Family tells police to refrain from making ‘reckless statements’ as they grieve for Ramirez’s death

Doris C. Bongcac 06/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The family of slain Medellin town Councilor and former mayor Ricardo “Ricky” Ramirez is asking the public to respect their privacy while they grieve for their loss. They are also appealing for the…

Good Cup Coffee shooting: Suspect identified; murder complaint filed

Gerard Vincent Francisco 06/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The police may have found the killer of the Good Cup Coffee employees. Police Brigadier General Debold Sinas, Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO – 7) director, said they would be filing…

Danao City murder: Two friends killed after attending benefit dance

Benjie B. Talisic and Paul Lauro 06/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines- Christian Paduga, 20, and his friend Reme Capin, 18, went out to attend a benefit dance in their barangay, Saturday night. But the two men did not make it home alive. Their lifeless bodies…

Prosecutor: Downgrading murder case vs self-confessed teen killer not an option

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/07/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The killing of Christine Lee Silawan is so heinous that considering a plea bargain for self-confessed killer Renato Llenes is not an option for the prosecution. Prosecutor Sheilamar Saliganan-Abadia, handling prosecutor of the…

Slain Bien Unido mayor’s friend, witness to crime, gets online threats

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/07/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Philippines — The best friend of slain Bien Unido Mayor Gisela Boniel who was one of the key witnesses to her kidnapping and eventual death on June 7, 2017 said that even after two…

Self-confessed killer of Lapu-Lapu teen pleads not guilty to murder charges

Rosalie Abatayo 06/07/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY — Renato Llenes, the self-confessed killer of Christine Lee Silawan, has entered a not guilty plea to the murder charges  he is facing for the brutal death of 16-year-old teen from Lapu-Lapu City. Llenes was…

Suspect in Danao girl murder passes psychopathological, mental evaluations

Zena V. Magto 04/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The suspect in the killing of a 14-year-old girl from Danao City was found to be mentally sound by the  police after he passed both the psychopathological and mental evaluations that were conducted…

Bacaltos family still hoping for justice despite junking of motion for reinvestigation

Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Immae Lachica 04/26/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—Alma Bacaltos, the matriarch of the Bacaltoses, is still hopeful that justice will be served for her late husband and late son despite their petition for reinvestigation being denied by a court in Cebu City.…

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…

Lapu Prosecutor to consolidate murder charges vs suspects in Silawan murder

Rosalie O. Abatayo 04/17/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Prosecutor’s Office will consolidate the murder cases separately filed against two men who were implicated in the death of Christine Lee Silawan. City Prosecutor Ruso Zaragoza said that since cases…

Police file murder complaint vs Christine’s killer

Morexette Marie Erram 04/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police filed a murder complaint this morning, April 16, before the Lapu-Lapu City Prosecutor’s Office against Renato Llenes, the self-confessed killer of Christine Lee Silawan. Police Colonel Limuel Obon, chief of the Lapu-Lapu…

Rage led security guard to kill Danao girl

Zena V. Magto 04/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police said that the killing of 14-year-old Thesa Marie Ygay in Danao City was a crime of passion. But security guard Jessie Mediquillo, the primary suspect in the girl’s murder, said that rage…

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