German facing sexual abuse raps posts bail

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/24/2015

German national Dietmar Karl Moenig stepped out of jail yesterday, more than eight months after his arrest  on accusations of sexually exploiting a 14-year-old girl in Cordova town, Cebu. Moenig posted bail in the amount of P144,000.…

American arrested for molesting minors

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/04/2015

A 69-YEAR-OLD American was arrested for allegedly exploiting four minors inside a rented house in Solid Homes Subdivision, barangay Taytayan, Bogo City at 7 p.m. last Wednesday. Harold Glover is the fourth foreigner arrested in Bogo City…

Raps filed against German tourist

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Apple Ta-as 05/22/2015

The German tourist who was arrested while traveling with a 14-year-old girl in San Remigio town, north Cebu was charged yesterday with attempted qualified human trafficking and violation of a special law on child abuse. Herbert Major,…

Two minors escape prison

Apple Ta-as 02/08/2015

Two minor-detainees, who are facing robbery charges and are detained at the Malabuyoc Police Station, escaped from their cell last Friday. The boys aged 17 and 15 destroyed the detention cell’s lock and escaped when the policemen…

‘J’ laments exposure, wants to go home

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/17/2014

Lost, scared and longing  to go home. This was how Rose Jao, Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) assistant officer-in-charge, described “J”, the 16-year-old accused of trying to dupe a resort in Asturias town, who is…

‘Beautiful Girl Charged’

Chito O. Aragon, Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/13/2014

Asturias police file estafa case for P15,000 in unpaid resort bills School records show she’s just 16 Vice governor looking for girl’s family   She’s  16, in the spotlight, and in trouble with the law. Police yesterday…

Minors in gov’t care; Swiss clams up

Apple Ta-as 12/01/2014

The two minors rescued from a beach house rented in Sta. Fe town in Bantayan Island by a 66-year-old Swiss national are now in the custody of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development office. Cebu Vice Gov.…

DepEd to probe fatal schoolyard fight

Apple Ta-as, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/05/2014

The regional office of Department of Education (DepEd) has sent a legal team to Bantayan Island to investigate the death of a 9-year-old Grade 3 pupil of Vito Elementary School who allegedly engaged in a fist fight…

Girl, 15, nabbed in drug test

Apple Ta-as 10/05/2014

Three people, including a 15-year-old girl, were arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by the police shortly before sunrise yesterday in barangay Poblacion in Cordova town in Cebu. Roquilan Quirong, 34, who was the subject of the…

Drug case ‘erroneously filed’ by police; 8-hour turnover rule cited

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Apple Ta-as 08/14/2014

  The 14-year-old girl who was arrested in a P5.9 million drug bust in Cebu City over the weekend was released yesterday from police custody to the care of government social workers. The girl was turned over…

‘There’s still hope for child offenders’

Doris C. Bongcac 08/14/2014

THERE is still hope for children in conflict with the law to reform their ways, a Cebu City councilor said yesterday. In a privilege speech, Councilor Gerardo Carillo asked the City Council to review its program for…

Police told to release 14-year-old drug suspect

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/13/2014

Prosecutor Alex Gabud ordered the police to release the 14-year-old suspected drug pusher to the custody of the DSWD. He said the police “erroneously filed” the charges against the girl before the Cebu City Prosecutors’ Office. “They…

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