Korean national dies after falling from Mactan building

Futch Anthony Inso 01/27/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- A Korean national died after he reportedly fell from the second floor of a building in Mactan Newtown, in Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City. The incident was reported to the police at 1:10 a.m. on…

Drunk fisherman drowns while spearfishing in Oslob

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 12/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 48-year-old fisherman, who was allegedly intoxicated, lost his life when he drowned at sea on Thursday evening, December 21, 2023 in Barangay Lagunde, Oslob, southern Cebu. The drunk fisherman was allegedly spearfishing…

Missing dad, who went under while swimming in Lapu-Lapu, is dead man found floating in Mandaue sea 

Mary Rose Sagarino 07/26/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — A Police official in Mandaue City is urging the public to avoid swimming when one is drunk especially if the weather is not so good. Police Captain Waldo Batad, the assistant station chief…

Talisay accident involving drunk driver prompts call anew not to drive when intoxicated

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/11/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Don’t drive if you are drunk.” Jonathan Tumulak, chief of the City of Talisay Traffic Operations and Development (CT-TODA), made this firm reminder anew after a man, who was allegedly drunk, figured in…

Sibonga killing: 5 persons of interest eyed in hacking attack of ‘drunk man’

Pegeen Maisie Sararaña and Paul Lauro 01/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police have identified five persons of interest (POIs) in the death of a man, who was found with hack wounds in his body this morning, Jan. 23,  along the road of Brgy. Bato, a…

Search continues for missing rescuer in Compostela, Cebu

Paul Lauro 12/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities continue to look for the rescuer, who went missing after he was swept by big waves, as he tried to rescue two alleged ‘drunk’ guests from drowning in a resort in Barangay…

‘Drunk’ pregnant woman dies after she was hit by an SUV and ran over by a van in Cebu City

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie Sararana 12/19/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A two-month pregnant woman died on the spot after she was hit by a passing SUV and a van around 1 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 19, along N. Bacalso Avenue in Barangay Poblacion…

Daanbantayan accident: 2 men hurt after ‘drunk’ tricycle driver crashes into them from behind

Paul Lauro 10/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The man, who sideswiped two young men with his tricycle along the national highway in Barangay Poblacion, Daanbantayan town in the afternoon of Oct. 14, was believed to be drunk or under the…

Late sorry not enough to get ‘disrespectful’ brothers off the hook – police chief

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 06/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The late sorry won’t cut it. This was the reply of Police Lieutenant Eden Rex Baguio, Sta. Fe Police Station chief, to the two brothers, who were arrested after they challenged two policemen…

Drunk father stabs own son to death

Alven Marie Timtim 05/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 51-year-old father is facing parricide charges after he stabbed dead his own son in Barangay Bitoon, Dumanjug, Cebu, at around 1 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. The man was identified by…

Police: Woman, who died after she fell from the 24th floor of a building, was possibly drunk

Alven Marie A. Timtim 12/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 22-year-old woman, who died after she fell from the ledge of a condominium unit  at the 24th floor of a building at the Cebu IT Park, was allegedly drunk. Police Chief Master…

Korean drives car into oncoming tricycle, hurts two

Norman V. Mendoza 10/22/2019

Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu—A tricycle driver and his passenger were hurt after the tricycle they were in was hit head on by a car driven by a Korean national at around 4 a.m. on Tuesday, October 22, 2019,…

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