Talisay: Why retired seaman shot and wounded his wife, 2 children

Futch Anthony Inso 12/18/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Money problems made worse by his worsening health and the growing rift between his family were possibly the reasons that pushed a 62-year-old retired seaman to shoot and wound his 60-year-old wife and…

Wisconsin school shooting: Teacher, student killed

Associated Press 12/17/2024

MADISON, Wis. — A teenage student opened fire Monday at a private Christian school in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and another teen during the final week before Christmas break. The shooter also died, police said. The shooter…

Delay, deny, defend: words found on ammo in CEO shooting

Associated Press 12/06/2024

A message left at the scene of a health insurance executive’s fatal shooting — “deny,” “defend” and “depose” — echoes a phrase commonly used to describe insurer tactics to avoid paying claims. The three words were written on the ammunition a…

California school shooting: 2 kids wounded, gunman dead

Associated Press 12/05/2024

PALERMO, Calif. — Two children were in “extremely critical condition” Wednesday after being shot at a tiny religious K-8 school in Northern California and the gunman died at the scene, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot, police said.…

Cebu City police records 12 shooting incidents in November

Emmariel Ares 11/27/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – From November 1 to 27, 2024, the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has recorded at least 12 shooting incidents here. Most of these were caused by personal grudge and usually involved drug personalities,…

3 dead, 1 injured in Cebu in a span of 2 days

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 11/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A total of three individuals have lost their lives in three separate incidents in Cebu in a span of only two days. This was a week after the case of Neca Denise Lagria,…

‘Barang’ reason for attack on elderly couple in Borbon, Cebu?

Paul Lauro 11/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A man in his 50s, who allegedly believed that his neighbors, an elderly couple, placed a curse [gibarang] or cast a spell over his son, was arrested after he was accused of killing…

Shooting in California kills Fil-Am siblings

Mary Villegas 11/22/2024

(UPDATED) A gunman shot and killed four people, including two Filipino American (Fil-Am) siblings, at a residence in Lancaster, California, where a house fire also broke out over the weekend. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical…

Cebu City shooting: Man kills neighbor over online game ‘scatter’

Paul Lauro 11/18/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An argument allegedly over winnings of an online game called ‘Scatter’ ended with one man dead while the other one in jail. This happened at past 1 a.m. today, November 18, in Sitio…

Tuskegee University shooting: One dead, 16 injured

11/11/2024

ATLANTA— An early Sunday shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama left one person dead and injured 16 others, 12 of them wounded by gunfire, authorities said. The victim of the shooting, an 18-year-old man, was not a…

Cebu City shooting: Woman killed by 3 men in Duljo Fatima

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 11/07/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 32-year-old woman was shot dead by three assailants in Sitio Chicago, Barangay Duljo-Fatima, Cebu City early Thursday morning of November 7, 2024. The victim was identified as Wendolyn Abellana of Barangay Duljo-Fatima.…

Consolacion brawl: Man shot, wounded by rival gang member

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 10/30/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  A group of individuals, believed to be members of rival gangs, engaged in a brawl inside a food park in Brgy. Pitogo, Consolacion town, northern Cebu on early Wednesday morning, October 30. The…

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