DepEd mulls including drug education in public school curriculum

Inquirer.net 02/07/2019

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Education (DepEd) is considering the inclusion of drug education in the public school curriculum amid the government’s relentless crackdown on illegal drugs, Malacañang said Thursday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the plan was…

Japan’s new foreign worker status to focus on 8 countries including Philippines

The Japan News/Asia News Network / 12/13/2018

TOKYO — Foreigners granted a new residence status for workers with specific skills may initially be accepted primarily from eight countries, including Vietnam, the Philippines and Cambodia, according to sources. To prevent financial exploitation by dishonest brokers,…

Drug operations in Cebu City led to arrest of 3, including a minor

Benjie B. Talisic 07/29/2018

Separate anti drug operations staged by the police in Cebu City on Saturday led to the arrest of three persons, including a minor. Operatives from the drug enforcement unit of the Punta Princesa Station nabbed in Sitio…

Three injured, including minor in Barangay Carreta shooting

Benjie B. Talisic 05/25/2018

Three were injured including a seven-year-old minor during a shooting incident in General Maxilum Avenue, Barangay Carreta, Cebu City on Friday, early morning. Police identified the victims as Junme and Dexter Marino, and a 7-year-old child. SPO1…

Eight persons including two toddlers hurt in road mishap

Rene F. Alima 04/21/2018

EIGHT persons including two toddlers were injured after two sport utility vehicles collided on Friday night in Barangay Poblacion, Alegria town, southwest Cebu. SP04 Mario Paler, deputy chief of police of Alegria Police Station identified the victims…

4 nabbed in Danao drug bust including drug lord’s ‘underling’

Rene Alima 01/10/2018

  Four alleged drug personalities, including an underling of a big-time drug pusher, were arrested in separate anti-illegal drugs operation in Danao City, on Wednesday morning. Madelene Enriquez, 46, and her cohort, Julis Formentera, 38, were the…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/28/2017

Billionaire Bill Gates plays ‘Secret Santa’ online Netizens were quite surprised after a Redditor named Meggan Cummins, who went by the name ViettLLC, received gifts from billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who played “Secret Santa” online.…

Remembering Ricky Poca

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 12/26/2017

RICKY Poca emerged in the public eye in the mid-80s when he joined the struggle against the Marcos dictatorship. Together with his uncle, the late Cebu City councilor Clemente Rama, they helped the late Inday Nita Cortes…

IMOK ‘KILLER’ FALLS

Nestle L. Semilla 11/25/2017

Police hunting for three more suspects, including the mastermind Barely 24 hours after Ermita Barangay Captain Felicisimo “Imok” Rupinta was ambushed and killed in Barangay Tayud, Liloan town, his suspected assailant fell into the hands of the…

PDIC to auction P32.9M Visayas assets including three Cebu lots

University of San Carlos Intern Steffi Kyle Nolido 11/24/2017

TWO residential lots and a commercial property in Cebu with a total land area of 3,421 sq.m. are among the P32.9 million worth of assets to be auctioned by the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) at the…

EARTHQUAKE

Cris Ligan, Doris C. Bongcac, Inquirer.net, Joey A. Gabieta, Leo Udtohan, Michelle Joy Padayhag, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Robert Dejon, Victor Anthony Silva 07/06/2017

Eight provinces in the Visayas, including Cebu, were hit by massive power outages while at least two persons were killed and several others either injured or trapped in a collapsed building and a landslide following a powerful…

Speaker Alvarez, roiling in the deep

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 04/03/2017

Less than a year after assuming the top position in the House of Representatives, Davao del Norte first district Congressman and PDP Laban Secretary General Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez finds himself in a firestorm of his own making.…

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