Top dragon boat teams compete in Argao

Rabboni Centino Borbon 09/22/2016

ELITE teams from the Visayas and Mindanao will see action in the 2nd Dragons in Argao: The Dragon Boat Inter-Barangay Clinic and Competition on Oct. 1 at the Argao Royal Palms, in Poblacion, Argao, southern Cebu. The…

Politicizing basic services

09/15/2016

Aside from cash aid for seniors and persons with disabilities (PWDs), it’s both disheartening and disgusting to learn that both the Osmeña administration and the Team Rama bloc are also fighting over the distribution of free medicines…

40 Duljo Fatima PWDs unable to receive cash aid

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/21/2016

AT least one barangay in Cebu City experienced problems in the distribution of the P1,000 financial aid to persons with disabilities (PWDs) yesterday. City Social Welfare Services (CSWS) chief Lea Japson said 40 PWDs from Barangay Duljo…

PWDs taken to tours in three city malls

PR 08/08/2016

Thirty-two visually impaired trainees of the Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC II) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development joined the celebration of White Cane Safety Day. White Cane Safety Day is celebrated on August 1…

Yoly continues Teban’s work

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/31/2016

From working as an extra in radio dramas, it was only a matter of time before Yolanda “Yoly” Daan succeeded her husband, famed radio talent turned public official Julian “Teban” Daan, at the Provincial Board (PB). When…

Gullas: Free healthcare for senior citizens, PWDs

Carmel Loise Matus 06/30/2016

TALISAY City Mayor Eduardo Gullas promised better services to his constituents through the delivery of free healthcare to senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) while also bringing in more investments and infrastructure development to the city.…

19 PWD trainees finish commercial cooking

06/17/2016

Nineteen persons with disabilities (PWDs) recently finished the commercial cooking training workshop at the Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC) 2 in Barangay Labangon, Cebu City. The two-day training workshop was facilitated and sponsored by the Banilad Center…

Election watchdog fetes 10K volunteers

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores 05/21/2016

THE elections may be over but the campaign for good governance continues for the Cebu Citizens Involvement and Maturation for People Empowerment and Liberation (C-Cimpel). “In between elections, we do seminars on good governance at the barangay…

67 PWDs finish livelihood courses

05/11/2016

Sixty-seven persons with disabilities (PWDs) recently graduated from the technical vocational program of the Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC) II in Barangay Labangon, Cebu City. Of the graduates, 23 finished massage therapy course, three on furniture and…

Long lines, technical glitches mark elections

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Juli Ann M. Sibi, Julit C. Jainar, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/09/2016

LONG queues in very humid weather, a power outage, rampant reports of vote buying and some technical glitches from at least twenty defective vote-counting machines (VCMs) were among the problems encountered yesterday as more than two million…

Pregnant women, seniors and PWDs allowed to vote outside assigned precincts

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/09/2016

SOME senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs) and pregnant women were allowed to vote outside their assigned precincts in Cebu City. In Abellana National School, which caters to voters of Barangays Sambag 1 and Sambag 2, at…

PWDs, seniors back Luigi’s mayoral bid

Nestle L. Semilla 05/02/2016

Multi-sectoral groups in Mandaue City voiced their support for Rep. Luigi Quisumbing’s bid for the city’s mayoral post in a press conference called by the congressman yesterday. Representatives of persons with disabilities (PWDs), senior citizens, youth, women,…

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