Sogod fire razes house; faulty wiring eyed 

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 04/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Faulty electrical wiring could have caused the fire that razed a two-story house in Villa Monina in Barangay Bagatayam, Sogod town in northern Cebu at nearly noon today, April 11. Fire Officer 2…

Personal grudge seen as motive in killing of farmer in Sogod town

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 04/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police in Sogod town in northern Cebu say personal grudge was the motive behind the killing of a 62-year-old farmer in Sitio Sacsac in Barangay Dakit on Monday, April 5, 2021. The victim…

Electrocution incident in Toledo City an accident, police say

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 04/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Toledo police believe that the electrocution incident resulting in the death of a 27-year-old Romel Soon that happened around 11 a.m. on Monday, April 5, 2021 in Sitio Daspo, Barangay Das, was ‘accidental.’ Police…

PC Hills ‘residents’ not ‘padlocked’ just ‘regulated’ — PRO-7 chief

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 04/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police Regional Office (PRO)-7 Chief Ronnie Montejo clarified the allegations on ‘padlocking’ of gates of some of the buildings in the PNP compound in PC Hills in Barangay Apas, Cebu City, saying that…

Balamban accident: Two dead after pickup truck collides with motorcycle

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 04/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A female motorcycle rider and his male back rider died after they collided with a pickup truck along the Transcentral Highway in Barangay Gaas in Balamban town in western Cebu at nearly noon…

P2.7M shabu seized; 4 persons nabbed in Cebu, Bohol buy-bust operations

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 04/04/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities confiscated at least P2.7 million worth of suspected shabu, arrested 4 persons and rescued a minor during separate buy-bust operations in Bohol and Cebu on April 3 or Black Saturday. The biggest…

Medellin road accident: One killed, another injured

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 04/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Bemer Lindayao, 26, took advantage of the near empty roads in Medellin town on Good Friday for a motorcycle road test. But he did not see the approaching tricycle driven by Porferio Titoy,…

Asturias cops destroy P400K worth of marijuana plants

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 04/02/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least P400,000 worth of marijuana plants were uprooted at around 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 1. in Purok 1, Barangay Kaluangan, a mountain barangay in Asturias town in northwestern Cebu. Policemen of…

One killed, two injured in Malabuyoc motorcycle collision

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 04/02/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 28-year-old motorcycle driver died while two others were badly injured in a motorcycle collision that happened along the national highway in Barangay Armeña in the southwestern Cebu town of Malabuyoc early Thursday…

Coast Guard personnel’s warning shots kill ‘illegal fisher’ in Daanbantayan

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 03/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Warning shots fired by two Coast Guard personnel on two fleeing fishing boats that they were trying to apprehend for illegal fishing off the waters of Daanbantayan town on Friday, March 26, allegedly…

In Boljoon, 80-year-old man stabs, wounds 40-year-old son

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 03/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An 80-year-old man stabbed and wounded his 40-year-old son during a drinking spree at a neighbor’s house on March 26 in Sitio Danao, Barangay El Pardo, Boljoon town in southern Cebu. Gaudencio Gantalao…

Medellin ambush: Man, who just got out of jail, shot dead in front of his 2 kids

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 03/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A man, who just got out on bail after nine years in jail, was killed in front of his two minor children after the car they were riding on was ambushed on their…

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