Sri Lanka garbage dump collapse kills 11

04/15/2017

COLOMBO — The death toll from a collapsed garbage mountain in Sri Lanka’s capital rose to 11 Saturday, officials said, with the disaster destroying 145 homes. Colombo National Hospital spokesperson Pushpa Soysa said two boys and two…

‘They’ll kill me like Mayor Espinosa’

Inquirer.net 03/31/2017

The senior police officer who was arrested by narcotics operatives during an alleged pot session claimed on Friday he may get killed while inside his detention cell in Las Piñas police station. Supt. Lito Cabamongan, the former…

Your last happiest days

Raymund Fernandez 03/14/2017

In the ’70s, we told each other in posters: “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” Today, the same thought is better said this way: “These are your last happiest days.” Either way,…

Digong, Donald pop dances

Gerard Pareja 12/04/2016

Diha niadtoy usa ka movie poster nga kon wa ko masayop, usa kadto ka sequel sa Resident Evil series, diin ang slogan nagkanayon- “think global, kill local.” Misulod pagbalik sa akong bagulbagol kining maong slogan dihang nabasahan…

Man kills self after killing co-worker

Rene F. Alima 12/01/2016

A man took his own life after allegedly killing his co-worker in Barangay Biasong, Talisay City around 4 p.m. last Wednesday. Romelo Pelpe, 42, of Himamaylan, Negros Occidental, shot himself in the right temple after allegedly shooting…

Man runs amok, kills wife and sister

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/25/2016

In the sleepy town of Dalaguete, 90.9 kilometers south of Cebu City, residents of a mountain village were painfully jolted at dawn when a drug-crazed man suddenly slashed his wife’s throat, stabbed his sister and injured his…

Limp dick

Raymund Fernandez 09/13/2016

I am looking right now at the label on a pack of cigarettes. I am looking particularly at the health warning. An ugly hand mimics legs. In between the index and middle fingers is a half burned…

Explaining these to my son

Raymund Fernandez 08/23/2016

My youngest son is only 12 years old. And yet at his age he has to grapple with the turmoils of his society in a way much more stark than even I have to deal with it.…

Man kills cousin in Dalaguete town

Rene F. Alima 05/20/2016

An argument during a drinking session during last Thursday’s fiesta celebration led a 38-year-old man to kill his 48-year-old cousin in Barangay Banyas, Dalaguete town. Gilbert Empig died after he was stabbed by his cousin, Julius Empig,…

Church cautions against P50-K cash incentive to kill criminals

Apple Ta-as, Jameela Antoniette I. Mendoza, Jhunnex Napallacan 05/18/2016

WHILE incoming Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña was proud to announce his P50,000 bounty for every drug lord or any criminal killed “in a legal way” by policemen, barangay tanods and even civilians as a way to…

2 siblings killed, parents hurt in Lapu-Lapu knife attack

Jhunnex Napallacan, Norman V. Mendoza 05/23/2015

Two children aged 10 and 15  were killed while their parents were critically wounded after they were stabbed by a neighbor inside their house in barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City  yesterday morning. The motive of the violence is…

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