Published May 8, 2021, 5:20 PM
CEBU CITY – Two doctors from a private hospital here will face trial for the death of Barili, Cebu Mayor Marlon Garcia last year.
The Office of the Cebu City Prosecutor found probable cause to indict Dr. Elfleda A. Hernandez, an infectious disease specialist, and Dr. Yvonne Bettina E. Montejo, a pulmonologist, for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide.
Mayor Garcia’s wife Jima filed the charges against the two doctors who who attended to the late local chief executive at the Chong Hua Hospital (CHH).
The brother of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia was admitted to CHH last Aug. 5 where he was later found to be COVID-19 positive.
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go recognized the sacrifices and selfless service of healthcare workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic during the launch of the country’s 103rd Malasakit Center at the Carcar Provincial Hospital (CPH) in Carcar City, Cebu on Tuesday, April 27.
The CPH is the
SunStar The best time to travel is during the Holy Week. The best day? Good Friday.
The national highway was deserted when we drove to Carcar at noontime. Given our past experience when we spent hours behind a long column of vehicles, especially in Minglanilla and Carcar, wondering when the traffic would clear, having the road practically all to ourselves was a very pleasant experience. The government does work, you begin fantasizing.
We had no specific destination. When you’ve been cooped up inside your house for more than two months during which the farthest you’ve stepped outside was to the garage, you don’t bother with road maps. They are a burden to your sense of liberation.
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Garcia and Administrative Officer IV Emmylou Cabonilas were sentenced to a prison term ranging from two months and one day to eight months and 21 days for usurpation.
In a motion filed last Feb. 9, Garcia’s lawyer Francisco S. Yabut submitted a motion to dismiss the case because his client had died on Sept. 1, 2020 or two months prior to the promulgation of the decision. He presented Garcia’s death certificate.
Garcia and Cabonilas’ conviction has not attained finality as a motion for reconsideration could still be filed and if denied, the judgment of conviction may still be elevated to a higher court.