A 54-year-old tourist from Hong Kong died after his head was hit by a propeller of a motor banca off the waters of Apo Island, Negros Oriental, a popular diving spot, on Saturday Morning. The victim, Young…
A Dutch national was arrested for a pending frustrated murder case on Friday night by personnel of the Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB) of Siquijor. Subject of the arrest warrant was 47-year-old Kay-Steven Prilloff, who resided in Barangay…
A man who mowed down 19 pedestrians in Melbourne, half of them foreigners, said he carried out the attack to avenge “mistreatment of Muslims,” Australia said Friday, while stressing it had still found no link to any…
UNWELCOME MISTRESS A jeepney passenger complained to his pal that a certain public official allowed his mistress and their child to stay at his office where the passenger happens to work in. He said this had been…
CEBU CITY–The US Embassy in Manila has advised its citizens to avoid going to southern Cebu and avoid the risk of being kidnapped. The advisory, titled “Security message for U.S. Citizens: Risk of Kidnapping in Southern Cebu”…
The man was simultaneously entranced and bewildered at what his eyes caught at the other side of the street. As a foreigner, he was prepared to witness stranger things and practices in a tropical setting unlike his…
There are several issues which come with being married to a white man and you are living in the Philippines (or perhaps in my case, Cebu City). I will write three of them in this entry. One,…
A 55-year-old American national was shot and wounded in his leg after he allegedly tried to attack a policeman inside a store in barangay Poblacion, Santander, southern Cebu last Saturday. Dale Lane Dunbar, who hails from Alabama,…
What’s a 73-year-old foreigner doing with four little girls in a motel room? Bogo city police arrested a Canadian national after entering the Gabrielle’s Court motel in Bogo City on Tuesday afternoon following a distress call from…
Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy said they are monitoring foreigners living in or visiting the town as part of their campaign against human trafficking. Sitoy said while the police had been doing a commendable job, human trafficking remains…
Not just school girls, but boys were sexually abused by the Australian tourist who invited several children to his room in a Cordova beach resort over the weekend. A 14-year-old boy from Lapu-Lapu City said he knew…
A 60-year-old Swedish tourist was arrested yesterday after he was allegedly caught with two minor girls inside his house in barangay Dumlog in Talisay City. Kjell Christer Johansson was detained at the Talisay City Police Office pending…
