Zafra urges lawyers to report any threats amid killings

Dyrecka Letigio 08/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Philip Zafra, the committee chairperson for peace and order, is urging law practitioners to report any threat to their lives. This amid the killing of human rights lawyer, Rex Fernandez,…

Who is Atty. Rex Fernandez?

Mae Fhel Gom-os 08/27/2021

  (Updated) MANDAUE CITY, Cebu –Just hours after the killing of Atty. Rex Fernandez in a broad daylight ambush in Cebu City, the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) – Cebu Chapter released a statement condemning the ruthless killing…

Controversial Cebuano lawyer killed in daring daylight ambush

Mae Fhel Gom-os, Paul Lauro 08/26/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — A Cebuano lawyer who became controversial after holding a hunger strike, was killed in a daring afternoon ambush along Duterte Street, Banawa, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City on Thursday, August 26, 2021. Lawyer Rex…

Manhunt continues for suspects in killing of two former NPA rebels in Bohol

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 04/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Law enforcers in Bohol are conducting simultaneous checkpoints and clearing operations to find at least six suspects responsible for the ambush of four former NPA members wherein two were killed and one was injured…

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…

Jail officer shot dead in Danao City

Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro 01/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—At least eight still unidentified individuals are being considered as suspects behind the killing of a jail officer in Danao City on Thursday evening, January 14, 2021. The Danao City Police Station said Jail Officer…

Cordova’s chief investigator shot dead, 21 bullets found in crime scene

Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro 12/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The chief investigator of the Cordova Police Station was shot dead along the highway in Cordova town, Cebu on Wednesday evening, December 16, 2020. Initial reports from the Cordova Police Station confirmed that one of…

NBI nabs suspect in lawyer’s murder, IBP Cebu City to extend help to ensure swift justice

Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Paul Lauro 12/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) has reported the arrest of one of the suspects in the killing of Lawyer Joey Louise Wee on November 23, 2020. Barely two weeks…

Riding-in-tandem kills man in Danao

Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro 12/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Still unidentified gunmen were believed to be the suspects behind the killing of a 27-year-old man on Wednesday evening, December 2, 2020, in Danao City, Cebu.  The Danao City Police Station confirmed that the victim,…

Special Investigation Task Group created for Cebu lawyer’s ambush

Alven Marie A. Timtim 11/27/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental—A Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) will be created by the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) to focus on the investigation of the killing of Lawyer Luis Wee. Wee was gunned down by still…

Lapu police has persons of interest in lawyer’s ambush

Alven Marie Timtim 10/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The investigators of Station 2 of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LLCPO) now have persons of interest who may be involved in the attempted ambush of Lawyer James Joseph Gupana. The investigator of the case,…

IBP-Cebu urges police to solve shooting incident involving lawyer

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A group of lawyers here in Cebu is urging investigators to immediately solve Saturday’s shooting incident involving a lawyer. Lawyer Ria Lydia Espina, president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Cebu Chapter (IBP-Cebu),…

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