Netizen calling for help to aid homeless elderly woman with eye condition

Immae Lachica 07/07/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines— A netizen is asking help for a homeless elderly woman here who has an eye condition and a face wound  that needs medical attention. Leigh Ybañez, 24, who works in a bank in…

Study ties blood type to COVID-19 risk; O may help, A hurt

06/18/2020

A genetic analysis of COVID-19 patients suggests that blood type might influence whether someone develops severe disease. Scientists who compared the genes of thousands of patients in Europe found that those who had Type A blood were…

Kids left by mom in Asturias get help from netizens

Immae Lachica 06/02/2020

    CEBU CITY, Philippines— Seven children in Asturias, Cebu, who were allegedly left by their mother amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, got the help they needed from netizens. The story of these kids was…

Cebu moms use barter group to raise baby essentials for mom in need

Raul Constantine L. Tabano 06/01/2020

MOALBOAL, CEBU — Dang Tirol was surfing through a famous Facebook barter group for things for her 6-month-old baby when a comment caught her attention. The comment read: “Hello ka-group. Hoping unta ko nga naa’y willing mo-donate ug diaper…

Netizens answer Dodoy’s call for help

Immae Lachica 05/31/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—His call for help did not fall on deaf ears. Jay Kummer Teberio, who is also known as Dodoy, Cebu’s Tubig Queen, said that no words could describe how happy he has become after…

Duterte orders LGUs to help stranded individuals, vows to shoulder their hospital bill

Krissy Aguilar 05/29/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered local government units (LGUs) to extend help to Filipinos and even foreigners who are stranded in their area, adding he would shoulder their hospital bills if needed. “I…

Cebu City government to aid enrollment in public schools starting June 1

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is willing to help public schools here during the enrollment process that the Department of Education (DepEd) announced will push through from June 1 to June 30, 2020. City…

Lapu helps PWD suffering from depression

Immae Lachica 05/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan and the city government of Lapu-Lapu extended help to a person with disability (PWD) who allegedly suffered from depression after not being able to receive his cash assistance under the Social Amelioration…

People we need in our lives to help us get by

Immae Lachica 05/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Someone can be as independent as he or she can be. But just how the famous saying goes, “no man is an island.” Yes, it may seem like some of us don’t need people…

What to know how easy you can help our frontliners? Here’s how

Immae Lachica 04/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— There are a lot of things one can do to help our frontliners. Things do not require for us to go out of our homes, but things that we can do at home to…

SM Foundation extends help to Mactan Airbase Frontliners

PR 04/17/2020

  Aside from the hospitals and health centers in Cebu, SM Foundation, Inc. also extends assistance to Mactan Benito Ebuen Airbase in Lapu-Lapu City. SM Foundation, Inc. sent PPEs and medical supplies which include N95 masks, gloves,and…

Architects lead a group of volunteers to make free PPEs for frontliners in Cebu

Immae Lachica 04/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— While most of us are just staying at home, our frontliners like those in the medical profession are out there battling this pandemic. Because of this, some of the architects from Cebu have decided…

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