Firm eligible to undertake Sotto project

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/14/2016

ONE of three bidders for the proposed Cancer Center of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) was found eligible to undertake the project. The New CC Barcelona Construction, a Manila-based company, was able to comply with all…

Illegal drugs seized from pregnant woman

Apple Ta-as, Chito O. Aragon 04/07/2016

Four packs of suspected illegal drugs were seized from a woman who was about to give birth inside the delivery room of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC). Russel Niebres, acting information officer of the regional Philippine Drug…

No bidders yet for VSMMC cancer center

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/18/2016

The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) yesterday declared a failure of bidding for the construction of the   P476-million cancer center. Dr. Antonio Roque Paradela, BAC chairman, said they did…

VSMMC’s handling of patient criticized

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/11/2016

The Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) is investigating the way its staff handled a suspected Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona virus (MERS-CoV) patient who arrived from South Korea on March 9. The patient’s friend, a  23-year-old …

Cebu is Zika virus-free, DOH says

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/07/2016

CEBU remains free of the Zika virus despite reports of an American testing positive for contracting it while in the country last January. Dr. Van Phillip Baton, coordinator for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Disease Program of the…

VSMMC initiates query on 2-year-old baby boy’s death

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/29/2016

An internal investigation is being conducted by Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) on the alleged negligence that caused the death of a two-month old baby boy. Nonoy Mongaya, VSMMC spokesman, said that investigation has started despite…

Two boys accused of abusing two girls

Rene Alima 02/20/2016

TWO teenage cousins, who told their parents that they often watched sex videos on the Internet, admitted raping a 12-year-old girl and molesting another 11-year-old girl last Friday in a barangay in Dalaguete town, southern Cebu. The…

Baby thief’s boyfriend freed from jail

Apple Ta-as 01/21/2016

She may have been forgiven but Melissa Londres won’t be leaving jail anytime soon. Senior Supt. Marlon Tayaba, chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Management Group Central Visayas (CIDG-7), said Londres’s boyfriend Winfred Almeria is released…

Couple forgives baby’s kidnapper, drops case

Carmel Loise Matus 01/21/2016

COUPLE Jonathan and Jayvee Celadenia have chosen to forgive the self-confessed kidnapper of their baby Prince Niño. They signed an affidavit of desistance indicating they will not pursue charges against call center agent Melissa Londres who, disguised…

Prince Niño returns

Gerard Pareja 01/08/2016

Sa luyo sa akong hunahuna (usahay gud hunahuna ra nakoy gadaku), ga plano ko nga maghimo’g mubong pelikula kabahin sa usa ka Sinulog dancer nga gikawatan sa iyang imahin nga iya untang isayaw. Nakatagpilaw siya ug sa…

Baby, parents go home, attend probe on suspects

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Apple Ta-as, Chito O. Aragon 01/08/2016

FOUR days after losing and then regaining their baby, Jonathan and Jayvee Celadenia went home with their newborn son Prince Niño at 4 p.m. yesterday. Charges of kidnapping and serious illegal detention  were filed with the  Cebu…

Baby theft

Editorial 01/07/2016

  In snatching   baby  Prince Niño from a hospital, call center agent Melissa Londres said she was desperate to keep her boyfriend from leaving her. She was an instant mother for less than two days. Police traced…

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