Was girl gang-raped? Oslob, Cebu cops wait for autopsy results

Emmariel Ares 12/19/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Policemen in Oslob town, southern Cebu are still waiting for the results of the autopsy examination on the cadaver of a 15-year-old girl who was reportedly  raped by a group of men during…

Luige Mangione a ‘hero’? A glimpse into an unusual American moment

Associated Press 12/15/2024

Luigi Mangione: Is he a hero? A killer? Both? About the same time the #FreeLuigi memes featuring the mustachioed plumber from “Super Mario Brothers” mushroomed online this week, commenters shared memes showing Tony Soprano pronouncing Luigi Mangione, the…

Schoolgirl fatally stabbed in southwest Japan

Agence France Presse 12/15/2024

A junior high school student was stabbed to death and another wounded Saturday night by an unknown assailant at a McDonald’s restaurant in southwestern Japan, local media reported.The students were rushed to hospital after the stabbing at…

Singapore hangs 4th person in three weeks

11/29/2024

Singapore, Singapore – Singapore hanged a 35-year-old Singaporean-Iranian man for drug trafficking on Friday, its fourth in less than a month, despite appeals from Tehran to “reconsider” his execution. The United Nations and rights groups say capital…

Pa ‘stabs’ neighbor who smack son’s head in Cordova

Futch Anthony Inso 11/28/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Rage led a man to stab another man whom he accused of smacking his child on the head in Purok San Lorenzo, Brgy. Buagsong, Cordova town on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at around…

2 men accused of gunning down tricycle driver in Alcantara

Futch Anthony Inso 11/28/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines- A 43-year-old tricycle driver died after a riding in tandem shot in Brgy. Candabong, Alcantara town, on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at around 10:00 a.m. The victim was identified as Jojo Bisaro Madanlo, a…

TIMELINE: The brutal killing of Neca Denise Lagria in Cebu

Emmariel Ares 11/27/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A young woman, full of life and ambition for her future, unexpectedly met her demise while commuting to work in Cebu.   Neca Denise Lagria was brutally killed and dumped off the waters…

Jealous man accused of killing habal-habal driver in Tuburan

Paul Lauro 11/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A manhunt is ongoing in Tuburan town, northern Cebu for a man accused of stabbing to death a habal-habal driver whom police believed may have stemmed from jealousy. Police there received a dead…

Shooting in California kills Fil-Am siblings

Mary Villegas 11/22/2024

(UPDATED) A gunman shot and killed four people, including two Filipino American (Fil-Am) siblings, at a residence in Lancaster, California, where a house fire also broke out over the weekend. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical…

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…

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