‘THE CRYING JUST STOPPED’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/28/2016

Marvin Llorag, 46, was having his noontime siesta at their home in Barangay Talamban, Cebu City when he heard screams from neighbors. He woke up to thick smoke and raging fires inside their house in Sitio Hillside.…

MAN DIES AFTER BIKE HITS ROAD RAILING

Rene F. Alima 09/23/2016

A 28-year-old man died, while his companion was injured after the motorcycle they were riding in rammed into a road railing along Barangay Tulik, Argao town, southern Cebu. Ian Pescadero, 28, of Barangay Suwa, Argao, died instantly…

Stallone laughed off ‘death’ rumors

09/07/2016

Fans of the 70-year-old “Rambo” actor went into a social media ramble after a fake and clickbait news post, reportedly by CNN, surfaced on Twitter and Facebook. It even has doctored photos of him being wheeled out…

Sir Carmelo Tamayo, 2016

Raymund Fernandez 09/06/2016

Prof. Carmelo Tamayo passed away last week at the ripe age of 89. He was buried last Sunday. Prof. Tamayo was one of the first members of the faculty of the Fine Arts Program of the University…

A wedding and a funeral

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 08/27/2016

I had to go that very afternoon. I could not find any other time to pay my last respects to a friend who had died of a heart attack. When I passed in front of a church…

One dead, four injured in Lapu road accident

Norman V. Mendoza 08/13/2016

ONE died while four were injured in a collision between three vehicles at Ibo highway, Lapu-Lapu City at past 6 am Saturday. Maria Barretto, a 42-year-old resident of Deca 4 in Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu city died on…

Eight killings in one day

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Norman V. Mendoza, Rene Alima 08/03/2016

With the daily spate of killings in Cebu alone, yesterday’s count reached eight persons shot dead either by unknown assailants or in an alleged encounter with law enforcement agents. The victims were all suspected drug personalities, some…

Murder is the brand

Raymund Fernandez 08/02/2016

A friend of mine expressed a theory he must have taken from someone or somewhere else, perhaps from a galaxy far, far away. He was commenting, of course, on what now seems a tsunami of Rightist fascistic…

Bike rider dies in Carcar road mishap

Rene Alima 08/01/2016

A 29-year-old motorcycle rider died after he collided with a passenger bus along the national highway in Barangay Valladolid, Caarcar City around 7 p.m last Sunday. Rober Langaan suffered severe injuries in the head and body. He…

Girl dies, six friends injured in river swim

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 07/23/2016

A 16-year-old girl died while her six friends were injured after they were swept away by a river’s rampaging waters in Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City Friday afternoon. Joy Erlim Sayre, a resident of barangay Subangdaku in Mandaue…

On every level, death penalty is wrong

07/21/2016

A decade after ending the use of the death penalty and taking a lead role in a global campaign to abolish capital punishment, the Philippines is again considering sending prisoners to the gallows. This is deeply concerning…

Construction worker stabbed to death by neighbor

Norman V. Mendoza 06/29/2016

A 37-YEAR-OLD construction worker died after he was stabbed by a neighbor in sitio Kauswagan Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City Tuesday evening. SPO2 Manolito Abellanosa of the Lapu-Lapu City police’s homicide section identified the victim as Giovanni Barcelo,…

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