Cleanliness as form rather than substance

Gideon Lasco - @inquirerdotnet 12/03/2021

The problem with many of the people who are in power in our country today is that they see cleanliness as a matter of form rather than substance. Amid environmental crises that require meaningful and urgent action,…

A woman of substance, ‘beautiful inside and out’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/26/2017

    She was kind and soft-spoken. That was how her friends and col-leagues at CNN Philippines described Cebuana veteran news anchor Amelyn Veloso who passed away last Thursday after three years of battling cancer. Veloso used…

Brgy. Banilad workers, officials take drug test

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/12/2017

The 76 officials and employees of Barangay Banilad in Cebu City were made to undergo a surprise drug testing yesterday morning. This is part of city government’s campaign to ensure and promote a drug-free workplace in the…

A different kind of surrender

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/26/2016

(A four-part series on why there is hope for drug users and pushers) Fe Mantuhac Barino, 59, could not remember a time when her life was not affected by illegal drugs. The chief executive officer of Duros…

Busay captain wants apology from COSAP chief

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/02/2016

Busay Barangay Captain Amilo Lopez asked for an apology from Cebu City Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (COSAP) chief Dr. Alice Utlang for allegedly revealing that he tested positive for drug use before a confirmatory test was…

Rehabilitation of surrenderers in rehab centers takes priority

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/23/2016

The bulk of the P50- million budget proposal for Cebu City’s campaign against illegal drugs will go to the rehabilitation of the drug surrenderers in the different barangays of the city, who can now be sent to…

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