All for her parents

Nestle L. Semilla 03/25/2017

Magna cum laude graduate offers her achievement to her fisherman-father, fish vendor-mother Clad in her toga with one hand holding her college diploma and a medal hanging on her neck, Regine Villamejor couldn’t help but cry when…

Kidnap attempt

Editorial 03/23/2017

The persons arrested for allegedly trying to kidnap four schoolchildren in Minglanilla town last March 16 will have time to answer the charges to be filed against them, but the incident awoke bad memories of the kidnap-murder…

Of kids, failure and success

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 02/04/2017

Businessman, family man Francis Kong shares parenting tips to parents, teachers “Allow your children to experience failure.” This was one of the parenting tips that inspirational speaker Francis Kong shared to parents and teachers who attended his…

Faceless foundations

Francis B. Ongkingco 01/13/2017

Edward peeked into his parents’ bedroom. He saw his mom busy applying something on her face. He had learned more than once that she was not one to disturb when she was doing something. He tiptoed quietly…

Council revisits aid for solo parents

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/11/2016

There are around 5 thousand “solo parents” in Cebu City living below the poverty level, according to city hall estimates; and if a 2014 local ordinance is to be implemented, they should be getting their yearly financial…

Ten minors rounded up in Toledo City

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/13/2016

Ten minors were rounded up Tuesday night in Toledo City for violating the city’s curfew ordinance. Mae Tacandong, head of Toledo City Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS), said three of the kids were rounded in…

DSWD seeks parents of abandoned children

05/15/2016

THE Reception and Study Center for Children (RSCC) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas in Barangay Labangon, Cebu City is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the parents and relatives of the…

Parents of abandoned girl sought

PR 01/12/2016

THE Children’s Shelter of Cebu Inc. (CSC) is requesting the parents and relatives of an abandoned minor to come forward. Jessa Javier was born at the Cebu City Medical Center on Sept. 21, 2004. She was one…

Girl dies as fire ate home in Naga City

Apple Ta-as 07/06/2015

AN eight-year-old girl died in a fire that destroyed her family’s house in barangay Uling, Naga City in southern Cebu at 10:45 p.m. last Sunday. Leona Abatayo slept alone at home when the fire broke out. Both…

Shabu bust in motel; pa, 3 others nabbed

Apple Ta-as, Chito O. Aragon 05/29/2015

Police seized about P3.5 million worth of shabu and arrested four suspected drug pushers including a father who brought along his wife and two children when he allegedly sold a pack of the illegal substance to a…

2 siblings killed, parents hurt in Lapu-Lapu knife attack

Jhunnex Napallacan, Norman V. Mendoza 05/23/2015

Two children aged 10 and 15  were killed while their parents were critically wounded after they were stabbed by a neighbor inside their house in barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City  yesterday morning. The motive of the violence is…

Ryan calls settlement ‘ploy of the hospital’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/01/2014

If he was surprised by his girlfriend’s move, Ryan Noval didn’t show it. Noval, father of the taped baby, downplayed the amicable settlement signed by his partner Jasmine Badocdoc as just a “ploy of the hospital”. He…

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