Tooth-brushing by schoolkids can improve performance in their studies. Monday, Cebu City Central School children were taught how to brush their teeth well. Tooth decay among schoolchildren has topped the list of health concerns since 1994. Pupils, DepEd offficals stress, can’t perform well if they suffer from dental ailment. (Sun.Star Cebu/Arni Aclao)
MANILA -- A militant congressman revealed that a close ally of Malacañang allegedly attempted to bribe him in exchange for endorsing the impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
During Monday’s plenary debates, Anakpawis party-list Representative Crispin Beltran said he was offered P2 million last Friday, the same day that lawyer Rafael Pulido filed the complaint against the President.
MANILA -- Lawyer Rafael Pulido on Monday accused House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and his son Jose “Joey” de Venecia III of violating several times the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act or Republic Act (RA) 3019 in a complaint he filed before the Office of the Ombudsman.
CEBU CITY -- The Land Transportation Office (LTO) 7 lost more than P5 million this year, said an audit team looking into the agency’s finances when its cashier went missing, after she failed to account for funds.
