‘Hear the version of the dead’: Fortun autopsies 5 of Negros 19

Andrea Gregorio 05/08/2026

MANILA, Philippines — Raquel Fortun, one of the country’s most recognized forensic pathologists, said Thursday that she conducted an autopsy on five of the 19 people who were killed by Army troops in Negros Occidental last month,…

Questions shroud Cabral death; PNP scrambles for evidence

Gabryelle Dumalag, Kathleen de Villa, Vincent Cabreza 12/20/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) sought to retrieve whatever evidence may have been left behind by former Public Works Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral, whose death on a deep ravine below Kennon Road in Tuba,…

Coach J murder: Abandoned SUV, cellphone keys to solving murder 

Emmariel Ares 01/04/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police here are optimistic that the murder of Coach J will soon be solved with the help of her abandoned vehicle and cellphone. The body of Joel Jude ‘Coach J’ Unchuan was found…

PAO forensic team: Christine was raped before she was killed

Futch Anthony Inso 04/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Dr. Erwin Erfe, chief of the Public Attorneys Office (PAO) forensic team, confirmed that Christine Lee Silawan was raped before she was killed. Erfe said they saw signs of abrasion and hematoma on…

NBI forensic team to help identify landslide fatalities

Nestle Semilla 09/25/2018

The forensics team of the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) has stepped in to process the dead bodies left unidentified in the wake of the massive landslide in Naga City, Cebu At least 22…

Forensic experts find ‘uncommon aspects’ in Camomot’s remains

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/04/2018

The body of the late Archbishop Teofilo Camomot may have decomposed. However, forensic experts noted two uncommon aspects about the prelate’s remains. “On opening the wood casket, the remains (bones) and clothes of the decedent was noted…

Forensic experts find ‘unusual’ aspects in Archbishop Teofilo Camomot’s remains

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/04/2018

  The body of the late Archbishop Teofilo Camomot may have decomposed. However, forensic experts noted two uncommon aspects about the prelate’s remains. “On opening the wood casket, the remains and clothes of the decedent was noted…

PNP Crime Lab for Visayas opens in Cebu

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores 08/12/2016

Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) inaugurates its Regional Crime Laboratory which will cater to the whole Visayas. The crime lab, which will handle the forensics and investigations conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP), is similar to…

‘NO OVERKILL’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/07/2016

There were no signs of overkill and close-range firing. These were the initial results of the autopsy conducted yesterday by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) forensic team from Manila on the remains of John Jason Montes.…

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