Woman shot dead, daughter wounded in Hipodromo

Benjie B. Talisic 04/07/2018

A 44-year-old woman was shot dead while sleeping inside a two-storey house in Barangay Hipodromo, Cebu City past midnight on Saturday (April 7). The victim was identified as Sofia Manto, who sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Her 3-year-old…

Paolo’s decision

Editorial 12/26/2017

Until he submits it in writing and the Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG) and/or the Office of the President confirms it, the effect of Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte’s resignation has yet to be…

Caught on camera

Editorial 11/21/2017

For far too often, we’ve heard of stories about abusive and neglectful doctors and medical staff in Cebu’s hospitals that we tend to forget that they are also human beings who cannot accommodate every complaint raised to…

iPhone therefore iAm

FR. FRANCIS ONGKINGCO 11/03/2017

Rene always looked forward to winter nights. These were sacred moments when he could silently warm himself before a fireplace cradling the gentle crackling of pine-scented logs. This atmosphere could help afford him deeper insights into his…

Man arrested for hitting daughter with a piece of wood

Norman V. Mendoza 10/09/2017

A 58-year old man was arrested after he injured his daughter with a piece of wood in their home in Barangay Looc, Mandaue City on Sunday. The father, a fisherman, admitted that he was drunk when he…

Rico’s Lechon closure linked to mayor’s daughter-in-law

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/17/2017

Mayor Tomas Osmeña says ‘nothing personal’ THE owners of a chain of restaurants that sell Cebu lechon suspected that personal vendetta may be behind the decision of City Hall to close down two of its branches. Enrico…

In vitro fides

FR. FRANCIS ONGKINGCO 08/11/2017

Father! May I have a second?” The priest read the profound uneasiness in her voice. “My daughter just gave birth to a healthy baby girl,” the woman panted between words. “Congratulations, Eunice! You must be so proud…

Tanod killed, daughter injured near school

Marc Eric Cosep 06/20/2017

A barangay tanod died while his five-year-old daughter was hit by a stray bullet fired by an unidentified assailant in front of Labangon Elementary School, Cebu City Tuesday afternoon. The 45-year-old victim identified as Jose Cellona was…

Malcolm Sanchez: Being Dad

Apple Ta-as 06/17/2017

THE LIFE of Malcolm Sanchez became an open book the moment he decided to enter politics. Being one of the city councilors of Mandaue, he doesn’t mind telling his story over and over, even the one concerning…

Remembering ‘Hector the Terrible’

Connie E. Fernandez 06/17/2017

My mother was busy cooking some noodle dish when I arrived from school. I sighed. Noodles again, I thought. For five straight days, dinner had been different varieties of noodles. Yet no one was celebrating a birthday.…

Hidden crime

Editorial 06/01/2017

The arrest of a mother who wasn’t able to pay her power bills for her shanty yet managed to operate a sari-sari store that served as the venue for her cyberporn trafficking was all the more alarming…

Mandaue cyberporn

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/30/2017

Rosalyn (not her real name) was famous in Sitio Sampaguita, Barangay Opao in Mandaue City for operating a roadside sari-sari store and selling pastries online. Her relatives and neighbors were caught by surprise when they learned that…

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