WAVES OF DEVOTION. Thousands fill the Pilgrim Center of the Basilica del Sto. Niño for a dawn mass. (Sun.star photo/Amper Campaña)
CEBU City’s police force is digging up a robbery case filed against suspects Joel Sumabong and Efren Beladas, to make sure they stay behind bars longer.
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 arrested Sumabong and Beladas last Thursday in Iloilo City, ending a manhunt that began last year after Sumabong was charged with murder. The two also stand accused of robbing a bank in Bogo, Cebu in 2005.
Devotees sustain fiesta’s solemnity
SEEN from above, it seemed like stars glimmered from the ground as thousands of devotees bringing candles made their way to the Basilica del Sto. Niño yesterday, the ninth day of the novena.
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More locals mean Sinulog’s survival
EVEN with fewer out-of-town contingents this year, Sinulog organizers are happy with the high turnout of local participants because it means Cebu’s festival is here to stay.
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