FACES OF CEBU: Maribel Villanueva, 25, scavenger turned teacher

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/15/2020

  Mandaue City, Cebu–As parents would always say, education is a child’s passport for the future. This is the reason why Maribel Villanueva never let challenges in life get in the way of her education. And her hard…

When police officers help others and become builders

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — When people care and work together, they can move mountains or in this case build a house. That is what policemen from Lapu-Lapu City Police Office’s Police Station 2 did and more. The…

Scavenger kills fellow scavenger during drinking session in Mandaue

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A drinking session gone wrong ended in the fatal stabbing of a scavenger in Mandaue City at past 2 p.m. on Monday, May 11, 2020. Marco Sanchez, 33 of Talisay City, Cebu, a…

Cebu City cops to possible witnesses: Help us catch killers of scavenger, ex-convict

Alven Marie A. Timtim 02/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are appealing to the public to help them in their investigation in two shooting incidents a day apart in Cebu City where a scavenger and a former convict were killed. The Pardo…

Man stabbed to death in Mandaue identified by sister

Norman V. Mendoza 02/04/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The man who was found lifeless with stab wounds in Barangay Labogon, Mandaue this morning, February 4, was already identified by his sister. The victim, Teodoro Letrago, 56, residing in Zone Paliya Barangay…

Swimming scavenger stays in Bohol for good

Gerard Vincent Francisco 11/03/2018

After being rescued when he attempted to swim from Cebu to Bohol to visit his departed loved ones three days before Kalag-kalag, scavenger Ceferino Angco said he will no longer return to Cebu but will instead stay…

Scavenger swims, gets boat fare for Bohol

Gerard Vincent Francisco and John Aroa 10/29/2018

With no money and no friends to help him in Cebu City, Ceferino Angco had no other way to visit his departed parents in Carmen town, Bohol province. No other way that is unless he swam the…

Scavenger attempts to swim from Cebu to Bohol to visit departed parents

Gerard Francisco, John Aroa 10/29/2018

CEBU CITY–Ceferino Angco, 47, wanted to visit the graves of his family and relatives in Carmen town, Bohol during All Saints’ Day but did not have money for a boat fare. Determined to go home, Ceferino decided…

Scavenger caught molesting child

John Michael Aroa 08/23/2018

Police arrested a middle-aged scavenger accused of molesting an eight-year-old girl in Barangay Lawaan 1, Talisay City at 6 pm Wednesday, Aug. 22. PO1 Janeth Marquez of the Talisay police Women and Children’s Protection Desk identified the…

Man sleeping under truck dies

Apple Ta-as 02/28/2016

A 31-year-old scavenger died after he was run over by a prime mover last Friday night on J. de Veyra Street, Barangay Carreta, Cebu City. PO2 Wilfredo Caperida Jr., traffic investigator, said Niño Inoc Campo of Barangay…

Scavenger killed, pal hurt in WW2 bomb explosion

Apple Ta-as, Rene F. Alima 02/10/2016

Never tinker even with a vintage bomb. Police issued the warning after a 48-year-old scavenger was killed when a vintage bomb that he and a companion tried to open past midnight yesterday in Barangay Pakigne, Minglanilla town,…

Former scavenger finds healing through street kids encounter

Vanessa Claire Lucero, Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/30/2016

SHE started scavenging trash when she was 8 years old to help her family in Cebu City. Today,  Maria Georgina “Maggie” Cogtas does volunteer work with street children  after graduating at the top of her class with…

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