UN: ‘Home is the most dangerous place for women and girls’

11/25/2024

UNITED NATIONS — The deadliest place for women is at home and 140 women and girls on average were killed by an intimate partner or family member per day last year, two U.N. agencies reported Monday. Globally,…

Teen ‘stabbed 50 times’ then burned alive in France

10/07/2024

Marseille, France–The southern French city of Marseille was shaken this week by two apparently drug-related killings, including the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was “stabbed 50 times” and burned alive, prosecutors said on Sunday. Marseille, France’s second-largest…

2 men brought to police after fighting over spilled softdrinks in Cebu City

Paul Lauro 09/11/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Simply because of spilled softdrinks, two men engaged in a fist fight inside a popular fastfood chain in Colon Street that ended up at the police station on Tuesday, September 11, 2024. Police…

Pinay transgenders clash with Thai peers, 1 injured

03/05/2024

BANGKOK — Police officers from Lumphini station were called out on Monday to break up a fight between about 20 Pinay transgenders and four Thai counterparts inside a restaurant in Soi Sukhumvit 11 near Nana BTS station. …

Construction worker in Cebu City stabs coworkers for making fun of him

Emmariel Ares 11/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – When his co-workers were making fun of him, a 33-year-old construction worker allegedly got mad and stabbed two men in Barangay Pahina Central, Cebu City on Monday evening, November 20, 2023. The incident…

Manhunt on for suspects in fatal mauling of Nigerian in Mandaue

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/24/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—A manhunt operation was launched against those responsible for allegedly mauling a Nigerian national who later died in a hospital here. According to the Mandaue City Police Office, the Nigerian was turned over by a…

Attack in Myanmar: Women, children among 29 killed as artillery hits refugee camp

10/10/2023

  An artillery strike that hit a refugee camp near Myanmar’s border with China has killed at least 29 people, including women and children, media and sources said on Tuesday, in one of the deadliest attacks on…

Lapu-Lapu road rage: LTO-7 to issue show cause orders against drivers involved

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 10/04/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) is looking into a road rage incident in Lapu-Lapu City involving two motorists that went viral online. According to a press release issued on Wednesday,…

Student in Antipolo dies days after being ‘slapped’ by teacher

Luisa Cabato 10/03/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A Grade 5 student in Antipolo City died on Monday, October 2, 2023, 11 days after his teacher allegedly pulled his hair and slapped him in school. Elena Minggoy said her 14-year-old son Francis…

Inmate stabbed 30 times inside Lapu-Lapu City Jail critical

Futch Anthony Inso 09/19/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — An inmate of Lapu-Lapu City Jail is now in critical condition after he was stabbed by his fellow inmate on Monday, September 18. The victim was identified as Dennis Dumael, of legal age,…

Cebu dentist attacked in clinic

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 07/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 41-year-old dentist is now in a hospital after he was attacked by two still unidentified perpetrators on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in his clinic in Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City. The dentist, identified…

Washington shooting: 9 people, including 2 kids, wounded

07/06/2023

WASHINGTON — Nine people outside enjoying the Independence Day festivities in Washington were shot and wounded early Wednesday, July 5,  police said, as a spate of violence marred the holiday. Officers responding around 1 a.m. to the mass…

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