The age of innocence

Jeff Ruffolo 03/29/2017

TAKE a look at that face! This is the face of innocence—a young boy without guile. My three-year-old son knows nothing about credit cards, online dating, or paying the mortgage for our Casa Ruffolo Uno home each…

Boy shadow blue

Francis B. Ongkingco 03/28/2017

You mean you don’t remember, Steven?” Krishelle frowned with disbelief. “I can’t really say, Kris. Maybe the tests and medications in the facility made me forget,” Steven squinted, trying to force himself to remember what Krishelle was…

Boy shadow blue

Francis B. Ongkingco 03/24/2017

I am going to be eighteen tomorrow?” the teenager’s unbelieving voice trembled with anxiety. “Yes,” a man wearing a laboratory gown sighed deeply with unquestionable regret. “Still, all our investigations have been inconclusive!” “What will turning eighteen…

Golden Boy Promotions signs rising Pinoy boxer

Calvin D. Cordova 03/23/2017

FOLLOWING a resounding debut in the United States, Filipino boxer Romero “Ruthless” Duno earned a major break after he got signed by the Golden Boy Promotions of Oscar dela Hoya in Los Angeles. The 21-year-old Duno (13W-1L-12KOs)…

Boy dies after truck ran over him in SRP tunnel

Nestle L. Semilla 02/28/2017

  A four-year-old boy died after he was ran over by a truck at the tunnel leading to the South Road Properties (SRP) on Tuesday morning. Jonas Cuyno died on the spot when he was hit by…

Boy goes swimming after class, drowns

Rene Alima 02/25/2017

A 10-year-old boy drowned while swimming at a river in Sitio Sapangdaku, Barangay Canlumampao, Toledo City shortly before noon last Friday. Local rescuers retrieved the body of Ike Deniel Dolino, a grade 5 pupil of Magdugo Elementary…

Auring aftermath: Missing boy’s body found floating in Umapad shore

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Norman V. Mendoza 01/11/2017

The body of the child who was drowned by the strong current of the Butuanon River was found floating in hip-deep waters in the shores of Barangay Umapad. Helen Ranile and her children and relatives had been…

They looketh up

Francis B. Ongkingco 01/06/2017

As a boy, I was never bored exploring the dark vast starlit night-vault. It sparked, and continues doing so, my imagination with stories, adventures and of course Heaven. Today, there are lesser moments to contemplate this scenic…

MAO BA?

Editorial 01/02/2017

TOUGH MEATBALLS A party hostess was her usual generous self, serving her friend’s son with food that she cooked on the buffet table. The hostess then asked the boy about his opinion of the food and he…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/18/2016

BLESSING Rather than ask for alms, a boy approached a commuter and asked if he could bless him which the commuter obliged. Seeing this, another street kid approached the commuter and asked if he was related to…

Missing boy found dead in Budlaan

Dominic D. Yasay 11/24/2016

AN eight-year-old boy was found dead along Tac-an Road in Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City past 6 a.m. yesterday. Luigi Olivar, who had been missing since Wednesday afternoon, was identified by his mother Loida. Bruises were seen on…

Boy found dead inside home

Rene F. Alima 10/14/2016

A 10-year-old boy was found dead hanging inside their house in Barangay Prenza, Balamban town, southwest Cebu around 7 p.m. last Thursday. PO1 Mansueto Clarin said that Mark (real name withheld for being a minor), a grade…

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