20 minors rescued in Talisay City’s crackdown on street carolers

Futch Anthony Inso 11/12/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—  Around 20 minors were rescued by the Talisay City Social Welfare and Development Office, Gender and Development (GAD) Focal, and the Philippine National Police (PNP) during an operation targeting street carolers, especially those boarding…

13-year-old boy dies after father’s tricycle falls off road in Bohol

Leo Udtohan 07/03/2023

TAGBILARAN CITY — A tricycle loaded with at least 12 passengers, mostly children, crashed on Pangangan Island in Calape town, Bohol on Sunday, leaving a 13-year-old boy dead and others injured. The fatality was identified as Zunle…

COVID-19 vaccination for street children possible, health officials say

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Administering COVID-19 vaccines to street children is possible, local health officials here said. The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) and Cebu City Health Office welcomed the recommendations of Cebu Medical Society…

Margielyn Didal hands lunch meals to street kids and homeless in Cebu

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 09/02/2021

GINATILAN, CEBU — Cebuana skateboarder and Olympian Margielyn Didal drives around Cebu to give free lunch to street children and the homeless. “Big thanks to my mom for cooking, to my gf and friends (Insomy Crew) for…

SM running event to benefit the media & Cebu’s street children

PR 01/22/2020

The proceeds of this year’s SM2SM Run will go a long way to fund the programs & projects of the Cebu News Workers Foundation, Inc. and Children of Cebu Foundation, Inc. Now on its 10th year, SM2SM Run…

Sinulog sa Palaboy: Teaching street kids discipline by dancing the Sinug dance

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/18/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Sandiego Dance Company has been a main staple of the Sinulog Festival since the beginning of the annual festivity in 1980. Val Sandiego, the dance company’s choreographer and owner, had meticulously…

Street kids experience spirit of Christmas in Children’s Haven at Carbon police station

Alven Marie A. Timtim 12/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It was a Saturday and Dodong, 14, was already up as early as 6 a.m. And no, he was not headed for school. Dodong was attending the Children’s Haven Christmas party scheduled on…

5th Anniversary: Phoneography Cebu plans photowalk with a twist

Immae Lachica 08/06/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu phoneography enthusiasts will be celebrating their fifth year anniversary on August 24 with a twists. Aside from the annual photowalk participated by their members, the group is planning to also organize a feeding program…

Cops give 200 Metro Cebu street children a fun day at Malacañang sa Sugbu

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/28/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Street children around Cebu had a day of fun in Malacañang sa Sugbu where different activities were prepared by Police Regional Office Central Visayas which they called “Kalingawan alang sa Libud-suroy”. In relation…

Street children to take center stage in Ayala Center’s annual Pasundayag

PR 06/01/2018

AYALA Center Cebu and Knapsack Productions will once again rock the stage with the annual Pasundayag that will be held today at 5 p.m. at The Terraces. Pasundayag 2018 is a celebration of hope and exhibition of…

Youth orchestra, choir in concert for street kids

Rosalie Abatayo 07/29/2017

ABOUT 500 devotees gathered at the Archdiocesan Shrine of San Roque Parish for a joint evening performance by the Spring Rain Voices and Classical Youth Orchestra for the benefit of 65 street children under the parish’s Among…

WATCH: Cebu street kids perform rap with powerful message

Ryan Macasero, Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/24/2017

In Cebu City, street children who knock on windows of cars or beg for money from commuters aren’t a new sight. But Jamil Faisal Adiong, a student at the University of San Carlos, spotted two children who…

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