, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said yesterday. NBI has conducted an autopsy on two of the five…

Woman dies while waiting to vote in Cebu City

Doris C. Bongcac 05/09/2016

A 46-year-old woman died after she collapsed while waiting for her turn to vote in Bagong Bayan Elementary School in Barangay Careta, Cebu City. Terry Pañeza, 46, was already dead when medics arrived in the school, said…

Aspirin daily: Safe or risky?

Dr. Philip S. Chua 11/08/2015

MY COLUMN on “Aspirin, the Wonder Drug,” came out in 2002, when this common household item was in the spotlight for sometime for its new role in staving off heart attack, medically termed Acute Myocardial Infarction (the…

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