Man, 35, facing rape case for ‘molesting’ daughter, 14

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 35-year-old man from Argao, a southern Cebu town, is facing rape charges after he was accused of allegedly molesting his 14-year-old daughter. Police Senior Master Sergeant Vivian Tamayo of the Women and…

School opening moved to September in GCQ areas

Neil Arwin Mercado 04/24/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to move the opening of the next school year to September in areas placed…

Lost semester or lost summer term?

Jobers Reynes Bersales 04/16/2020

  The sudden rise in positive COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) cases in Cebu City, centered around Sitio Zapatera, Barangay Luz, has put a damper on those who were hoping early this week of seeing an end to…

A student’s guide to staying productive during quarantine

Rhobie Alburo Ruaya 04/03/2020

All schools in the country have closed early in response to the increasing number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections. Being a student during a community quarantine can be considered both a blessing and a curse. For…

Public school teachers to receive P10K incentive bonus on December 10

Futch Anthony Inso 12/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Here’s good news for public school teachers. The Department of Education (DepEd) has announced that they will be receiving their P10,000 incentive bonus for this year. Regional Director Salustiano Jimenez, Department of Education…

3 schools benefit from Project E-lab

PR 11/29/2019

Three schools offering the Senior High course Electrical Installation and Maintenance (EIM) in Metro Cebu — Abellana National School, Mandaue City Comprehensive NHS and Naga City NHS — received refurbished laboratories under the Aboitiz Foundation and Visayan…

DepEd-7 eyes memo to ban e-cigarettes inside schools

Futch Anthony Inso 11/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) is considering the issuance of a memorandum that will prohibit the bringing in and the use of e-cigarette or vape inside the school premises. This…

Six classrooms damaged by fire at Maribago High School

Norman V. Mendoza 11/17/2019

LAPU-LAPU City, Cebu — Six classrooms were destroyed and three were damaged by the fire this afternoon, November 17, at the Maribago High School in Barangay Maribago in Lapu-Lapu City. SFO1 Hadjiluden Samonte, Lapu-Lapu City Fire Central…

Scenes from the fire that hit Maribago High School

Norman V. Mendoza, Paul Lauro and Alven Marie A. Timtim 11/17/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Firefighters are battling as of 5 p.m. of November 17 an ongoing fire that has already damaged at least nine classrooms at the Maribago High School in Barangay Maribago in Lapu-Lapu City. According…

Dalaguete student wears Sarimanok inspired-costume, uses live chicken as headdress 

Immae Lachica 08/31/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The month of August has come to an end. Here in the Philippines, this also means that it’s time to showcase our national costumes in the different culminating activities for the month long celebration…

Capitol: P2.6-M school supplies overlooked, undistributed since 2017

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —At least P2.6 million worth of school supplies intended for public school graders were left undistributed since 2017, said the Provincial General Services Office (PGSO). Bernard Calderon, acting chief of PGSO, said their inventory…

Mactan attack: Teacher, shot in front of boarding house, dies in hospital

Benjie Talisic 07/06/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 34-year-old public school teacher died in the hospital after he was shot and wounded in front of his boarding house in Sitio Abapo, Barangay Mactan in Lapu-Lapu City at past 7 p.m.…

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