Who takes care of the orphaned children?

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/03/2016

THIS 11-year-old boy has just been orphaned along with his four siblings — aged 5, 8, 13 and 17 — their parents’ bodies riddled with gunshot wounds found lying inside the cemetery of Banacon Island a day…

Banacon islanders to undergo anti-drugs seminar

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/03/2016

RESIDENTS of Banacon Island need to be educated about the ill effects of prohibited substances, especially with the recent slay of their “patron”, alleged drug lord Rowen “Yawa” Secretaria. Police Regional Director, Chief Supt. Patrocinio Comendador Jr.…

CHR, police do back-to-back probe on Banacon operation

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan, Leo Udtohan, Nestle L. Semilla 06/01/2016

AS THE Commission on Human Rights starts its probe on the police operation that resulted in the killing of suspected drug lord Rowen “Yawa” Secretaria and two of his men and the wounding of another, in Banacon…

Banacon Island: The perfect getaway

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Carmel Loise Matus 06/01/2016

Banacon Island, Getafe in the northern coast of Bohol. Heralded by the Bohol provincial government as an ecotourism destination for what it considers to be the biggest mangrove plantation in the country. The island has 425 hectares…

Not a movie

Editorial 06/01/2016

A child’s account of last Saturday dawn’s police operation that resulted in the deaths of suspected drug lord Rowen Torrefiel Secretaria and his alleged cohorts John Jason Montes and Dario Torremacha in Banacon Island, Gestafe town in…

LIKE A MOVIE SCENE

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/31/2016

A child describes the police operation in Banacon as a scene from the movies It was like a scene straight out of an action movie with a bloody ending, and a 10-year-old girl who witnessed it and…

Murder suspect nabbed in drug raid

Norman V. Mendoza 02/06/2016

A SUSPECT in the killing of a burger joint attendant was arrested in an anti-drug operation in Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City. Romnick Dosdos, 26, allegedly sold a pack of suspected shabu to a poseur-buyer last Friday. Two…

Lahug raid yields drugs; seven people arrested

Chito O. Aragon 12/07/2015

Several packs of suspected shabu estimated to be worth at least P1 million were confiscated in a drug raid in barangay Lahug, Cebu City. Police also arrested seven persons, including a suspected drug pusher and his cohort,…

P1.2M shabu seized; 25 people nabbed

Apple Ta-as 11/29/2015

Provincial police raided two suspected drug dens in separate operations in barangay Tangke, Talisay City last Saturday and confiscated at least 103 grams of suspected shabu worth at least P1.2 million. Police also arrested two women, a…

Man escapes in another Duljo-Fatima drug raid

Apple Ta-as, Chito O. Aragon 09/23/2015

A MAN allegedly belonging to the illegal drug group of Jeffrey Diaz alias Jaguar eluded arrest when police raided his house in barangay Duljo-Fatima, Cebu City on Monday night. Mart Diez escaped just before operatives of the…

Painful lesson

11/24/2014

It’s a painful lesson and one that the Cebu police need to keep in mind if they want to spare their people from being killed in the line of duty, like what happened in the recent Moalboal…

Davide tells wife of crime suspect: Get own lawyer

Apple Ta-as, Peter L. Romanillos 10/21/2014

The female village chief of Nalhub in Dalaguete town appealed to Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III for assistance after her husband was arrested with other persons in a drug raid in their area last Saturday dawn. Nalhub…

Previous           Next
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Subscribe to our newsletter!

By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy.

This is an information message

We use cookies to enhance your experience. By continuing, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more here.