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SunStar + April 16, 2021 IT HAS been more than a year since the Cebu City Government shut down the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC) in the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic to prevent the disease from spreading. Back then, not much was known about SarsCoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. So the City was right to be extra cautious. But much has changed in the last 12 months. Keeping fit and eating a well-balanced meal may help keep the disease at bay. Not everyone, ...

SunStar Tell it to SunStar: Rights group raps separation of political prisoner from newborn a day after delivery + April 04, 2021 “Two mothers weep today—Mary grieves over the death of her son Jesus Christ and Elizabeth Estilon weeps for her newborn son who was separated from her a day after giving birth.” This was the statement of Kapatid, a support group for families and friends of political prisoners, on Good Friday, the day in which Christians ...

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Troubled Calif. skydiving school ordered to pay millions after another fatal jump FacebookTwitterEmail Lodi Parachute Center, Acampo, Calif.Yelp On Aug. 6, 2016, Tyler Turner, an 18-year-old from Los Banos who had just graduated high school with a 4.3 grade point average, went skydiving for the first time to celebrate a friends birthday. Turner jumped in tandem with an instructor. The parachute did not open, and the two hit the ground with a fatal impact. Deputies found the bodies in a vineyard...

SunStar + To President Duterte, honorable senators and representatives, Social Security System commissioners, Government Service Insurance System trustees: This open letter-appeal voices the sentiments, requests, and suggestions of the senior sector of the Filipino population. Our group, the Philippine Association of Retired Persons Inc. (PARP Inc.) is composed of elderly citizens who have contributed to the growth of our country through our blood, sweat, and tears. In short, we have paid ...

SunStar + March 14, 2021 WHY is it that many of us Pinoys tend to turn everything in our lives into politics? Is it because a large number believes it could run our country in such a way as to make it a progressive and respectable nation? Aren’t there ordinary citizens who hanker for high office, such as barangay captain to councilor to mayor to governor, then congressperson to senator and, eventually, president? Is it because of a natural human predilection to lust for power so ...

SunStar + By Oscar Tan III, Grade 12 student At this time a year ago, I wrote about the possibility of cancelling face-to-face classes for possibly a month. This was right before any one of us knew the extent of what was about to unfold. A year after, with the situation having vastly improved, I am looking at the opposite end of the spectrum: Should schools slowly reopen their classroom doors? Just like last year, there are many points of view that must be considered. If students and teachers a...

SunStar + By Oscar Tan III, Grade 12 student At this time a year ago, I wrote about the possibility of cancelling face-to-face classes for possibly a month. This was right before any one of us knew the extent of what was about to unfold. A year after, with the situation having vastly improved, I am looking at the opposite end of the spectrum: Should schools slowly reopen their classroom doors? Just like last year, there are many points of view that must be considered. If students and teachers a...

SunStar + March 07, 2021 TWO days before the International Women’s Day and a week before the announcement of the lockdown imposed a year ago, the Ecumenical Women’s Forum (EWF), a formation of women from Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, gathered in a blended liturgical commemoration (online and off-line) with the theme “Rise Against Tyranny, Pursue Justice.” After a year of the implementation of lockdown, the suffering of the poor aggravated. Violence against women a...

SunStar + More vaccines, not tarpaulins! We are calling for more vaccine options for the public and an end to early and expensive election campaigning amid the country’s efforts to contain Covid-19. Women want more vaccine options. The more vaccines that are made available, the more lives we can save, and the sooner we can all realize a new and better normal for all. Campaign tarpaulins and other early and expensive election campaigning will not save lives nor protect women from the glob...