Orange Days — continuing the efforts to end violence against women

Sofia Aliño Logarta 11/16/2016

In 1996, Legal Alternatives for Women Center, Inc. started its work of joining women victims of violence in claiming their rights. Its first case was that of a married woman who had been raped twice by a…

30K passengers passed thru Cebu port: Coast Guard

Morexette Erram 11/02/2016

AT least 30,000 passengers have passed through the Cebu International Port from Oct. 28-31, the highest registered by the Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu station so far. Agapito Bibat, Philippine Coast Guard Cebu station commander, said while the volume…

Predictability

Raymund Fernandez 11/01/2016

We all know how intelligence is a predictive skill: And so too moral judgment. The two are not irrevocably married. Only for some are they faithful lovers. But lovers or not, intelligence and moral judgment are both…

Three men, woman nabbed on drug, firearms possession

Carmel Loise Matus 05/09/2016

Three men and a woman three months pregnant were arrested in San Fernando town, southern Cebu at 2:30a.m. on Monday on charges of illegal possession of firearms and drugs. Chief Insp. Richard Gadingan of the San Fernando…

Suspect in supporter’s murder nabbed in Tuburan

Apple Ta-as 05/05/2016

THE suspect in the murder of the supporter of Tuburan mayoral candidate Aljun Diamante was arrested by operatives of the Regional Special Operations Group (RSOG). The suspect identified as Ludivico Oroquera was arrested in barangay Monte Alegre,…

Violence against women, children rises

Apple Ta-as 03/03/2016

POVERTY and unemployment are still the top causes  of the increasing violence against women and children in Cebu City. “Every now and then, we have been trying to reach out to various barangays in Cebu City to…

MOTHER FREE, NOW IN HIDING

Apple Ta-as 01/11/2016

Woman applies for Witness Protection Program; Fiscal tries to persuade mother of his kids to drop complaint After spending three nights in jail, a woman accused of stoning the car of a prosecutor was released yesterday without…

Violence so sad

Raymund Fernandez 01/06/2016

Watching the news these days, we cannot help but observe how the world seems to be turning more violent. Top of these is the recent increase of tension in the Middle East after Iranians ransacked the Saudi…

2 dead, 2 hurt in Sunday violence

Rene F. Alima 12/15/2015

Two were killed dead while two others were injured in separate shooting incidents in southern Cebu last Sunday. In barangay Agbalana, Malabuyoc town, a wanted person identified as Reynaldo Asister was gunned down at around 5 p.m.…

Woman slits granddaughter’s throat

Rene Alima 08/28/2015

A woman suffering from a nervous breakdown slit the throat of her 2-year-old granddaughter in barangay Tubod, Toledo City, southwest Cebu. The baby was rushed to the Toledo District Hospital where she was  declared dead. Barangay tanods…

NBI TO FILE MURDER RAPS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/20/2015

Child witness identifies cops, but not Tiu;  Why do Fuente police shave heads of girls? By next week, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will be ready to file murder charges against several policemen for the death…

Cops to ask social workers to join roundup of minors

Apple Ta-as 05/05/2015

Fuente station police will resume  rounding up street children on weekends  in Cebu City but the new officer-in-charg e said  social workers will be present in each operation. Chief Inspector David Señor, who took over as OIC…

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