Man, 82, found dead with stab wounds
AN 84-year-old man was robbed and killed by an unidentified assailant in his house in Barangay Lambusan in San Remigio town last Saturday morning.
Valeriano Magdadaro suffered stab wounds in the stomach, chest and in the jaw, said investigator PO3 Alfredo Mandal in a phone interview.
Man admits beheading his neighbor
BEFORE Carlito Nazara was beheaded in Barangay Capio-an, Argao last Friday afternoon, one of his alleged killers said the farmer had been saying he wanted to kill someone.
“Sigeng hulga (He kept issuing threats),” said Antonio Solis Jr. “Wa na mi kapailob (We lost our patience).”
Carcar killing ‘accomplice’ caught
THE alleged accomplice of the killer of Carcar City Mayor Nicepuro Apura’s youngest son was arrested by police in Barangay Valladolid, Carcar City last Thursday night.
Jethro Lapiña, 23, was arrested by PO2 Alex Buanghog and PO1 Jessie Desales inside his home in Sitio Upper Tubod. He was...
Teen accused of raping 3-year-old caught
POLICE arrested a 17-year-old boy who allegedly raped a three-year-old girl in Bantayan Island, Cebu last Wednesday afternoon.
Neighbors reportedly saw Romeo (not his real name), an incoming fourth year high school student, bring the girl into a bushy and secluded area, said PO2 Lou...
Collector loses P16T cash to lone robber in Carcar
With Meryl Lyn Roa, UP Mass Comm Intern
A LENDING collector lost his collections to a lone robber in Sitio Paugon, Barangay Guadalupe, Carcar City yesterday morning.
The lone robber took around P16,000 cash that Andrian Andales, 30, a resident of Barangay Poblacion 1, had...
Don’t take law into own hands, Apura backers urged
“PEACE.”
This was what Senior Supt. Patrocinio Comendador, Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) director, asked from fraternities Alpha Kappa Rho (Akrho) and Tau Gamma Phi.
Fraternity denies involvement in killing of Carcar mayor’s son
THE Tau Gamma Phi fraternity denied any involvement in the killing of Carcar City Mayor Nicepuro Apura’s youngest son.
“It’s a bastard act. We couldn’t have done it,” said the group’s spokesperson Rico Osmeña.
Argao police chief receives death threat
GOD is greater than a bullet-proof vest, a police official said.
“Ato nalang ihangad niya kay siya ang pinaka lig-on nga protector (We have to trust Him because He is the greatest protector),” said Insp. Alejandro Batobalonos in a phone interview.
The police chief of Argao Police...
Mayor’s son gunned down
CEBU (Updated) – The youngest son of Carcar City Mayor Nicepuro Apura was shot dead by an unidentified assailant during a concert in Sitio Upper Tubod, Barangay Valladolid in Carcar City past 1 a.m. Sunday.
“The police must solve this,” said Mayor Apura.
Victim’s child wanted his father home for dinner
“BALIK diri pa ha kay mokaon ta (We’ll eat dinner together when you return home),” Zeph Carlisle told his father Carl Vinson Apura last Saturday night.
But a bullet from an assailant’s gun prevented Carl Vinzon, 25, from returning home to join his three-year-old son.
Victim of wall collapse to be buried in same grave as his mother’s today
WHEN Allan “Tira” Oporto would get drunk and sleep outside their house, his brother said, their mother Maria would grab a blanket and look for him in the neighborhood.
When she saw him, she would cover Allan with the blanket, said Bernardo.
One time, Bernardo asked his mother why...
MGB: Relocate at-risk houses
CALLS to move houses away from a riverbank in Talamban, Cebu City were revived yesterday, after a riprap wall in the area collapsed, killing two men.
A Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau (MGB) 7 official recommended the relocation after he inspected yesterday afternoon the accident site near...
