Going beyond Oplan TokHang

Editorial 07/19/2016

Others view it as a “shakedown” while many more see Oplan TokHang (Toktok Hangyo or Knock and Appeal) as an effective grassroots strategy by the Duterte administration to verify, profile and monitor suspected drug users and pushers.…

Cosap relaunches rehab program

07/13/2016

The Cebu City Office of Substance Abuse Prevention (COSAP) relaunched its We Care program on Monday with a different approach in engaging drug dependents to recovery sessions. Personnel from COSAP, together with psychologists and former drug addicts,…

DOH worried over surge of drug users seeking rehab

Carmel Loise Matus 06/30/2016

The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has expressed worries about the possible “surge” of drug dependents who will be seeking rehabilitation. Dr. Dino Caing admitted that they only have two rehabilitation centers located in Argao…

PB OKs P127-M supplemental budget

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/02/2015

Bridges and highways repair, Cebu Cultural Center rehab, hospital operations get share in approved allocation. The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) approved a P127-million supplemental budget during its regular session yesterday. It is the fifth supplemental budget requested…

‘Crazy 4’ saves creek

Marian Z. Codilla 10/15/2015

JOHN Tobit Cruz and three of his friends called themselves “the crazy four.” Cruz said they dreamed of saving the earth by starting with the 3-kilometer stretch of Maningning creek in Taytay City, Rizal province in Luzon.…

Freed inmate prefers to stay in jail

Melissa Q. Cabahug 03/09/2015

Being a prison maintenance man is his way to thank those who treated him well in CPDRC   He was free to walk away from jail after he was acquitted last month of the rape charges filed…

Yolanda shelter aid only for the poor — Soliman

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/10/2015

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) stands by its guideline that limits the distribution of the Emergency Shelter Assistance to those living below the poverty line. Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman said that the…

Mayor Corro seeks World Bank aid

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/04/2015

Rather than get bogged down by the municipal council, Daanbantayan Mayor Augusto Corro said he would ask help from Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III to avail of World Bank aid to fund post-Yolanda rehabilitation projects in his…

Capitol, RAFI to build 75 classrooms

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/02/2015

The Cebu provincial government will enter into a partnership memorandum of agreement with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) for the construction of classroom buildings in ten schools throughout the province. Last Monday, the Cebu Provincial Board…

Sibonga bridge rushed ahead of Sinulog parade

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/09/2015

Despite the delays in the shipment of additional steel components, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said it will make good on their promise to make the damaged Dumlog bridge in Sibonga town passable before…

Cebu’s dancing inmates perform before loved ones, Mega Cebu on Christmas Eve

Peter L. Romanillos 12/26/2014

Around 2,100 of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center’s  (CPDRC) dancing inmates performed a rendition of the classic carol “Jingle Bells” before their loved ones and members of the “Mega Cebu” group on Christmas Eve last…

Ping’s ‘irrevocable resignation’ takes effect mid-February

Inquirer 12/22/2014

Secretary Panfilo Lacson has tendered his “irrevocable” resignation as presidential assistant on recovery and rehabilitation in areas devastated by supertyphoon “Yolanda” (Haiyan). The resignation takes effect in mid-February after Lacson’s office completes the transfer of reconstruction-related tasks…

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