CEBU CITY – Police here insisted that the murder of Rhea Mae Tocmo was carefully investigated and what they have in custody is the real perpetrator. POLICE Col. Ireneo Dalogdog (right), chief of the Cebu City Police Office, and Police Major Angelito Valleser, chief of the Labangon Police...
CEBU CITY – A case of crime of passion. Police here announced that the killing of Rhea Mae Tocmo is considered solved after a construction worker admitted to be behind the gruesome killing. Investigators said too much jealousy drove Simeon Gabutero, 22, to kill Tocmo, whose body was found inside...
Leading VisMin developer Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) of the Soberano family recorded a robust 32 percent growth in consolidated net income to P2.1 billion in the first half of 2023 from P1.6 billion in the same period last year. During its quarterly briefing, the firm said its attributable net net...
CEBU CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas has asked the mayor of Badian town, Cebu and two other municipal officials to answer the charges that had been filed against them. The anti-graft court has given Badian Mayor Carmencita Lumain, Engr. Vicente Jojie Nillas, head of the town’s Office...
CEBU CITY – For this group of Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL), having restricted freedom is not a hindrance in their quest for knowledge. Clad in traditional white togas and with their parents and relatives in attendance, some 145 PDLs on Monday, August 7, graduated from the Alternative...
CEBU CITY – The best friend of Rhea Mae Tocmo, who was killed and stuffed in a box, is planning to file charges against a taxi driver who implicated her in the gruesome killing. Jewel Smith (real name withheld upon her request), faced reporters on Monday, August 7, to deny accusations that she...
CEBU CITY – A 75-year-old lawyer and his 49-year-old live-in partner were shot and wounded inside their house in Compostela town, northern Cebu on Monday morning, August 7. Police identified the victims as Emmanuel Pacquiao and Warlita Kintanar, 49. The couple’s 49-year-old househelp, Jenalyn...
SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime), one of the leading integrated property developers in Southeast Asia, commits to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2040. SM Prime continues to collaborate with partners to pursue a climate-resilient future and mitigate the phenomenon’s harshest...
By CALVIN CORDOVA CEBU CITY – Is there a financier backing a group of suspected thieves operating in Cebu? Police are trying to find this out after five members of the “Salisi Gang” were arrested after they victimized several mall goers at South Road Properties here. Police Lt. Col....
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth P14 million was seized from a 23-year-old man in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mambaling here on Thursday night, August 3. Police identified the suspect as Kenneth Tapaya, a resident of Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City. Tapaya yielded 2,050 grams of shabu...
CEBU CITY – The two suspects in the killing of a 19-year-old woman from Panabo City, Davao del Norte have undergone DNA (deoxyribonucleic) testing. Police said subjecting Simeon Gabutero, 22, and Roberto Gabison, 41, to forensic examination will help solve the killing of Rhea Mae Tocmo. Tocmo’s...
CEBU CITY – Five alleged members of the Salisi Gang were arrested after they victimized at least three people inside a mall at the South Road Properties here. Police identified the suspects as Jessica Santos Sarco, 35; Mark Anthony Balan, 30; Mark Anthony Aragosa, 26; Jerico Sarco, 24, and...
