Jack Woodley was 18-years-old when he was brutally murdered walking back from a funfair. Now his ten teenage killers, aged 14 - 18, have been handed sentences totalling 124 years.
Uzbekistan is not your typical vacation spot, but Samarkand and Tashkent, both ancient cities, have much to offer.
After a record hike in fuel prices in Bangladesh sparked protests around the country, a video was viewed thousands of times in Facebook posts that claimed it showed transport leaders beating up an energy ministry employee. However, the footage has circulated in news reports about a scuffle at a council meeting for a Hindu ceremony. AFP did not find any reports about an attack on an energy ministry employee.The video, which shows a group of men punching another man, was viewed more than 9,000 tim
POLICE arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly peddling illegal drugs in Barangay Das, Toledo City, Cebu on Saturday night, August 13, 2022. Staff Sergeant Fredenil Cabañero, desk officer of the Toledo City Police Station, identified the suspect as Raffy Hermona, who originally hails from Sitio Cotcot, Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental.Police led by Lieutenant Colonel Dennis De Guzman and a joint team of the Police Intervention Unit and Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit of the Cebu
TWO bodies were discovered in different parts of Cebu City on Saturday, August 13, 2022.Around 3 p.m., operatives of the Mabolo Police Station responded to an alarm that a body of a dead man was found on 1528 Lower Torralba Street in Barangay Apas.Based on the initial investigation of Patrolman Alvic Salimbot, the body belonged to 45-year-old Francisco Dela Cerna, who was renting a room in the area.The other tenants in his boardinghouse noticed a foul smell and reported it to police.When police
PRIVATE structures along the Kinalumsan River remain a hindrance in the ongoing clearing operation of the Cebu City Government.Councilor Jerry Guardo, chairman of the committee on infrastructure, told SunStar Cebu on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the City Government are expediting legal remedies for the demolition of these structures.According to Guardo, the private properties range from small lot parcels to big warehouses that are located in
THE drainage project along the routes of the Ironman 70.3 Philippines in Lapu-Lapu City had been completed prior to the triathlon event last Aug. 7, 2022.This was what Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan told SunStar Cebu days after the event.All the lanes, particularly those in Barangays Mactan and Maribago, were passable, he said.“We pressured the contractor to finish the project as it had been delayed for almost a year. That’s why it was already finished before the triathlon,” the mayor
A 39-YEAR-OLD company driver and his cohort were arrested for allegedly peddling drugs in Barangay Poblacion in the northern town of Liloan, Cebu on Saturday morning, August 13, 2022. Master Sergeant Kenneth Perocho, investigator of the Liloan Police Station, identified the suspects as Alvin Viageador, a resident of Barangay Poblacion, and Wilfredo Bibanco, his fellow driver from Barangay Yati. Police, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas, found the two men
A former pump attendant was arrested during a buy-bust operation in Sitio Luyongan, Barangay Lagtang, Talisay City past 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 13, 2022.Operatives from the Provincial Intelligence Unit headed by Police Lieutenant Christopher Torregosa, together with the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) conducted the anti-illegal drug operation that resulted in the arrest of Jessica Estrella Espra, 37, a resident of Barangay Ermita, Cebu City and former pump attendant at a gasoline stat
CEBU and the rest of the Visayas will continue to experience rain next week, according to a weather bureau official.Engr. Al Quiblat, chief of Pagasa Visayas, said the Visayas regions can expect light to moderate and at times heavy rain in the coming days.Based on the thunderstorm advisory issued by Pagasa Visayas at 2:16 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, moderate to heavy rain showers with lightning and strong winds due to thunderstorms may persist for one to two hours over Cebu, particularly in
The Thirsty Football Festival, more commonly known as the Thirsty Cup, revolutionized Cebu football in the early 2000s. The seven-a-side tournament, which was sort of a novelty then, not only had age groups as young as seven but also had the girls’ divisions. Back then, the Aboitiz Cup didn’t have those divisions so the Thirsty Cup sort of welcomed a new generation of Cebuano footballers.There were a lot of football festivals that mushroomed after the Thirsty Cup and at its peak, I think there w
