4 dead, including American, Aussie tourists, in fatal Laos alcohol poisoning

Associated Press 11/21/2024

Four have already been confirmed dead in Vang Vieng, Laos following a fatal alcohol poisoning in what Australia’s prime minister on Thursday called every parent’s nightmare. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Parliament that 19-year-old Bianca Jones…

Who is Neca Denise Lagria? The woman found dead near SRP seawall

Emmariel Ares 11/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  A seemingly ordinary day in Cebu City was disrupted by the discovery of a body of a dead woman floating off the waters at the South Road Properties on the early hours of…

Aspiring vice mayor in South Cotabato killed inside family-owned carinderia

Edwin O. Fernandez 11/18/2024

KORONADAL CITY — An aspirant for vice mayor in South Cotabato was killed Monday morning by unidentified gunmen in his residence in Tantangan town, police said. Jose “Bobot” Osorio, 58, former village chair of Barangay Bukay Pait, who is…

Tuskegee University shooting: One dead, 16 injured

11/11/2024

ATLANTA— An early Sunday shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama left one person dead and injured 16 others, 12 of them wounded by gunfire, authorities said. The victim of the shooting, an 18-year-old man, was not a…

Cebu City: Woman shot dead by neighbor inside internet cafe

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 10/30/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A woman was shot dead while playing an online gambling game inside an Internet cafe in Paradise II, Brgy. Kinasang-an, Cebu City on early Wednesday morning, October 30, 2024. Her 22-year-old friend and…

For forcing daughters to do ‘live show,’ mother gets arrested 

Gillian Villanueva 10/30/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A mother was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for allegedly offering explicit “live shows” of minors, including her two daughters, from their home in Taguig City. An entrapment operation was conducted…

Cebu City shooting: 13-year-old boy shot dead while resting

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 10/29/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 13-year-old boy was shot dead by still unidentified assailants as he was resting at the second floor of a house that was under construction in Sitio Lahing-Lahing 2, Brgy. Mabolo in Cebu…

Teen ‘stabbed 50 times’ then burned alive in France

10/07/2024

Marseille, France–The southern French city of Marseille was shaken this week by two apparently drug-related killings, including the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was “stabbed 50 times” and burned alive, prosecutors said on Sunday. Marseille, France’s second-largest…

Crime in Central Visayas drops amid successful anti-drug operations

Futch Anthony Inso 09/20/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The number of crime incidents in Central Visayas has declined during the mid-third quarter of this year, according to a report presented at the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) meeting on Thursday,…

Man shot dead while asleep in Cebu City home

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 08/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A man died after he was shot in the head by an unidentified assailant while he was asleep inside his house in Sitio Kahuyan Alaska, Brgy. Mambaling in Cebu City on early Thursday…

Bohol buy-bust yields P510,000 of ‘shabu’

Emmariel Ares 08/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 23-year-old man, described as a high-value target, was caught with suspected shabu estimated to be worth P510,000 during a buy-bust operation in Brgy. Bool, Tagbilaran City in Bohol province on Wednesday evening,…

Police nab ‘lookout’ in Cebu City pawnshop robberies

Emmariel Ares, Marielle Surigao 08/16/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 42-year-old habal-habal driver, who was nabbed for possession of suspected shabu and a firearm, was identified as another suspect behind the robberies of two jewelry shops along Calderon Street in downtown Cebu…

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