Quitting Facebook might make you happier, but possibly less informed about news

AFP Relaxnews 02/13/2019

  New United States research has found that quitting Facebook can help improve mental health, although users may find that they are less in the know when it comes to current affairs. Carried out by researchers at…

DepEd: Higher tobacco tax to make cigarettes less available to youth

Inquirer.net 02/07/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has expressed support to the proposal to impose a higher tax on tobacco products, saying it would make cigarettes “less available and affordable” to the youth. “Significant increase in…

Two robberies in less than an hour in Cebu City

Benjie B. Talisic 10/22/2018

Two persons fell prey to robbers in separate incidents in Cebu City on Monday (October 22). A 23-year-old woman sustained stab wounds on her body after she refused to give her bag to robbers. Less than an…

Less food on the table

Editorial 09/03/2018

The story of Vicente Isles, an aging farmer based in Sogod town located 61 kilometers north of Cebu City, is one of many that explains why the country continues to suffer from a food crisis that won’t…

Tomas: City spent less on Charter Day

Doris Mae C. Mondragon 02/25/2018

It was a less costly celebration. But city officials, department heads and their guests looked glamorous in their formal wears as they converged at the Grand Ballroom of the Waterfront Hotel and Casino for the testimonial dinner,…

More drug addicts in LuzViMin, less in NCR — SWS survey

Ador Vincent Mayol, Inquirer.net, Julius N. Leonen 02/02/2018

THE number of drug addicts in villages across the country have increased, even as Metro Manila residents think there are fewer drug addicts in their communities, a nationwide survey taken in the last quarter of 2017 revealed.…

LAND VALUE TO INCREASE

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/09/2018

The failure of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to revise zonal values for land over the past 12 years will soon take its toll on taxpayers in Cebu. BIR-13 is expected to implement a revised zonal…

POLICE: IT’S GOING TO BE ‘LESS BLOODY’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 12/06/2017

PNP BACK ON WAR ON DRUGS Promising it is going to be a “less bloody” war on drugs, ranking officers of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) welcomed Malacañang’s decision to put the police back…

UC spikers want Cesafi title no less

John Carlo Villaruel 09/09/2017

  After an impressive league-debut last season wherein they reached the semifinals, the University of Cebu (UC) Webmasters are keen on taking a step further this year and that is to finally hoist the F2 Logistics Cesafi…

Habal-habal driver got less than P1M?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/06/2017

How much did the habal-habal driver receive as reward for the information that led authorities to the seven Abu Sayyaf bandits who hid, four of whom were later killed, in Clarin town? This question became a topic…

The road less travelled by

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 04/29/2017

Years ago, I strolled about the seminary grounds with an Irish colleague, who kept reciting a poem, which, he said, was by Robert Frost, and whose title was, “The Road Not Taken.” That introduced me to Frost,…

PNP-Church partnership Less bloody anti-drug campaign expected

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 03/05/2017

The Archdiocese of Cebu welcomed the pronouncement of Police Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa inviting priests as they resume their anti-drug operations. Msgr. Joseph Tan, Archdiocesan media liaison officer, said that they are happy that government…

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