Eversley Sanitarium dwellers to get own lots under socialized housing

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/26/2017

Around 900 former leprosy patients living inside the compound of the Eversley Child’s Sanitarium in Barangay Jagobiao, Mandaue City, will soon have their own lots after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the distribution of land titles for socialized…

Duterte visits wounded in the Hilongos bombing; two teenage victims get brand new phones

Joey Gabieta 12/30/2016

HILONGOS, Leyte-Fifteen-year-old John Reyneill Lamo was lying on his hospital bed on Friday morning when an unexpected visitor arrived: President Rodrigo Duterte. The Grade 6 pupil broke into a smile especially after the President handed him his…

Lawyer dies, son wounded in shooting incident

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/22/2016

CEBU CITY–A lawyer was killed while his son, also a lawyer, was wounded on Thursday night after they were shot by a security guard near their law firm on F. Ramos Street in Barangay Santa Cruz, Cebu…

CCDRRMO advises food poisoning patients not to self-medicate

Inna Mejia 12/22/2016

RESIDENTS of Barangay Sirao in Cebu City who were hit by food poisoning on Monday still came in trickles at the city-run hospital in Barangay Guba yesterday even as most of the over 200 persons who were…

232 DOWNED BY FOOD POISONING

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 12/21/2016

What’s supposed to be a happy gift-giving moment in one of the mountain barangay in Cebu City turned out to be a misfortune for nearly two hundred residents who were rushed to different hospitals in the city…

Consolacion village chief dies in road mishap

Rene F. Alima 12/21/2016

Tayud barangay captain Felipe Lauron, 56, was supposed to be brought to the nearest hospital to get immediate medical attention after complaining of having difficulty in breathing, instead he arrived at the hospital dead. Lauron died after the ambulance…

Hospitals ordered to keep staffs for emergencies

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/19/2016

AS more people head to the provinces for the holidays, the Cebu Provincial Health Office called on district hospitals to ensure that there are doctors and staff on duty for any emergency. Dr. Rene Catan of the…

Man takes hostage patients in Lapu hospital

Norman V. Mendoza 12/16/2016

SEVERAL patients and their watchers and some medical personnel of a private hospital in Barangay Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City, were taken hostage by a man who was under the influence of drugs past 9 a.m. yesterday morning. The…

Man high on drugs holds hostage 50 people in Lapu-Lapu hospital

Norman V. Mendoza 12/16/2016

At least 50 individuals including patients, guardians and some medical personnel of a private hospital in Barangay Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City were taken hostage by a man who was believed to be high on drugs past 9 a.m.…

‘We will rebuild’

12/11/2016

PIDIE JAYA, Indonesia — Indonesian President Joko Widodo pledged Friday to help the people of Aceh rebuild as he toured areas worst-hit by a devastating earthquake that killed more than 100 people and left thousands homeless. The…

New hospital bldg to add 130 more bed capacity to VSMMC

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/09/2016

Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) can accommodate more patients with the inauguration of its Cebu City North District Hospital Building on Friday morning. The new facility, which will be operational by January 2017, adds 130 beds…

HIV/AIDS and delusions of morality

Rina Jimenez-David 12/02/2016

I can still remember the days when the media, including the entertainment media, were all over the place talking about HIV/AIDS. Movies were being made about the pandemic, based on the lives of people (remember Dolzura Cortez?)…

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