Medicine recall

Editorial 12/01/2016

What’s the deal with Cebu City Hall’s health office taking the maintenance medicines away from Apas barangay health center last Friday, Nov. 25? City Health Officer Dr. Alma Corpin denied allegations by Apas barangay chairperson Ramil Ayuman…

SWU Phinma marks Int’l Students Day

PR 11/30/2016

SOUTHWESTERN University Phinma currently has the biggest number of international students in Cebu. This has made the university a lively and dynamic melting pot of different cultures and nationalities. SWU Phinma held extracurricular activities to celebrate this…

Parklane lights Christmas tree for Cancer Warriors Foundation

PR 11/26/2016

Cebu Parklane International Hotel ushered in the Christmas season last November 23 with a ceremonial Christmas tree lighting led by its general manager Cenelyn Manguilimotan. The event was graced by board member Miguel Magpale. This year’s theme,…

Free medicines

Editorial 11/14/2016

On the surface, the plan to hire 600 job order workers to distribute medicines to Cebu City beneficiaries under the Osmeña administration’s Long Life Medical Assistance program looks to be redundant as argued by the Team Rama…

V. Mayor Labella appeals to DOH: Hold barangay distribution of meds

Nestle L. Semilla 11/12/2016

Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella has appealed to the regional office of the Department of Health (DOH-7) to put on hold a current mechanism used by Mayor Tomas Osmeña in the distribution of medicines for the…

Meds delivered at your doorsteps

Inna Mejia 11/10/2016

While Cebu City council questioned the plans of the Osmeña administration of hiring additional job order employees to aid in city’s new program, Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he believed the city could eventually save for hospitalization and…

Hospital upgrades prioritized in Capitol’s 2017 budget

Nestle L. Semilla 11/02/2016

Cebu’s countryside residents will no longer have to travel to Cebu City for their hospitalization needs if plans to upgrade the hospitals in the cities of Danao and Carcar push through next year. Almost 25 percent of…

Watsons to set up pharmacies in communities

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/31/2016

AFTER years of identifying as a “beauty store,” health and wellness retailer Watsons Philippines is now poised to expand to the communities to cater to the public’s need for affordable generic medicine. Sharon Presbitero, Watsons Philippines group…

Stroke—how to prevent it

Alex Pacquiao 10/30/2016

STROKE is a sudden severe illness that attacks the brain. There are two basic types. Ischemic strokes, which account for about 80 percent of total strokes, happen when blood flow to a part of the brain is…

Village chief’s drug tests ‘invalid’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/27/2016

CEBU City Hall won’t honor the results of a drug test which Busay barangay captain Amilo Lopez took in a private hospital that found him negative of illegal drugs use. Dr. Alice Utlang, chief of the Cebu…

Will Gov. Davide be a Pontius Pilate?

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 10/27/2016

For evil to triumph it is enough for good men to do nothing,” says Edmund Burke. Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III will either confirm or negate what his critics have always thought of him to be: spineless…

Present meds, village chief told

Margarette Managaytay 10/24/2016

The Cebu City barangay official who initially tested positive in a drug test conducted during last Thursday’s barangay assembly was told to present a list of medications that he took for maintenance. “I called him (Busay barangay…

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