Police arrest one of three butane vendors ‘freed’ by Mayor Osmeña last August

Benjie B. Talisic 05/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philipppines — One of the three butane vendors that Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña helped get out of police detention last August 2018 is back in police custody. This developed after Romeo Appareci, 41, was…

Judge recuses from hearing parricide, murder cases for death of Gisela Boniel

Rosalie Abatayo 04/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The proceedings on the parricide case against former Bohol Provincial Board Member Niño Rey Boniel and the murder charges against six other co-accused in the killing of Bien Unido Mayor Gisela Boniel may be…

Danao City court to hear motion to bail of Arquillano brothers this afternoon

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A court in Danao City will hear this afternoon (April 8) the application for bail of the camp of San Francisco Mayor Aly Arquillano and Vice Mayor Al Arquillano. Read more: San Francisco mayor,…

Drug suspect killed in shootout with cops in Talisay

Benjie B. Talisic 03/30/2019

TALISAY CITY, Cebu, Philippines — A 28-year-old drug suspect died after he chose to shoot it out with police officers at dawn on Saturday, March 30, than to have his house searched for illegal drugs. Eric Ruiz…

Federal judge bars US from enforcing Trump’s asylum ban

AP 11/20/2018

HOUSTON — A federal judge barred the Trump administration on Monday from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally. US District Judge Jon S. Tigar issued a temporary restraining order after hearing arguments in…

Apo Land wants judge in P4.5-billion class suit to inhibit

Rosalie Abatayo 11/14/2018

Apo Land and Quarry Corporation (ALQC), one of the respondents in the P4.5-billion environmental class suit over the September 20 landslide in City of Naga, has filed a petition for Branch 76 Presiding Judge Dennis Larrobis to…

Judge resets arraignment of kidnapping charge vs. Boniel, two others

Jessa Mae Sotto 10/25/2018

  The trial court in Cebu City has ordered a reset of the arraignment and pre-trial of the kidnapping and serious illegal detention cases against former Bohol Provincial Board Member Niño Rey Boniel and two others. Judge…

Hadjirasul is new executive judge

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/20/2018

THE Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Cebu City has a new executive judge. Judge Macaundas Hadjirasul of the RTC Branch 8 was chosen by the Supreme Court to lead the local judiciary, replacing Judge Gilbert Moises who…

Retired Judge Paredes, SDK, NASUKHU condemn ‘state sponsored’ killings

USJ-R Journalism Intern 08/21/2018

RETIRED Judge Meinrado Paredes representing the Samahang Demokratiko at Kaakbay (SDK) joined the Nagpakabanang Sugbuanon alang sa Kinabuhi ug Hustisya (NASUKHU) in condemning the recent spate of killings that he claimed were allegedly state sponsored. “These killings…

State has something to do with killings, says retired judge

USJ-R Intern Delta Derycka Letigio 08/21/2018

A retired trial judge believed the recent spate of killings in the country is state-sponsored. Judge Meinrado Paredes, now a member of the Samahang Demokratiko at Kaakbay (SDK), said the murders came after President Rodrigo Duterte assumed…

NBI autopsy eyed for remains of former judge’s son

Jessa Mae Sotto 07/27/2018

A retired judge whose adopted son died in a shootout with police in Barangay San Lorega, Cebu City last July 20 will ask the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct a new autopsy on his son’s…

Retired judge to sue Parian operatives over son’s death

Benjie Talisic 07/23/2018

A RETIRED judge is seeking the help of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) as they plan to file charges against operatives of the Parian Police Station in Cebu City following the death of his son in…

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