‘Stop killings, help those in need’

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/15/2017

Extrajudicial killings and second chances were among the themes touched on during the Siete Palabras 2017, a reflection of Jesus Christ’s final words at the Cross held at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral last Good Friday. Fr. Daniel…

Phil-Chinese Chamber commits P25M for drug rehab facility in Cebu

Doris C. Bongcac 04/10/2017

A Manila-based business group has made a commitment to fund the construction of a drug rehabilitation facility in Sitio Cantipla in the mountain barangay of Tabunan in Cebu City. Officials of the Philippine Chinese Chamber of Commerce…

Saving Life

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/20/2017

(The last part of CDN’s three-part series on giving recovering drug addicts hope as the worst part of a junkie’s life could turn into something good.) He was in and out of jail for 18 years. Alain…

Palma prohibits priests from joining TokHang operations

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/14/2017

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has strictly prohibited all priests in the archdiocese from joining the anti-illegal drug campaign of the police. In a press conference on Tuesday, the 66-year-old prelate said taking part in police operations is…

STRIPPING OF CPDRC INMATES

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/12/2017

Being naked in front of female inmates indecent, embarrassing It was not the stripping naked of the male inmates of the provincial jail that was offensive, but rather the presence of the female inmates while they were…

Strength, not violence

Editorial 02/23/2017

Leave it to Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle to make eloquent discourses on spiritual and temporal issues, and last Saturday’s speech at the Luneta rally was no exception. He coined the church’s opposition to the war…

Citigym launches sports rehab program

Cheche Lara 02/20/2017

LAST Jan. 20, Citigym launched its newest Sports Performance and Rehabilitation (SPR) program, an integrated approach towards rehabilitation with active rehab techniques designed to challenge a person’s edge of capacity, focusing more on the individual’s medical condition…

Hope and life emerge amid drug war deaths

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/17/2017

They surrendered and lived to tell their stories. And to these men and women who, only months ago, could not even imagine giving up a life of drugs, it was a day like no other. Wearing green…

Mandaue police to intensify drug rehabilitation program

Dominic D. Yasay 02/04/2017

AMIDST the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) temporary suspension of its campaign against illegal drugs or “Oplan Tokhang”, the Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) is eyeing to intensify its rehabilitation program for the city’s drug surrenderers. MCPO spokesperson…

VM Fortuna: Rehabilitation of Cabancalan wetland, not drainage, can solve flooding

Dominic D. Yasay 01/20/2017

THE Mandaue City government expressed worry over the Cebu City government’s plan to construct a drainage system as a remedy to control the floods in Barangays Banilad and Talamban in Cebu City, and Cabancalan and Mandaue side…

Provincial Capitol: Of prison breaks and other problems

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/05/2017

(Conclusion) Known globally as the jail facility that houses the dancing inmates, unknown to the world, the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) has been plagued with various issues: from the escape of inmates, to the…

Of drugs and renewal

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/30/2016

I t was Christmas Eve. I left the house telling my husband Jeff that I will come back before 10 p.m. “I really just need to do these interviews. Dinner is prepared. Please feed the children,” I…

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