Larumbe hit-and-run: Why it took months for cops to nab suspect

Emmariel Ares 05/07/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippine – The police have arrested on Monday the prime suspect in the fatal hit-and-run of 23-year-old Jeslar Uriel Larumbe, more than 3 months since the incident happened near a church in Cebu City. The…

Hit-and-run suspect nabbed, jailed in Cebu City

Emmariel Ares 05/07/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Aaron Karl Tan, the primary suspect behind the hit-and-run case that killed a local basketball player, has finally been arrested on Monday afternoon, May 6, 2024. This was months after the suspect was…

Jeslar Uriel Larumbe, hit-and-run victim, laid to rest in Minglanilla cemetery

Emmariel Ares 02/24/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The 23-year-old basketball player, whose promising future was destroyed by a tragic accident that led to his untimely death, was laid to rest on Saturday afternoon, February 24. Over a hundred people, that…

Sirens, blinkers not for use of politicians – HPG-7 

Emmariel Ares 02/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Politicians are basically prohibited by law from using blinkers and sirens or “wang-wang” on their vehicles. This was the clarification made by Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Parilla, chief of the Highway Patrol Group-Central…

TIMELINE: The hit-and-run near Redemptorist Church

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/09/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For the past few days, every Cebuano’s attention has been glued on the tragic hit-and-run incident along Queen’s Road, near the Redemptorist Church in uptown Cebu City last February 4. It claimed the…

‘Hit-and-run’ suspect claims that he was not the driver — police

Emmariel Ares 02/09/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The suspect behind the hit-and-run incident in Cebu City on Sunday, February 4, 2024, claimed that a female companion was the person driving when the basketball player was killed. Twenty three-year-old Jeslar Uriel…

Road rage led to hit-and-run of local basketball player – Police

Emmariel Ares 02/09/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police in Cebu City revealed on Friday, February 9, 2024, that the hit-and-run incident that killed 23-year-old Jeslar Uriel Larumbe was a case of road rage with the suspect really intending to hit…

Murder raps filed vs suspect in hit-and-run of basketball player

Emmariel Ares 02/08/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police here have filed on Thursday, February 8, a charge of murder against the suspect behind the fatal hit-and-run of Jeslar Uriel Larumbe. Four days after the 23-year-old Larumbe was left sprawled on…

‘Hit-and-run’: What it is and sanctions erring drivers face

Emmariel Ares 02/08/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A hit-and-run refers to an incident wherein a person involved in a road accident leaves the crime scene without extending any help to the victim or infrastructure damaged.  According to Aden Belza, Chief…

Cebu Daily Newscast: SUV allegedly involved in fatal hit-and-run of basketball player in Cebu recovered

CDN Digital 02/07/2024

Listen to Cebu Daily Newscast and get the latest stories in and around Cebu. Here’s what you need to know on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. SUV allegedly involved in fatal hit-and-run of basketball player in Cebu recovered…

Police continue to gather evidence on Larumbe hit-and-run case

Emmariel Ares 02/07/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police in Cebu City have taken custody of the SUV believed to be involved in the hit-and-run case that killed Jeslar Uriel Larumbe. But its owner remains a free man as the police…

Hit-and-run: Ex-PDEA7 chief dangles P100k reward for leads

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The former chief of PDEA-7 has dangled a cash reward for leads that would result to the arrest of the suspect in the hit-and-run incident last Sunday. The hit-and-run incident happened near the…

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