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Published May 14, 2021, 4:44 PM CEBU CITY – The Office of the Provincial Prosecutor in Davao del Norte has ordered the release of the seven persons who were arrested last February following a controversial police operation involving a group of Lumad children at a retreat house here. Complaints for alleged violation of the Child Abuse Law, Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, and kidnapping and serious illegal detention that were filed against the seven persons collectively known as “Bakwit School 7” were dismissed. The seven persons include Chad Errol Booc, Segundo Lagatos Melong, Benito Da...

May 14, 2021 THE Covid-19 vaccine acceptance among senior citizens (Group A2 in the vaccination prioritization) in Central Visayas has improved, the Department of Health (DOH) 7 reported. Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, DOH 7 spokesperson, said as of Thursday, May 13, a total of 606,444 senior citizens in the region had already registered for the Covid-19 vaccination program. This is about 30,000 more than the number of registered senior citizens on April 20, which was only 572,626, said Loreche in a press briefer on Friday, May 14. Majority of the individuals who registered for vaccinati...

SunStar + May 10, 2021 THE United Architects of the Philippines Graduate Auxiliary (UAPGA) Cebu Chapter hosted a three-day Techtonics Hackathon event where students and professionals in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) sector presented their innovative and revolutionary ideas to a panel of judges and investors. The grand prize of the event was ₱30,000. The second prize meanwhile was ₱5,000, and the third prize was ₱3,000. Aside from the prizes, interested investors could also reach out to the contestants and invest in their ideas to help turn them into p...

SunStar Incentives await medical workers posted in NCR+ OFF TO HELP. Cebuano officials send off medical workers from Cebu at the Montebello Villa Hotel ahead of their flight to the National Capital Region (NCR) Wednesday, April 7, 2021 to help their colleagues and hospitals overwhelmed by the resurgence of Covid-19 cases in the NCR and its adjacent provinces. Front row (from left) are Department of Health (DOH) 7 spokesperson Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, Project Balik Buhay chairman Edmun Liu (slightly behind Loreche), DOH Assistant Regional Director Dr. Guy Perez, Vicen...

February 25, 2021 THE business sector in Cebu has assured that it is consistent in policing its own ranks, following the continued rise of Covid-19 cases in the city. Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Felix Taguiam said the business community adhered to the guidelines set by the government agencies and the Project Balik Buhay. “If there is someone who will test positive among their employees, they would close their establishment and disinfect it. The Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Labor and Employment have been doing spot site inspections o...