Kidnap ‘leader’ works in gov’t
THE alleged mastermind in the kidnapping of an overseas worker in Talisay City is a government employee in Cebu City.
This was the information released by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 Director Antonio Pagatpat to the media yesterday.
Fugitive shows up at police station
A FUGITIVE landed in jail after seeking the help of police in Cordova, Cebu last, complaining she was allegedly mauled by her common-law husband.
Police arrested Marilou Tabada, 33, when she showed up at the police station past 5 p.m.
Canadian ‘hired minor for sex’
MORE than 100 foreigners are monitored in Cebu for alleged sexual exploitation of young women, as the place continues to be one of the top sex tourist destinations in the country, a child protection advocate said.
“They come here for business and pleasure. It’s like a one-stop shop,” said lawyer Noemi Truya-Abarientos of Children’s Legal Bureau.
Comelec commends police for a ‘job well done’ last May
FOR their sacrifice and performance in securing the May 13 elections, key officers of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 were awarded by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) 7 yesterday.
Comelec 7 Director Temie Lambino handed the commendation to 23 police officials who also included members from the command group, directorial staff, the provincial and city directors and the battalion commander.
3 shootings in Cebu claim 3 lives
A RELATIONSHIP that turned sour ended in violence after a man shot and killed his live-in partner before killing himself in Barangay Campo 8, Toledo City, Cebu.
Police said Jesus Eredias, 32, couldn’t accept that Sheila Paraiso, 18, wanted to break up with him.
Carnap group uses women as front
THE Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) warns the public against the new modus operandi of a car theft syndicate in Cebu.
The group reportedly uses women to masquerade as legitimate customers in order to dupe car rental companies.
We’re just music lovers: rescued girls
THEIR love for music brought them together and nothing else.
This is what the two girls said after authorities rescued them, together with a French national, inside a hotel in Cebu City on suspicion of human trafficking.
Hot’ cars land 2 ladies in jail
TWO women who were allegedly involved in a series of car thefts in Metro Cebu were arrested Friday by the police.
Three sedans worth almost P1 million each, which they allegedly pawned to a lending company or sold to a foreign national, were recovered during follow-up operations.
French national nabbed for ‘cyberporn’
POLICE arrested a French national for allegedly sexually exploiting women and children inside a hotel on Archbishop Reyes Ave., Cebu City yesterday afternoon.
Operatives of the Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) 7 also rescued two girls, aged 14 and 18, during the 2 p.m.-raid.
Scolded, boy texts pal before hanging self
A TEENAGE boy allegedly took his life inside their house in Barangay Cogon, Compostela, Cebu on Friday.
Police said Ramil Adaya, 14, was found by his neighbor past 7 p.m. hanging inside their kitchen. A rope was tied around his neck.
