Coronavirus was not synthesized in a laboratory—WHO’s chief scientist

05/18/2020

WASHINGTON — The Covid-19 coronavirus was not synthesized in a laboratory, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist has said. In an interview with The Straits Times, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, said: “What we do know is that this…

No lab gown? No problem for this marine engineering student in Cebu

Immae Lachica 07/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines– Cebu students are known to excel in academics. Inspiring stories that would make your eyes tear up, but this story of a student shows that if there’s a will there’s a way in a…

Bontuyan case: Probers waiting for results from crime lab of dashcam footage

Zena V. Magto 06/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two weeks have passed since the killing of Police Captain Delfin Bontuyan and police had yet to move forward with the investigation of the case. Police Chief Master Sergeant Antonio Din, Mabolo Police…

‘They’ll kill me like Mayor Espinosa’

Inquirer.net 03/31/2017

The senior police officer who was arrested by narcotics operatives during an alleged pot session claimed on Friday he may get killed while inside his detention cell in Las Piñas police station. Supt. Lito Cabamongan, the former…

DTI-7 considers establishing another FabLab in region

John Carlo Villaruel, Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/25/2017

HAVING another Fabrication Laboratory (FabLab) in Central Visayas can improve the quality of products of more enterprises in the region. Director Asteria Caberte of the Department of Trade and Industry in Central Visayas (DTI-7) said they were…

Include Cebu as rehab site

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/28/2016

WITH over 37,000 drug surrenderers recorded, the provincial government urged the Department of Health to include Cebu as a site for building a drug rehabilitation and treatment center. During the inauguration of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical…

THOSE MYSTERIOUS ‘NUBAIN’

Dominic D. Yasay 10/16/2016

WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? Were those really Nubain, the restricted injectable painkiller that was reported to have replaced shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) as a drug of choice among junkies? There were 799 ampules containing yellow-colored liquid chemical…

Crime Lab personnel completes instructor devt course

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores 08/26/2016

FOURTEEN personnel from the Crime Lab and Intelligence Group of Regions 6, 7, 8 and 18 officially completed their training on Instructor Development Course. A graduation ceremony was held on Friday morning at the Police Regional Office…

PNP Crime Lab for Visayas opens in Cebu

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores 08/12/2016

Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) inaugurates its Regional Crime Laboratory which will cater to the whole Visayas. The crime lab, which will handle the forensics and investigations conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP), is similar to…

Sipilyo

Raymund Fernandez 07/05/2016

Roy “Roylu” Lumagbas, native Cebuano performance artist now resides in Bolivia. He came home for a short visit and quite by coincidence did a performance at UP Cebu Fabrication Laboratory (FabLab) on June 28. His performance, “Sipilyo,”…

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