Investigators : Unattended lamp possible cause of Labangon fire

Pegeen Maisie Sararaña and Paul Lauro 02/17/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An unattended lighted metal oil lamp could have started the fire on Feb. 16 that destroyed 15 houses in A. Lopez Street in Barangay Labangon, Cebu City. Fire Officer (FO3) Fulbert Navarro, investigator…

CCPO willing to help Cebu City government investigate who stored cadavers in abandoned building

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 08/17/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City police investigators are willing to extend help should the Cebu City Health Department asks for it in investigating the presence of cadavers in an abandoned building, here. Admitting that the Cebu…

Pilot error eyed as possible cause in Argao gyrocopter crash

Alven Marie Timtim and Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Investigators are looking at pilot error as the possible cause to explain the death of a foreigner after his gyrocopter crashed in Argao town last November 5.  Citing initial findings, Police Captain Jeremie…

Investigators: No sign of engine failure for Bryant copter

AP 02/08/2020

LOS ANGELES — Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others did not show any sign of engine failure, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. A witness told the…

Alleged link of use of illegal drugs to Barangay Luz fire probed; man detained, released

Alven Marie A. Timtim - CDN Digital 01/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Investigators are checking if the alleged use of illegal drugs has any connection to the the start of the fire that razed at least 60 houses and displaced at least 122 families or 337…

Investigators still has no suspect in hit and run incident

Delta Letigio 12/11/2018

CEBU CITY, Philippines -The Mabolo Police Station continues to examine the footages of the CCTV’s they secured following the hit and run incident that killed a woman and wounded several others. Police Supt. Dindo Juanito Alaras said…

Soco investigators found suspected shabu inside slain PDEA officer’s car

Benjie Talisic 07/28/2018

The Scene of the Crime Operatives (Soco) of the Cebu City Police Office found two medium packs of crystalline powder believed to be shabu (meth) inside the car of slain Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas…

HOMELESS ON CHRISTMAS

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 12/26/2017

Burned spaghetti, cake, and toys littered Sitio Caduldulan of Barangay Lawaan III in Talisay City, a day after a fire razed down 87 houses that rendered at least 300 individuals homeless on Christmas Eve. But some of…

FAIR WARNING

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Benjie B. Talisic, Cherry Ann Javellana, Norman V. Mendoza 06/26/2017

Lawyer says Niño’s ‘confession’ can be used against police investigators For talking to accused Bohol Provincial Board (PB) Member Niño Rey Boniel about the death of his wife without the presence of a counsel, police regional director…

Crame checks on management of trained police investigators

Nestle L. Semilla 06/14/2017

  THERE are thousands of trained police investigators in the country, and yet there are police stations which sorely lack a team of good investigators. The Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) based in Camp Crame…

Fire guts thirty homes

Nestle L. Semilla 03/26/2017

  She was about to go to the Tabunok Public Market to sell fish, but she stopped on her tracks as she heard that fire was razing through their place in Sitio Kilawan, Barangay Tangke, Talisay City.…

FIRE HITS DENR

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Norman V. Mendoza 03/13/2017

Investigators not ruling out arson after loss of documents It was something they didn’t expect to happen. Various documents of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) went up in smoke in an…

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