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(Eagle News)—The 16-year-old girl who was found dead in a vacant lot in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Monday, March 11, probably knew her killer. This is according to Police Colonel Lemuel Obon, chief of the Lapu-Lapu police, who gave an interview over GMA’s Unang Balita on Thursday, March 14. “I think so kasi may nakuha kamin na exchange of messages na meron siyang kakatagpuin,” Obon said when asked. So far, Obon said the police were […]
(Eagle News)—The Lapu-Lapu government has announced a P1.6 million reward for any information that will lead to the arrest of the killers of 16-year-old student Christine Silawan. Of the P1.6 million, P1 million will reportedly come from the local government; P500,000 from a Leyte resident; and P100,000 from the Advisory Council of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas. Silawan’s body was found in a vacant lot in Lapu-Lapu on Monday, March 11. Her head […]
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Human Rights has condemned the brutal slay of a 16-year-old student in Cebu. “No one deserves to suffer from such violence, especially that the victim is an innocent child,” CHR spokesperson Jacqueline de Guia said in a statement released hours after the body of Christine Silawan was found in a vacant lot in Lapu Lapu. According to the police, her head had been skinned, exposing her skull, and there were signs […]
(Eagle News) – Visiting privileges of inmates nationwide, including their recreational activities such as having basketball games, were cancelled by Bureau of Corrections chief Directo General Nicanor Faeldon effective Tuesday, March 5. This was after a prisoner was discovered making drug transactions through wifi connections inside the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa by the Cebu City police which traced to the NBP inmate the source of the 28 kilos of shabu valued at P190.4 million. […]
(Eagle News) – Criminal charges are slated to be filed against a former village councilor and another for their alleged roles in the ambush of San Fernando, Cebu Mayor Lakambini Reluya. To be charged with murder and attempted murder were Jerome Labitad and former Maghaway, Talisay City village councilor Felix Abacajan Jr. The two are still at large. Reluya and several others were on board a vehicle in Talisay when they were ambushed by unidentified men on […]
(Eagle News) — Isa ang bayan ng Oslob sa lalawigan ng Cebu ang dinarayo ngayon ng mga bakasyonista kahit hindi pa summer. Ang dahilan ay ang maganda nitong tanawin at ang inaabangang whale shark watching. Dito, pwede mong makita nang malapitan ang mga butanding at lumangoy kasama ng mga ito. At sa dami ng mga gustong makakita ng butanding, alas-singko pa lamang ng umaga (5:00 AM) ay marami nang pumipila sa beach para magkaroon ng […]
(Eagle News) — Pasok ang Cebu City at Kuala Lumpur sa sampung lugar na kilalang binibisita ng mga Taiwanese tuwing holiday season. Sa annual report ng online travel company na Expedia, pasok sa top 10 most visited cities ng mga turista mula Taiwan ang mga sumusunod: Hong Kong Tokyo Bangkok Seoul Osaka Shanghai Cebu Macau Singapore Kuala Lumpur Ito ay base sa kanilang online travel booking statistics. Ito ang kauna-unahang pagkakataon na nakapasok ang Cebu […]
(Eagle News) – A huge blaze that struck Barangay Dujo Fatima in Cebu City at Tuesday dawn, December 25, destroyed some 200 houses and killed a 12-year old boy. Investigators identified the fatality as Cyrus John Perras from Barangay Duljo Fatima. His remains were found inside an internet café shop The fire was first reported at 3:47 a.m., and reached Task Force Alpha at 4:11 a.m., which means firefighters from neighboring local governments were mobilized […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Dec. 18, said it was Mar Roxas who ordered former police general Vicente Loot killed. “I did not order the ambush. It was Roxas. Roxas ordered his ambush, not me,” Duterte said in Visayan. On May 18, unidentified men opened fire at Loot and his family who had just arrived in a wharf in Daanbantayan, Cebu, where the former general is mayor. They survived the attack. President Duterte has […]
(Eagle News)–Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has relieved officials of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Region 7. This was following the landslide in Naga, Cebu that claimed the lives of over 20 individuals. Marian Codilla, information officer of the MGB in Cebu, said residents in Barangays Tina-an and Naalad had been advised to evacuate some two weeks ago after fissures were seen on the ground. Cimatu also suspended quarrying activities nationwide for 15 days. Search operations […]
(Eagle News) — At least 25 persons are now confirmed dead after being buried in a landslide in Naga City in Cebu province as of Friday, Sept. 21, as more bodies are recovered during continuous search and rescue operations in the site’s “ground zero.” There are also more than 50 still missing in Sitio Sindalan, barangay Tinaan, Naga City, according to a report by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. Rescuers also […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed support for the proposal to rename the Mactan-Cebu International Airport as Lapu-Lapu International Airport. The proposal was first made by National Historical Commission of the Philippines Chairman Dr. Rene Escalante. In supporting NHCP’s proposal, the President said that Lapu-Lapu should be given more honor because of his bravery after he killed the Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, in 16th century. “You know, Magellan was the first invader to […]