Digging ‘asteroid’ hits
BOULDERs, chunks of broken concrete riprap, twisted iron bars, damaged pieces of plywood, crumpled tin roofs, dangling wires, and several coconut lumber stick out from beneath the soil.
These were the things that rescue volunteer Noe Enemecio saw yesterday morning, hours after the riprap...
Boy saw Pa’s last moments
FOUR sound boxes.
These were the first things that Tapdasan Sr. took from his two-storey house last Tuesday afternoon, which was just below a subdivision on Highway 77 in Barangay Talamban, Cebu City.
“He loved music,” said his 16-year-old son, Nestor Jr.
Before the...
Wall caves in, kills 2 people
A RIPRAP wall of a subdivision collapsed, killing two residents, on Highway 77 in Sitio Cadahu-an, Barangay Talamban in Cebu City last night.
It also destroyed five houses.
Government worker shot dead on his way to work; town cop robbed
A LAY minister and employee of a government agency was shot dead in Barangay Valencia in Carcar City last Monday afternoon.
Eduardo Enanoria, 48, an agriculturist at the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), suffered gunshot wounds in the head, said Chief Insp. Joe Martin Fuentes, who was...
3 men assault cop, get mauled
A POLICE officer was accused of hurting three men inside the police station in Consolacion town yesterday morning.
SPO1 Ricardo Judaya allegedly hit Kerr Niel Pasilan, 21; Reynaldo Dioso, 30; and Elmon Monterde, 22, with a bottle of liquor, according to a TV Patrol Cebu report.
...
Parents of boys killed in fire to undergo debriefing
THE parents of the two boys who died in a fire in Barangay Sam-ang, Toledo City last Friday night will undergo stress debriefing.
Sam-ang Barangay Captain Erlinda Placibe, in a phone interview, said she will accompany Alexander Borgador Sr. and Juvelyn Labajo to the social welfare office...
Shootout kills robbery suspect
A ROBBERY suspect was killed in a shootout with police officers in Barangay Guimbal in Compostela town last Saturday night.
Ariel “Dodo” Almendras suffered a gunshot wound in the back, police said. He was rushed to the Danao City District Hospital, but he expired later.
Two of...
Man caught peeping on wife of neighbor mauled to death
FOR allegedly peeping on his neighbor’s wife several times, a man was mauled to death in Barangay Poblacion in Boljoon last Saturday morning.
Michael Andag, 34, suffered severe head injuries and wounds in different parts of his body, said PO1 Rogelio Sinajon in a phone interview.
...5 suspected drug pushers fall in separate incidents
With Mary June Villasawa, NORSU-G intern
OPERATIVES of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (Pdea) 7 arrested five suspected drug pushers in separate incidents.
Pdea 7 Deputy Director Levi Ortiz said his men were helped by police recruits, who graduated from the “Kaisang-Alab”...
2 brothers die in Toledo fire
CEBU CITY (Updated) -- Two boys died in a fire that razed their hut in Barangay Sam-ang, Toledo City last Friday night.
Harvey Borgador, 4, and his brother Alexander Jr., 2, were tucked in bed by their mother, Juvelyn Labajo, 23, before she left them by themselves at home, said...
Village official gunned down in Balamban
A 43-YEAR-OLD barangay official was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in Barangay Matun-og, Balamban yesterday morning.
Juana Caburnay, the first councilor of Matun-og, suffered two gunshot wounds in the back.
A slug exited at her chest, said PO1 Rodney Cambarijan in a phone...
2 houses in Bogo riddled with bullets; politics seen
TWO men on a motorcycle strafed two houses in Barangays Taytayan and Cayang in Bogo City early yesterday morning, injuring the bodyguard of a public official.
Senior Supt. Patrocinio Comendador, the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) director, said they already have a lead on the...
Fake peso bills came from city: errand boy
“THE fake bills came from A. Lopez St. in Cebu City.”
This was what Dennis Doleno told Senior Insp. Aldrin Villacampa, Sogod Police Station chief, during an interview.
