Sacred showers

Cherry Salazar - @inquirerdotnet 11/11/2021

Trigger warning: mention of suicide The year was 1996. I had asked my parents for a younger sister because I wanted someone to look after. When she was born, I remember my Ate and me peeking through…

Pregnant woman jumps off Marcelo Fernan Bridge, lands on passenger ship

Mary Rose S. Sagarino 10/21/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — A woman died after she jumped off the Mandaue side of the Marcelo Fernan Bridge on Wednesday noon, October 20, 2021, police said. Cebu Daily News Digital is withholding the identity of the…

Remember these steps when dealing with negative thoughts

Mary Jhudielle Gicale 09/30/2021

Trigger Warning: This contains information that may be triggering to readers with similar experiences. Have you ever thought about how your life isn’t worth living? Are you in a stressful situation and imagine you didn’t feel anything…

Police rule out foul play in man’s death in Barangay Tejero

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police ruled out foul play in the death of a man who jumped off from the 19th floor of a building in Barangay Tejero, Cebu City last week. Police Major Edgar Labe, the…

Man plunges to death from 19th floor, police say there’s no foul play

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Investigators rule out foul play over the death of a 20-year-old man who reportedly jumped off from the 19th floor of a building located at 13th Avenue, Barangay Tejero, Cebu City, past 9…

Ligan: Colita had nothing to do with Nepomuceno’s murder

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 04/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The gun that Police Staff Sergeant Celso Colita used to kill himself was different from the gun that was used in the April 19 murder of Ritchie “Miles” Nepomuceno. Police Colonel Josefino Ligan,…

Chan wants railings installed in old Mactan-Mandaue bridge to deter suicides

Futch Anthony Inso 04/21/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan will propose again to the Bridge Management Board to install railings at the First Mactan-Mandaue Bridge to deter suicide attempts on the structure. Chan revealed that the…

RPDEU chief: ‘No foul play’ in Colita’s death

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 04/20/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There is ‘definitely no foul play’ in Police Staff Sergeant Celso Colita’s death. Thus declared on Tuesday, April 20, Police Major Glenn Hife, the head of the internal investigation team investigating the 11…

Man attempts to jump off old Mandaue-Mactan bridge due to ‘family problems’

Doris C. Bongcac 04/20/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Citing unresolved “family problems,” a 28-year-old man attempted to jump off from the Osmeña Bridge, more known as the old Mandaue-Mactan Bridge, on Tuesday morning, April 20, 2021. The man was saved by…

Ahong proposes cash reward for v-hire driver who stopped suicide attempt on Mactan Bridge

Futch Anthony Inso 04/14/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines- For successfully stopping the suicide attempt of a 23-year-old woman on the first Mactan Bridge, a van-for-hire driver was given recognition by Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Riche…

Mental health, suicide hotline calls up in 1Q 2021 — DOH

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 03/22/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The number of individuals who have called the hotlines of the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) for mental health concerns, including suicide, amid the COVID-19 pandemic has almost doubled in the first quarter…

Japan suicides rise as economic impact of coronavirus hits home

Reuters 11/11/2020

TOKYO — The number of suicides in Japan rose in October for the fourth month in a row to the highest level in more than five years, data showed on Tuesday, a trend activists have blamed on…

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