Banacon mourns ‘drug lord,’ tempers fiesta celebration

Apple Ta-as 05/30/2016

Banacon Island – Colorful flaglets greet commuters and travelers as soon as they set foot on this island off Getafe town in Bohol while slaughtered hogs await roasting outside some houses as part of preparations for the…

Barangay official promises burial assistance for Montes

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/30/2016

ERMITA barangay captain Felicisimo “Imok” Rupinta yesterday vowed to help the family of John Jason Montes avail of burial assistance from the Cebu City government. Rupinta told Cebu Daily News that the barangay does not have a…

Vendetta? Bullet-riddled bodies found in cemetery

Apple Ta-as, Leo Udtohan 05/29/2016

LESS than a day after police raided the house of alleged Cebuano drug lord Rowen Secretaria on Banacon Island, Getafe, Bohol, the bodies of a couple were found inside the cemetery on the island, riddled with gunshot…

Alleged drug lord was go-to guy in Banacon

Carmel Loise Matus 05/29/2016

HE was a generous neighbor who was the go-to guy in the fishing community on Banacon Island in Getafe town, Bohol. That was how a barangay official described Rowen “Yawa” Torrefiel Secretaria, the suspected drug lord killed…

Alleged Cebuano drug lord, 2 others slain by police in Bohol

Leo Udtohan 05/28/2016

GETAFE, Bohol-A suspected drug pusher from Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu was among the three persons killed in a shootout during a raid conducted by police operatives on an island off Getafe town, Bohol on Saturday morning. Rowen Torrefiel…

Suspect in the murder of Karen Kaye killed in Bohol

Norman V. Mendoza 09/22/2015

(Third update: 10:16 pm) Lapu-Lapu police said the killer of 17-year-old Karen Kaye Montebon has been identified. Karen was allegedly killed by a family friend’s boyfriend who robbed her of a DSLR camera, iPad mini, power bank,…

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