‘2 cops talked to mayor inside his cell before he was killed’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Robert Dejon 11/09/2016

Palo, Leyte — Minutes before Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. of Albuera town, Leyte was killed, two members of the raiding team went inside his cell and talked to him. Inmates in the adjacent cell were transferred to…

Woman found dead in her room

Lesley Cara Delos Santos 11/08/2016

A woman found lying on her back, the left side of her face all bruised up and bloodied was suspected to have been murdered inside her own home. The body of insurance company-employee Estella Balanay Maghanoy, 36,…

The courts

Raymund Fernandez 11/08/2016

Except for this tragic decision to bury Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, it seems rarely now that the courts are called upon to determine the contentious truth of things important. And that’s a big shame…

Fishpond yields dead man

Norman V. Mendoza 11/08/2016

CEBU CITY–A 22-year-old man who just celebrated his birthday was found dead and hogtied at a fishpond in Sitio Lawis, Barangay Jugan, Consolacion town on Monday afternoon. Diosdado Abella, a resident of Purok 1, Barangay Nangka in…

The Espinosa network

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/07/2016

Hours after it was reported that Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa was killed in a shootout inside his cell in the Baybay City sub-provincial jail, netizens raised a howl — how could a prisoner fight off 15 policemen…

2 men on motorcycle shot dead teener

Lesley Cara Delos Santos 11/04/2016

A teenager was killed after he was shot by still unidentified assailants while walking along Carloc Street, Corner Spolarium, Barangay Duljo-Fatima in Cebu City about 1 a.m. on Friday. Jerry Boy Carten, 18, was able to run…

Mother killed by own son in Pardo

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/01/2016

CEBU CITY–A 38-year-old suspected pusher was arrested by police for killing his own mother in Barangay Cogon-Pardo, Cebu City on Monday evening. Jonito Lapata allegedly hit the head of his 73-year-old mother with a wood before he…

Landing the big fish

Editorial 10/31/2016

The arrests of a police officer and a musician/youth leader in a local Catholic Church in the past few days in Cebu City occurred amid the PNP’s announcement of a recalibration in their antidrug campaign by prioritizing…

Honoring the dead

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/31/2016

I’m following my friend and media colleague Jhunnex Napallacan on the social networking site for local and national news updates which he, as lead anchor of Station dyLA, delivers without delay. His commentary style is folksy and…

3 drug suspects killed

Norman V. Mendoza, Rene F. Alima 10/29/2016

Operations were led by Danao, Compostela, Consolacion police chiefs Within 12 hours, beginning Thursday night, three drug suspects were killed in separate buy-bust operations in northern Cebu conducted by the police chiefs of Danao City and the…

Barangay official killed by alleged drug cohorts

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/28/2016

A barangay councilor of Jubay in Liloan town, Cebu was gunned down by two unknown assailants at past 10 p.m. on Thursday. Erwin Sarmiento was driving his motorcycle along the national highway when he was ambushed by…

Korean yields after elderly woman killed in Dalaguete car accident

Rene F. Alima 10/24/2016

A KOREAN national landed in jail after he accidentally hit an elderly woman while driving along the national road of Barangay Casay, Dalaguete, Cebu on Sunday night. Jong Kwang Yin, 47, married and a resident of Dumaguete…

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