Second patient cured of HIV

Agence France Presse 03/11/2020

PARIS — A second patient has been cured of HIV after undergoing stem cell transplant treatment, doctors said Tuesday, after finding no trace of infection 30 months after he stopped traditional treatment. The so-called “London Patient”, a…

Illegal drugs coming from Bacolod?

Alven Marie A. Timtim 02/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Police in Cebu found out that some of the illegal drugs circulating here are coming from Bacolod City and transported by land. This is what the City Intelligence Branch (CIB) of the Cebu City…

Cebu City allots P5M for HIV treatment

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government will be allotting P5 million to subsidize the cost of treatment of indigent persons in the city found positive with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The Cebu City Council approved…

Cebu City mayor wants youth to be educated on HIV

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella wants the youth in the city to be educated properly on the risks and effects of contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Labella said…

Cebu City Health Department needs more funds to treat HIV patients

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Health Department needs more funding to treat patients positive of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as their grants from non-government organizations (NGOs) are about to end. This was the pronouncement of…

LoveYourself, Inc. celebrates National HIV Testing Day

Immae Lachica 11/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— LoveYourself, Inc., together with the Philippines Educational Theater Association (PETA), and several community-based organizations, celebrate National HIV Testing Day on November 23, 2019. The event is dubbed “Know Your Status and Play” and it’s…

Why one should visit the LoveYourself White House

Immae Lachica 11/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is one of the most misunderstood viruses in the world. Because of this, a lot are uncomfortable to have themselves checked. But one clinic in Cebu is slowly breaking that…

134 people got HIV in July thru transactional sex

11/04/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Over 100 persons who had engaged in transactional sex were found to have acquired the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in July, according to the Department of Health (DOH). HIV may lead to acquired immunodeficiency…

Danao City’s Shim Dagatan to play lead role in CineSpectra 2019 short-film entry ‘Panihapon’

Michelle Joy Padayhag 07/24/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—A former grand finalist of the Sinulog Idol Season 10 was chosen to lead a short film entry for CineSpectra 2019 Short Film Festival in Manila this August. Shim Dagatan, 25, a native of Barangay…

Wurtzbach to public: Be a volunteer of a cause you are passionate about

Michelle Joy Padayhag 07/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Try to volunteer.” This was the message of Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach during her visit at the LoveYourself White House Center in Cebu City last weekend.  “If you feel passionate about something,…

LoveYourself Cebu fashion auction event gets two Miss Universes’ backing

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray expressed her support to LoveYourself Cebu’s upcoming charity event slated on July 6 in an event venue in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City.  A video of the 25-year-old Filipino-Australian…

‘Panihapon,’ Razo, Canete’s short film entry to CineSpectra 2019

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After showing what they got in Sinulog Short Film Festival 2019, Cebuano filmmaker Eli Razo and screenwriter Jai Shane Cañete will again make the Cebuanos proud as they join an upcoming film festival…

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