Faithful fill Cebu Cathedral to reflect, join Good Friday’s religious activities

Zena V. Magto 04/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuanos filled the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral on Good Friday, April 19, in reflection and participation with one of the highlighted events during Holy Week. The Siete Palabras, or the reflections on the Seven…

Organizers promise bigger, grander Sugat-Kabanhawan festival on Sunday

Zena V. Magto 04/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Organizers are preparing more fireworks and special effects for Sunday’s Sugat-Kabanhawan festival to attract an even bigger crowd to Minglanilla town’s annual festivity. Marvey Caño, the over-all artistic director of the celebration, promised…

Sinas to city police chiefs: Evaluate positioning of checkpoints

Zena V. Magto 04/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Amid the recent killings, the police are now directed to re-evaluate the positioning of their checkpoints. Brigadier General Debold Sinas, Police Regional Office in Central Visayas chief, ordered the city police directors to…

Rage led security guard to kill Danao girl

Zena V. Magto 04/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police said that the killing of 14-year-old Thesa Marie Ygay in Danao City was a crime of passion. But security guard Jessie Mediquillo, the primary suspect in the girl’s murder, said that rage…

23 stab wounds found in girl killed in Danao

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Zena V. Magto 04/10/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — Similarly to Christine Lee Silawan, the 14-year-old girl found dead inside a septic at a school in Danao City last Monday, April 8, died due to multiple stab wounds.  Thesa Marie Ygay received…

VFP-7 seeks lowering of age requirement for military pensioners

Zena V. Magto 04/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – War veterans in Cebu seek the lowering of military pensioners age from 65 to 60-years-old. Rodulfo Buma-at Jr., vice president of the Veterans Federation of the Philippines Central Visayas office (VFP-7) said that…

7 arrested in Talisay drug den

Benjie B. Talisic, Morexette Marie B. Erram, Zena V. Magto 04/09/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Seven men were arrested with 10 packs of shabu in a buy-bust operation in a drug den in Barangay San Isidro, Talisay City on Monday afternoon. Arrested were Jonathan Pantonial, Nestor Cabusas,…

Police say girl found in septic tank had a ‘close relationship’ with suspect 

Zena V. Magto 04/09/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — Police in Danao City revealed that the 14-year-old girl who was murdered and dumped into a septic tank in a Danao City school had a ‘close relationship’ with the suspect of the brutal…

Cops warned against doing ‘unsanctioned’ escort duties for gov’t officials

Zena V. Magto 04/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police who are found giving VIP services to government officials during the duration of the election period will be given administrative sanctions. Police Colonel Manuel Abrugena, Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) chief, gave…

CPPO chief on Arquillano raid: Police operation not politically motivated

Zena V. Magto 04/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The police operation is clean and not politically motivated. Police Colonel Manuel Abrugena gave this assurance after the retired Judge Meinrado Paredes, lawyer of San Francisco Mayor Aly Arquillano and his brother, Vice…

Creation of Special Investigation Task Group in Ronda brgy councilor’s probe mulled

Zena V. Magto 04/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) is still considering if there will be a need to create a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) to handle the investigation in the killing of  Barangay Ilaya…

Lara: PNP autopsy made when Christine’s body was still ‘fresh’

Zena V. Magto 04/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – With two opposing autopsy findings on the Christine Lee Silawan murder case, it will now be up to the court to decide which report to consider, said Dr. Benjamin Lara, chief medico legal…

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