MAO BA?

Editorial 03/29/2017

PRICEY SPA A government official complained of pain in her neck during a seminar at a high-end hotel, so her assistant referred her to the hotel spa. But the official balked at her recommendation, saying it would…

Special treatment

Editorial 03/21/2017

When businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles was brought to then president Benigno Aquino III to signify her surrender, thousands of netizens questioned whose strings she pulled to secure an audience with the highest official of the country. Regardless,…

NO SPECIAL TREATMENT

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 03/20/2017

As top gov’t exec arranges  surrender of road rage suspect, authorities vow to treat him like any other person who turns himself in A scion of a prominent Chinese-Filipino businessman should not expect special treatment even if…

Jonnette Alquizola: Her inspiring life

Apple Ta-as, Hayde Quiñanola 03/18/2017

SHE could be that classmate back in school who liked going out with her friends, is fond of children, and had a knack for teaching dance lessons. Then one fine ordinary school day, her life turned upside-down.…

A different kind of surrender

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/27/2016

PART 2 (A four-part series on why there is hope for drug users and pusher) Rene Francisco, 57, was an addict whose addiction to drugs and alcohol started in high school, back in Ozamiz City. Sent to…

Two men dead in Lapu

Norman V. Mendoza 11/28/2016

TWO persons were found dead in separate places in Lapu-Lapu City last Sunday afternoon.  Eduardo Paquibot, a 59-year-old resident of Sitio Ibabao, Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City was found hanging from a beam by a friend named Edgar…

Mandaue council tackles drug rehab programs

Julit C. Jainar 08/06/2016

The 14th Sangguniang Panlungsod of Mandaue City discussed during their regular session possible programs for the drug pushers and users who surrendered. Vice Mayor Carlo Fortuna said they invited speakers to provide inputs to develop a program…

Scaling down expectations

Editorial 06/30/2016

Former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama’s argument for the city to have its own hospital may be well and good but to reiterate the painfully obvious, he isn’t around in City Hall anymore to make it into…

Health sec leads groundbreaking for cancer center

Carmel Loise Matus 06/28/2016

Health Secretary Janette Garin led the groundbreaking of the first government-run cancer center in Central Visayas. Garin flew to Cebu on Tuesday afternoon, days before her tenure ends on June 30. The new cancer center will be…

High school research seeks to fight cancer, reaps int’l recognition

Carmel Loise Matus 05/24/2016

High school student Arianwen Ledesma-Rollan saw how her grandmother waged, and lost, a costly and painful battle against pancreatic cancer. The pain of losing a loved one fueled her search for an inexpensive cure for cancer. She…

Side effects of ‘antacids’

Dr. Philip S. Chua 10/26/2015

MORE than 7 million persons in the United States have gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) and some of them are taking antacids; more are on Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) pills to reduce acid secretion in the stomach. For…

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