Pawnshop robbery: 3 more persons identified in ‘robbery group’

Emmariel Ares 11/28/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police here have identified three more persons believed to be members of a big robbery group that staged the daring pawnshop robbery in Cebu City on Saturday, November 25, 2023. This progress in…

2 more ‘persons of interest’ in Colon jewelry heist arrested

Paul Lauro 11/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two more ‘persons of interest,’ who were believed to have been involved in the daylight robbery of a pawnshop in Colon Street, have been arrested, police announced. The two men were caught at…

Filipino seafarer, injured after Russian missile hit ship in Black Sea, back in PH

Inquirer.net 11/27/2023

MANILA, Philippines – The Filipino seafarer, who injured his left hand when a Russian missile hit their ship in the Black Sea is back in the Philippines. This is according to Hans Cacdac, Department of Migrant Workers…

Hamas frees 1 Filipino, 10 Thais, 13 Israelis from Gaza on first day of truce

11/25/2023

GAZA/ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER — Hamas fighters released 24 hostages on Friday including a Filipino during the first day of the war’s first truce. Also released were Israeli women and children, and Thai farm workers, after guns fell silent…

DNA Profiling: How it aids in solving crimes and catching criminals

Emmariel Ares 11/24/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Over the decades, DNA profiling has contributed to the resolution of countless criminal cases and put criminals behind bars to give justice to their victims. Historical data shows that this process has become…

TIMELINE: The deadly fire in Tisa where 4 children, including an infant, perished

Emmariel Ares, Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro 11/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Tragedy struck two families in Brgy. Tisa, Cebu City on Thursday morning, November 23 after a fire killed four of their kin, including an infant. The fatalities happened to be siblings, ages between…

Fire: 4 sleeping kids burned to death in 20-minute inferno

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 11/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Three young siblings and their 11-month-old cousin were believed to be trapped and burned to death when a fire hit their house in Cebu City early Thursday, November 23, 2023. Residents of Sitio…

Why Piston-Cebu joined transport strike

Niña Mae C. Oliverio, Rashe Zoe Sophia Piquero 11/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As early as 6 a.m. on Wednesday, November 22, members of the Cebu Chapter of the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (Piston) gathered in four different locations to participate in…

Human trafficking: NBI out to identify female accomplice of arrested Koreans

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 11/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Authorities here are bent on identifying the woman who is allegedly an accomplice in the human trafficking activities of two Korean nationals nabbed in Lapu-Lapu City on Sunday, November 19, 2023. This was…

2 convicted pedophiles denied entry at Mactan, Cebu airport

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Two American men were barred from entering the country through the Mactan Cebu airport  after authorities discovered they were convicted pedophiles. Immigration officials intercepted Stuart Chase Dingman and Neil Eugene Graves at the…

Passenger nabbed in Mactan Cebu airport for bringing shabu paraphernalia

Paul Lauro 11/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – An engineer’s vacation here in Cebu ended in the wrong turn after anti-narcotics agents arrested him for allegedly bringing in paraphernalia for illegal drugs. A 53-year-old civil engineer was intercepted at the Mactan-Cebu…

Transport strike: Cebu City govt to deploy green buses to ferry passengers

Rashe Zoe Sophia Piquero 11/21/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City government is set to roll out green buses on November 22, as a response to the one-day transport strike of several Public Utility Jeepneys (PUJs) in Cebu. This is after…

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