Rainy season officially begins

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/08/2018

The wet season is on. The state weather bureau on Friday declared the onset of the rainy season which is expected to last until November. While it is a welcome respite from the sweltering summer heat, Engr.…

BOC seizes P2.5M of misdeclared goods

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/07/2018

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized four motorcycles, two bicycles, and an excavator with a combined value of at least P2.5 million in an inspection at the Cebu International Port on Thursday. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña…

Mom pleads guilty to exposing her children, 4 others to cyberporn; gets 20 years

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/06/2018

A 38-year-old mother will be spending the next 20 years in jail for selling her four children and four other minors to online pornography inside her home in Cordova town, Cebu, in 2016. Vilma (not her real…

It’s green and go for Digong part 4

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Futch Anthony Inso and Nestle L. Semilla 06/06/2018

President Rodrigo Duterte is back in Cebu today for the blessing and inauguration of the P17.5-billion Terminal 2 of the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA). He is expected to arrive at the world’s first resort airport at…

Picking up the pieces

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/01/2018

CYBERPORNOGRAPHY (Conclusion) He didn’t know what hit him. For years, Timmy and his siblings were into cyberpornography courtesy of their parents — an experience that turned the children’s dreams into their worst nightmare. He was a teenager…

The road to justice

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/31/2018

For seven years now, the parents of the children who were rescued from a cybersex enterprise in Cordova town, Cebu in 2011 languish in virtual hell, locked behind bars at the Lapu-Lapu City Jail while standing trial…

The cat-and-mouse game

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/30/2018

CYBERPORNOGRAPHY (PART 3) Like the menace of illegal drugs, cyber pornography has been prevalent in the Philippines and poses serious threats to families and children. “It’s very alarming and it’s getting larger at the threshold,” said Francis…

Haven of Hope

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/29/2018

(PART 2) Fe Saclot didn’t have much luck in love. “Wala lang gyud tingali ko’y swerte sa gugma. (Perhaps, I am just not lucky in love),” said the 49-year-old native of Badian town, southern Cebu. Her long…

Shining through the shadows

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/28/2018

(PART 1) She could easily spend her free time being somewhere else. Yet in between classes, Martha chooses to stay at the side of the road near her school in downtown Cebu City to be with impoverished…

Cyber case, apology and court battle

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/25/2018

Star Magic exec says sorry to 2 Cebuanos; actress Miranda chooses to fight in court An executive of ABS-CBN’s Star Magic has issued a public apology and cleared two persons whom she earlier portrayed as bogus sellers…

Police arrest mother who uses daughter for cyberporn

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/16/2018

POLICE arrested on Wednesday a mother who allegedly exposed her daughter and other teenage girls to cyberpornography in Barangay Sangat, San Fernando town, 41 kilometers south of Cebu City. Her 15-year-old daughter and two other girls were…

Controversial priest loses seat to choir member

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/15/2018

A CHURCH choir member has sent Fr. Oscar Banzon crashing back to earth. Charito Arreglado of St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish’s Centennial Choir in Kawit, Medellin town has put an end to Banzon’s stint as barangay captain…

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