Argaoanons demand justice for slain teenager Jezreel

Apple Ta-as 03/10/2016

Dozens are expected to march on the streets of Argao tomorrow as shock turns to anger over the brutal death of an honor student whose only mistake was to walk to school alone on a narrow road…

Suspects charged as officials push anti-drugs drive

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/09/2016

PROVINCIAL officials yesterday called for an intensified campaign against illegal drugs, especially in the countryside, as police filed charges against  the three suspects in the killing of a 15-year-old girl in Argao town in southern Cebu. Two…

Argao in shock over 15-year-old girl’s killing

Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan, Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/08/2016

The municipality of Argao in southern Cebu is in a state of shock over the killing of 15-year-old student Jezreel Tahanlangit Higida. “We’re just so sad. It’s so shocking. It would have been nice for Argao to…

TEENER KILLED

Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan 03/07/2016

It had been Jezreel Tahanlangit Higida’s usual routine to wake up before 6 a.m. so she could walk three kilometers from her home to the Bulasa National High School in Barangay Bulasa, Argao town in southern Cebu.…

Schoolgirl killed, her face bashed with a rock

Apple Ta-as 03/07/2016

A Grade 7 student was found dead in a grassy area in Argao town, southern Cebu at past 12 noon on Monday. Jezreel Higida, 15, had a wound on her face. A bloodstained rock bigger than a…

American Tourist, man arrested

Apple Ta-as 03/06/2016

A 52-YEAR-OLD American tourist and a 19-year-old man were arrested in separate incidents on Friday and Saturday in Argao town southern Cebu and Compostela town northern Cebu. On Friday, American tourist Brian Wayne Keitschuck was arrested after…

Dog ‘helps’ uncover Argao crime

Rene F. Alima 03/03/2016

Had it not been for a dog, the disappearance of a 28-year-old woman four months ago would have remained a mystery. The remains of Monaliza Posadas were dug up by a dog around 11 a.m. on Wednesday.…

Argao declares 12 sites as tourist destinations

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/28/2016

THE municipal council of Argao in southern Cebu has passed an ordinance declaring 12 areas as tourism destinations. The ordinance was referred to the Cebu Provincial Board (PB) and noted in a regular session on Feb. 22.…

Renaming of Argao school for gov’s lolo

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/17/2016

Education Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro asked the Argao municipal government last week to rename the Colawin Elementary School after one of its founders, the late superintendent Hilario Davide Sr. “This is to cement the love he and…

Farmer-scientist Davide donates lot to Argao school

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/14/2016

Students at the Colawin Elementary School (CES) in Argao, southern Cebu, now have bigger space to plant their vegetables. Dr. Romulo Davide, farmer-scientist and a Ramon Magsaysay awardee, and his wife Clara donated a 4,935-square-meter lot to…

Boy, 6, dead in mishap

Rene F. Alima 01/11/2016

Two died, including a 6-year-old boy, in separate road accidents in Balamban and Argao towns. Mateo Gelbolingo, 6, died on the spot after he was crushed by a prime mover loaded with bags of cement shortly before…

Girl, pa wounded in rape attempt

Apple Ta-as 12/20/2015

A 16-year-old girl and her father were injured after a relative attempted to rape the girl in barangay Langtad, Argao town, south Cebu yesterday dawn. Police said Ana (not her real name) was sleeping inside their house…

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