Talisay City accident: Seaman’s family, truck driver settle amicably

Mark Bandolon 02/24/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The driver of the 10-wheeler truck involved in the Talisay City accident where a seafarer onboard a motorcycle died has been released from detention on Thursday, February 22, 2024. The driver was released…

Police identify man who was killed in Carcar City

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 11/06/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Carcar City police have identified the man, who was shot dead Saturday night, Nov. 5, while in Sitio Nangkaan, Barangay Perrelos in the said city. Police Lieutenant Colonel Ardioleto Cabagnot, chief of Carcar…

Retired seaman detained for allegedly slashing DPWH worker’s throat

Paul Lauro 10/20/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A retired seaman is in hot waters after he tried to slash the throat of a government employee in Dalaguete town, southern Cebu. Police in Dalaguete confirmed that they have arrested a 69-year-old…

Electrician of ill-fated vessel is back home in Consolacion

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/23/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Norman Galon, an electrician who died in the Surigao del Norte sea accident, has finally arrived home in Consolacion town in northern Cebu today, April 23, from Surigao del Norte.  Pejay Galon, Norman’s…

Challenges of women seafarers in a male-dominated  maritime industry

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 03/09/2021

The word “seafarer” has replaced the word “seaman” in the male-dominated maritime industry, often considered as politically-correct word due to the increasing presence of women in the profession in recent decades. In older times, the term “seaman” was…

Waivers and quitclaims in the COVID-19 pandemic

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 06/30/2020

  Waivers and quitclaims are ineffective in barring recovery of the full measure of a seafarer’s rights, including the underpayment of monetary benefits during their extended work on board the vessel. This was the pronouncement by Atty.…

25-year-old man in Cebu City facing parricide charges for stabbing own mother

Alven Marie A. Timtim and Paul Lauro 05/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A man from Barangay Mambaling here is facing parricide charges after he stabbed dead his own mother inside their home on Thursday evening, May 7, 2020. The suspect was later identified by police…

Motorcycle-riding gunmen kill former seaman, wound his driver in Pajo ambush

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two motorcycle-riding gunmen sprayed bullets on a Toyota Vios with four people on board killing a former seaman and wounding his driver this afternoon (August 19) along M.L. Quezon National Highway in Barangay…

Police to witnesses, estranged wife: Help us in probe of former seaman’s killing

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are calling on witnesses to come out and on the estranged wife of a former seaman to help shed light on the killing of her husband, who was ambushed by motorcycle-riding gunmen…

Former seaman shot dead in front of his house in Toledo

Benjie B. Talisic 06/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A former seaman was killed near his house in Barangay Bato, Toledo City by a lone motorcycle-riding gunman on the evening of June 13. Ronnie Obenza, 50, died after he suffered several gunshot…

2 Filipino seamen missing after cargo vessel fire

Raul Constantine Tabanao 03/09/2018

Four crew members, including two Filipino seamen, have gone missing after a serious fire broke out in a container vessel in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday afternoon. On board Maersk Honam, a Singapore-flagged Maersk Line vessel, were…

Ex-seaman shot dead in Toledo City

Rene F. Alima 05/31/2017

A former seaman was gunned down this morning by two unidentified men riding on a motorcycle in Sitio Apid, Barangay Cantabaco, Toledo City, 50 kilometers southwest of Cebu City. The victim, Lucas Canoy Canono Jr. 47, a…

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