Unicef: Child bombers increase tenfold

04/12/2016

KANO, Nigeria — UNICEF says the number of child bombers used by the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram has increased tenfold in a year with devastating consequences in communities that now see children as threats. The UN…

Desperate times, desperate measures

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/09/2016

(First of two parts) Famous for its beaches, food and festivals, Cebu is a place where you’ll never run out of things to do. For the tourists, there are always the beautiful resorts to visit and exotic…

Girl,13, ends life

Norman V. Mendoza 04/09/2016

WHILE other children would simply run to an adult and cry over the loss a school book, a 13-year-old girl from Lapu-Lapu City found this reason enough to end her life this week. The girl, a grade…

Girl attempts to jump off mall railing, gets rescued

Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan 03/21/2016

A15-year-old girl who attempted to jump from the third floor of the Ayala Center Cebu at past 11 a.m. yesterday was rescued by the mall’s safety officers. In a 16-second video uploaded by a certain The Morefield…

Lapu-Lapu brgy exec wants NBI to reinvestigate son’s death

Apple Ta-as 03/09/2016

More than two weeks after her son was found dead in a motel in Cebu City, a barangay councilwoman in Punta Engaño, Lapu-Lapu City is asking for a reinvestigation on suspicion that her son was killed. Josie…

Man shoots self in Alcantara

Rene F. Alima 03/06/2016

THE body of a 74-year-old man was found dead inside his room with a gunshot wound on his head, which was apparently a case of suicide, last Saturday in Barangay Palanas, Alcantara town in south Cebu. Pascual…

Foreigner dies after leap from 3rd floor of Bacolod mall

03/06/2016

BACOLOD CITY—A German national died after he jumped from the third floor of a mall in Bacolod City on Thursday. Richard Alexander Harbich, 40, was brought to Dr. Pablo O. Torre Memorial Hospital but was declared dead…

Mall suicide try goes viral on Facebook

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle Semilla 02/25/2016

RELATIONSHIP trauma or paranoia? That’s what police are trying to determine in the case of a young man who tried to jump off the second floor of a mall in Mandaue City last Monday afternoon. Two photos…

Filipino-Japanese found dead in hotel

Apple Ta-as 02/24/2016

The Filipino-Japanese son of a barangay council member in Lapu-Lapu City was found dead in his hotel room in uptown Cebu City past 11 p.m. last Tuesday. Hidezo Andong Hayashi, 36, was found with a gunshot wound…

Fil-Japanese found dead inside motel room

Apple Ta-as 02/24/2016

A TRAIL of blood that ended in one of the rooms of a motel along General Maxilom Avenue in Cebu City led employees to discovering the remains of a Fil-Japanese late Tuesday evening. Hidezo Andong Hayashi was…

Suicide in Talisay

Rene F. Alima 01/14/2016

A 22-YEAR-OLD man was found hanging from the ceiling in his house in barangay Jaclupan, Talisay City, southern Cebu. Mark Delbo was discovered by his cousin at around 2 p.m. last Tuesday, said PO1 John Cyrus Ilustrisimo…

Suicide try over hamburger

Chito O. Aragon 01/05/2016

A 29-year-old man in Cebu City shot himself in the forehead but survived. POlice said he got irked after his girlfriend refused his request to buy him a hamburger yesterday in barangay Ermita, Cebu City. The man…

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