FOUR months after the ambush-slay of former Barangay Calamba councilor and fraternity leader Richard Buscaino, the Cebu City Police Office has declared the case as solved.This after the identification of the suspect behind the councilor’s murder and the subsequent filing of murder charges against him.The CCPO, however, did not divulge the name of the suspect, […]
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More policemen sent to San Fernando after gruesome murder
THE Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) has sent additional personnel to San Fernando town in southern Cebu following the gruesome murder of a barangay councilor and her husband o…
Editorial: Confession of Kiara Mae’s ‘killer’
JUSTICE has not yet been served with the arrest of the suspect in the murder of 10-year-old Kiara Mae Namanama. Prosecuting the suspect still has to pass through legal hurdles.The…
STL collector gunned down; another hurt
A 32-YEAR-OLD man was killed while another was hurt when an unidentified assailant shot them in Barangay Balaas, Argao, Cebu at Saturday dawn, November 20, 2021. Romnick Mier Villafuerte, 32, a resident of the barangay, was playing billiards at his house when an unidentified man on board a motorcycle suddenly came to his house and […]
Fernandez murder may be personal, says SITG
LOCAL police believed that the murder of lawyer Rex Fernandez may have been personally motivated and not because of his professional dealings. Members of the Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) looking into Fernandez’s death said they have secured evidence tending to show that Fernandez’s murderer had knowledge of the lawyer’s regular whereabouts. Lt. Col. Wilbert […]
Tell it to SunStar: On Atty. Fernandez’s slay
We, members of the USC Alpha Sigma Fraternity, condemn the brazen murder of our brother, Atty. Rex JMa Fernandez, who was ambushed by at least two riding-in-tandem gunmen in broad daylight and full view of many people on Thursday, August 26, 2021. As an active concerned citizen and in the practice of his law profession, […]
Court convicts cop for murder of mother and son in Tarlac province
A REGIONAL trial court in Tarlac on Thursday convicted a former policeman for the murder of a mother and her son last year. The court sentenced ex-Staff Sergeant Jonel Nuezca to a jail term of 40 years for each count of murder. It also ordered the convict to pay the heirs of Sonya and Frank […]
6 suspects charged in plot to kill lawyer Gupana
THE National Bureau of Investigation 7 filed on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, frustrated murder charges against six suspected assailants in relation to the attempted slay of lawyer James Joseph Gupana. Rennan Augustus Oliva identified the six suspects as retired army official Edwin Layese, who was detained at the Cebu City Jail; Fausto Peralta, detained at […]
5 charged with murder over rehab patient’s death
FIVE employees of the 180 Degrees Rehabilitation Center at Barangay Pagsabungan, Mandaue City have been charged with murder for their alleged involvement in the death of a patient inside the facility on Jan. 7, 2021. The case against Nolie Darato Dolotina, Limuel Cabodbod Noval, Johane Porgella Cabatingin, Felix Gantuangco Algura Jr. and Rommel Lloyd Aradanas […]
‘Triggerman’ wants to turn state witness
THE alleged triggerman in the brutal murder of lawyer Joey Luis Wee is applying to become a state witness. National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 Director Rennan Augustus Oliva told reporters on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, that Fausto Edgar Peralta who is charged with Wee’s killing wrote to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) […]