Happy New Year!

Lloyd Suarez 12/30/2015

Dunay rason nga modepensa si Cebu City Fire Marshal Chief Inspector Rogelio Bongabong Jr. sa iyang mga tawo sa Lahug Fire Substation tungod kay lumad siya’ng taga Lahug. In fairness, nakaresponde gyud ang ilang fire truck sa…

SRP firecracker vendors wait for sales to pick up

Apple Ta-as 12/20/2015

With  five days to go before Christmas, local firecracker vendors hope to raise their sales at the South Road Properties (SRP) after two days of rain and fewer buyers in the past week. The sale of assorted…

For an injury-free New Year

01/05/2015

The Department of Health (DOH) reported a decline in the number of firecracker related injuries in Central Visayas from 79 in 2013 to 74 as 2014 drew to a close, but don’t tell that to firecracker injury…

Family is everything

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 01/05/2015

A Happy New Year to all! We are filled with the hope that we are stronger in facing life’s challenges and resolutely to be in a constant state of gratitude for the wonderful blessings that come our…

New

Loreen Sarmiento 01/04/2015

When was the last time you did something for the first time? Something new. What is that one character you would want to change? A new behavior. Who is that one person you’ve always wished to meet?…

Last of the season

Raymund Fernandez 01/04/2015

By Monday it will be back to work for him! He promised himself. He misses it. Work. The holiday season seemed alternately longer and shorter than just two weeks. This season particularly; visited as it was with…

Couple, brother-in-law saved by Chinese crew on New Year’s Day

Rene Alima 01/04/2015

After 26 hours of floating in the waters off Occidental Mindoro, a couple and a relative were rescued by crew members of a Chinese vessel and were taken to Toledo City at 2 p.m. last Thursday, Jan.…

Firecracker blast injures boy

Apple Ta-as 01/04/2015

A 13-year-old boy was wounded after a firecracker exploded in his hand in barangay Magcagong, Sibonga town, southern Cebu. Luckily, the boy just sustained minor cuts in the fingers. Police said the boy found the triangular-shaped firecracker…

31 New Year babies at Vicente Sotto hospital

Melissa Q. Cabahug 01/03/2015

Thalia Maria Panonce, weighing 3.65 pounds, was the first baby born in 2015 at  the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu City. Her mother, Orjean Panaganan, 28, said Thalia was smiling instead of bawling  when…

Firecracker kills baby in Neg Or

Melissa Q. Cabahug 01/03/2015

A ONE-YEAR-OLD boy in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental was killed by a firecracker that landed on his chest as the baby was held by his mother while riding a motorcycle on New Year’s Eve. The firecracke  hit…

Shared prosperity in 2015 and beyond

Jobers R. Bersales 12/31/2014

Sixteen steps, 10 agencies, 34 days and 17 percent of a Filipino’s average annual income. That is how much it costs to set up a business, big or small, in the Philippines. In Malaysia, it only takes…

Hope for the New Year

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 12/31/2014

Saying that the traditional mode of doing business has failed to reduce poverty in the country, it is time to adopt the  new business model of  social enterprise. Coop Natcco partylist Rep. Cresente Paez stressed this point…

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