Korean consulate seeks end to probe of Korean’s death

Benjie B. Talisic 11/01/2017

The Korean Consulate in Cebu asked the Cebu City police to stop its investigation into the death of a Korean inside a hotel room last Tuesday afternoon. SPO1 Janice Tamayo said the Korean Consulate informed the Korean’s…

Inmate confined after trying to kill self

Morexette B. Erram 11/01/2017

Jail guards of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) stopped an inmate from committing suicide last Tuesday evening. CPDRC officials confirmed the incident but declined to identify the inmate. “We won’t disclose the name of…

You are not alone

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 10/08/2017

UNDERSTANDING DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE Conclusion The image of an old woman sitting by the window, watching the world and people go by, has a deeper and more telling message. The woman — who can be someone’s mother,…

You are not alone

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 10/07/2017

UNDERSTANDING DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE Farrah (not her real name) was 17 years old when she first attempted to commit suicide. A class valedictorian in one of the towns of Leyte province, at 16, she was voted as…

Piolo-Toni film ‘Last Night’ doesn’t romanticize suicide

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/01/2017

ALTHOUGH their movie features two characters contemplating on ending their lives, it does not romanticize suicide. This was what actor-producer Piolo Pascual emphasized when he talked with the Cebu entertainment press last Friday to promote his latest…

Police to probe reasons behind suicide of teenager

Benjie B. Talisic, Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/29/2017

  POLICE investigators want to know the reason behind the suicide of a Grade 12 student who jumped to her death from the bathroom window located on the seventh floor of the Asian College of Technology (ACT)…

Student ‘behaving erratically’ before fatal jump

Agnes Alpuerto, Benjie Talisic, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/28/2017

THE school whose building was the site where a senior high school student jumped off to her death voiced its shock on the incident and disclosed details that may have led to her suicide Thursday afternoon. In…

Man stabs girlfriend, shoots self in Cebu City

Benjie Talisic 09/25/2017

BODIES of a man and his common-law partner were found lifeless inside their home in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City on Sunday afternoon. Jerson Lawas, 29, suffered from a gunshot wound to his head and a slit on…

Inmate commits suicide in Lapu-Lapu City

Norman V. Mendoza 09/16/2017

A 37-year old detainee at Hoops Dome Police Station in Lapu-Lapu City was found hanging inside the detention cell’s toilet early morning on Saturday, just about three hours after he was arrested. Marlon Pabillo was found suspended…

Police release names of family in suicide-shooting incident in Carcar City

Jhunnex G. Napallacan 07/23/2017

The police in Carcar City has released the names of the members of the family in a killing-suicide incident in Barangay Valladolid of the city early this morning. Chief Inspector Matnao Liddawa, the officer in charge of…

Man tries to jump off shopping mall

Marc Eric Cosep 07/19/2017

A MAN tried to jump off the rooftop of a shopping mall in Cebu City on Wednesday morning. PO2 Marion Gonzales of the Waterfront Police Office said Roberto Mimay, a 28-year-old native of Butuan City in Agusan…

Suicide probe resumes

USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/17/2017

  THE Cebu City Police Office (CPPO) has resumed its investigation into the live-streamed suicide of a 21-year-old single mother after the victim was laid to rest on Sunday. CCPO director Senior Superintendent Joel Doria said that…

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