HUNDREDS of former drug dependents who rediscovered their faith in God are expected to attend the recovery forum organized by a faith-based drug rehabilitation program handler on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022.Officials of non-government organization Surrender to God (SuGod) said their “Breakthrough” recovery forum is part of their sixth anniversary celebration.Fe Barino, chairman of the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on the Laity and also Sugod Foundation Inc. executive director, told reporters their orga
There is a disconnection between theory and practice, principles and experiences of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and management (CCA-DRRM).The gaps are crucial as Filipinos, along with other citizens in the world, grapple with extreme weather on earth.“Extreme weather” refers to phenomena that is unusual or severe for a particular place or time.However, the recent flash floods submerging many communities in Cebu after either heavy rains or successive days of constant rai
THE rainfall volume recorded in the entire Cebu Province in the last two weeks has already breached the forecast volume for the entire month of August, according to a weather bureau official.The estimated rainfall volume was 230 millimeters (mm), which is considered “above normal,” according to Al Quiblat, chief of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Visayas.Quiblat said on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, that the normal average rainfall for the month
JETRO Pabustan lost to former world title contender Tramaine Williams on Aug. 13 (PH time) at the Findaly Toyota Center in Precott Valley in Arizona.Pabustan was slapped with a crucial deduction for a low blow and lost to Williams on all three scorecards.The judges scored it 95-95, 96-93 and 97-92 all in favor of Williams.Williams improved to 20-1 with six knockouts, while Pabustan’s record is 31-10-6 with nine knockouts.In the meantime, Jeronil Borres settled to a majority draw with unbeaten Gh
TWO men pretending to be customers were caught in CCTV camera taking away a glass storage jar containing cash inside a convenience store along C. Padilla Street, Barangay Sawang Calero, Cebu City at 8:40 p.m. on Friday, August 12, 2022.The two men, believed to be members of Salisi Gang, were seen entering the establishment.One of them took away the jar containing the proceeds from GCash transactions amounting to P20,000 placed below the counter, while the other acted as lookout as the cashier wa
POLICE arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly peddling illegal drugs in Barangay Das, Toledo City, Cebu on Saturday night, Aug. 13, 2022.SSgt. Fredenil Cabañero, desk officer of the Toledo City Police Station, identified the suspect as Raffy Hermona, who originally hails from Sitio Cotcot, Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental.Police led by Lt. Col Dennis De Guzman and a joint team of the Police Intervention Unit and Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit of the Cebu Provincial Police Offic
Minors on J. Urgello St. in Sambag 1, Cebu City, are making a mockery of the Philippine National Police’s drive to keep them off the streets after 10 p.m.Yes, they were quiet on the second night the Cebu City Police Office implemented Oplan Bulabog, but that was only because barangay officials were on hand to warn them to go home or face “rescue.”Since then, though, minors have returned to their usual routine, which is to loiter in the streets and scream and shout till the wee hours of the morni
MORE than P8 million worth of illegal drugs were seized after nine people were caught in separate anti-narcotics operations in the cities of Toledo and Cebu and Liloan town in northern Cebu on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022.In Barangay Das, Toledo City, 35-year-old Raffy Chavez Hermona was arrested for allegedly peddling illegal drugs.Hermona originally hails from Sitio Cotcot, Barangay Mabini, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, according to SSgt. Fredenil Cabañero, desk officer of the Toledo City Police S
THE son of a former member of the Philippine Navy was arrested during a buy-bust along Archbishop Reyes Ave. in Barangay Luz, Cebu City on Saturday night, Aug. 13, 2022.The suspect was identified as 33-year-old John Gerard Ventura, a resident of Sitio Abellana in the same barangay.Maj. Joeffre Grande, team leader of the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit 7, led the operation, which took place past 10 p.m.Seized from the suspect, a former waiter, were 155 grams of suspected shabu worth more th
MEMBERS of the Parian Police Station arrested three persons in different operations on Saturday night, August 13, 2022.They first arrested Jerome Alburo, 38, and his live-in partner Hilda Cullamat, 47, outside a boarding house in Barangay Parian, Cebu City past 7 p.m.They recovered several sachets of suspected shabu from the suspects during the buy-bust. They also found an unlicensed .38 revolver in Alburo’s possession.According to police, Alburo and Cullamat do not live in the neighborhood, but
