Category: Lifestyle

Lifestyle

8 Golden Rules for Kidney Health: Simple Habits That Can Help Protect Your Kidneys

CEBU CITY — Your kidneys work quietly every day, filtering waste from the blood, helping regulate fluids and supporting several essential functions in the body. Yet kidney problems can develop gradually, sometimes without obvious warning signs. That is why protecting kidney health is not only about treating kidney disease when it appears. It also means paying attention to everyday habits and controlling conditions that can put the kidneys at risk. During the 8th Cebu Cancer Fair held on Aug. 2

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Business

Davao City Offers Free Physical Therapy to Stroke Patients, Including Home Visits for Bedridden Survivors

DAVAO CITY — Stroke survivors in Davao City now have access to free community-based physical therapy, including house-to-house rehabilitation support for patients who are bedridden and unable to easily travel to a healthcare facility. The program is being implemented by the Davao City Health Office (CHO) as part of an effort to help stroke survivors regain mobility, improve motor functions and receive continuing support after a stroke. City health personnel also work with families to teach the

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Entertainment

‘Sheng Siong Ah Ma’ Dies at 91 as Son Recalls Harrowing 2014 Kidnapping and S$2 Million Ransom

SINGAPORE — Ng Lye Poh, the mother of the founders of supermarket chain Sheng Siong and a beloved figure affectionately known as “Sheng Siong Ah Ma,” has died at the age of 91. Ng passed away at home on Sept. 5, 2026, surrounded by her family, according to her obituary. Her death has prompted an outpouring of memories—not only of her role as the matriarch of the family behind one of Singapore's best-known supermarket chains, but also of the extraordinary kidnapping ordeal she survived more than

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Lifestyle

South Korea’s Coral Gardens Are Collapsing Again as Scientists Warn Climate Change Could Worsen the Damage

JEJU, SOUTH KOREA — A dramatic decline in the soft coral gardens surrounding South Korea’s Jeju Island is raising alarm among divers and marine scientists, as unusually warm waters and increasingly severe weather put one of the region’s most distinctive underwater ecosystems under growing pressure. The phenomenon is known as “slumping” — a process in which soft corals lose their upright form, droop and eventually break apart. After a major slumping event in 2024, divers and researchers say sig

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