The teenage mother charged with parricide for allegedly killing her 18-month-old baby is still in a delicate psychological condition. “When I visited the 16-year-old mother at the hospital, we were told by the doctors not to talk about negative things in front of the girl,” Loida Makiling of the Department of Social Welfare and Development [...]
In preparation for the canonization of the first Visayan saint, a novena mass is scheduled to run at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Blessed Pedro Calungsod starting on Oct. 12.
After only two days online, the latest performance of Cebu’s dancing inmates got over half a million hits in YouTube.
THE environment department awarded the scientists who discovered the Cebu Hawk Owl, the third endemic bird species in the province. Biologists Lisa Paguntalan and Godfrey Jakosalem were honored last Monday by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – 7 (DENR-7). The owl’s scientific name is Ninox rumseyi, and is found in remaining forest patches [...]
Social workers are exploring the possibility of relocating the family of the 11 year-old girl who killed her father in a flareup of domestic violence in Argao town, Cebu. “Going back to Masbate is an option. If we assess that their relatives there are capable of supporting the mother and the children, then we can [...]
The contractor of the road widening project in Naga City has started cutting fruit trees to hasten completion of their work. The cutting however is without permit from the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Project engineers said the cutting “is okay as long as owners allowed them to.” “Kanang fruit trees, although kahibaw [...]
Even as the local government had yet to consult residents on the recommendation to evacuate their homes, another landslide hit barangay Campo 4 in Talisay City last Tuesday evening. The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) sent a team of geologists last Tuesday to assess the landslides along the road in the barangay. They recommended evacuation [...]
Residents of barangay Campo 4 in Talisay City were told to evacuate immediately after government geologists found their area highly susceptible to landslides and rockfall. But barangay residents aren’t eager to leave. The area coveres a five-kilometer stretch which became unstable especially during the rainy season. The instability of the slopes was worsened by ongoing [...]
With visitors declining in Oslob’s town’s whale shark-friendly coast, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia yesterday formed a study team to find out why the “tuki” frequently swim close to the shore of barangay Tan-awan.
Heavy rains over the weekend triggered three landslides in Talisay City that left the Manipis Road, a vital acess road road to Toledo City on the west coast, passable only by motorcycle.
A team of divers from the state fisheries agency will monitor whale shark feeding in Oslob town to frame recommendations on whether or not to stop the activity.
Environmentalists welcome the order of the environment department to stop the hand feeding of the whale sharks in Oslob town in southern Cebu.
CEBU Provincial Board Member Arleigh Sitoy yesterday said he would seek an inquiry into expenditures of certain Capitol projects, such as the TV program and monthly magazine. In the 888 news forum, Sitoy said he was pushing to establish “development communication” as the back bone of the Capitol’s communication program. “This coming Monday, [...]
