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Senator Bam Aquino on Tuesday slammed the dismissal of illegal drugs charges against Cebu businessman and self-confessed drug trafficker Kerwin Espinosa as proof that the war on drugs only targets the poor. In a resolution dated on…
Cebu economist: Train Law will not benefit the poor Daisy, 21, works for a mall in Cebu City with a minimum daily wage of P366 or P8,064 monthly salary for working 24 days in a month. The…
CEBU Archbishop Jose Palma has encouraged members of the clergy to go out from their comfort zones and reach out to the less fortunate people. Palma said in press briefing on Dec. 28, that this would also…
IN staging their rally at the dilapidated Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) yesterday, Cebu-based militant leftist groups objected to the billions of pesos spent by the government to host the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit…
In a span of three days, two women were arrested by the police in Cordova town on Mactan Island and in Talisay City for engaging in cyberpornography, victimizing their own children and sisters. A 20-year-old mother was…
It is said that natural or man-made calamities bring out the best and the worst in people, and a classic example of this truism is the recent destruction of Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria. The same can…
An official of the Bayan Muna in Central Visayas said the decision to deny the appointment of Social Work Secretary Judy Taguiwalo was anti-poor. Jaime Paglinawan said that Taguiwalo is among the very few government officials…
STATE OF URBAN POOR ADDRESS At least 500 members of the urban poor sector were encouraged to help the Cebu City government in its fight against illegal drugs. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, who made his State…
Seven-year-old San Niño Batucan was watching television in his home in Barangay Cansaga in the northern Cebu town of Consolacion on December 3, 2016, when he suddenly clutched his stomach in pain. The boy was hit by…
Garbed in a surgical gown and armed with incision instruments, Dr. Mario Reyes sits on a chair and does cataract surgery on a patient. In 15 minutes, the procedure is over. It can be just another…
THE banning of unlimited rice serving in restaurants is anti-poor, according to Cebu Vice Governor Agnes Magpale. Magpale’s comment was sought by the Cebu media yesterday morning following the call of Senator Cynthia Villar to ban…
A letter written by a certain Barbara Rank of Iowa in the US in response to her congressman who questioned why American men have to pay for “pregnancy insurance” under Obamacare caught my attention in light of…
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