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Japanese charged for estafa
Suspect accused of duping fellow Japanese to get P100,000 A complaint for estafa was filed against a Japanese national accused of trying to milk money from a fellow Japanese in barangay Basak San Nicolas, Cebu City. Akera Arisawa, 61, of Tokyo, Japan showed up on Nov. 8 at the apartment of Toshio Ozeki with two […]
My neighbor, my enemy
November 6, 2012
By Correspondent Norman Mendoza Korean mastermind, 2 bodyguards charged for Lapu ambush “I had a little squabble with him before because he wanted me to give and show respect to him.” That’s how Korean businessman Lee Dong Gun described the fellow Korean he accused of hiring a gunman to kill him and his assistant Habok […]
Koreans ambushed outside of their home
October 31, 2012
TWO Koreans were ambushed outside the gate of their Pacific Villa 1 home in Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City, Wednesday morning. Lee Dong Gun and Jun Ha Bok both 40 years old were on board their vehicle ready to leave when a gunman appeared outside the gate and fired shots at them. Gun sustained a gunshot wound […]
Korean’s kidnapping sparks abductions probe
October 29, 2012
MANILA — The Philippine National Police (PNP) ordered an investigation into the alleged involvement of some foreigners in the abduction of their compatriots in the country. PNP Director General Nicanor Bartolome directed the PNP’s Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) to look into previous kidnapping of foreigners after police arrested a Korean national for his supposed role in […]
Foreign students to transfer to new dorm amid mauling
September 13, 2012
AT least 29 Papua New Guinea nationals will transfer to a new dormitory following Sunday’s violent arrest of one of their own in barangay Banilad, Cebu City. “They’re happy to know of their new dormitory.” said Adonis Wagas, director of the Students Affairs Office (SAO) of the University of Southern Philippines (USP). The three-storey structure […]
Two officers relieved, face probe for mauling foreigner
September 11, 2012
It was so inhuman.” This was the initial assessment of the Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas after viewing TV footage of the Sunday mauling of an unruly and intoxicated Papua New Guinea student by two police officers of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT). The case, now under investigation on orders of Camp […]
American, lover nabbed for ‘selling’ girls for sex
August 10, 2012
Police arrested a 46-year-old American national and his Cebuana girlfriend for allegedly trying to sell the the sexual services of the woman’s two teenage daughters. Roger James Kweit Kincaid and 36-year-old Joan Paras were arrested Wednesday night in Pelaez Street, barangay Sta. Cruz, Cebu City by members of the Regional Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force. […]
Korean nabbed for punching driver
August 2, 2012
A 33-year-old Korean National was detained in the Subangdaku police station after he allegedly punched the taxi driver’s face and broke a motorcycle’s side mirror. The suspect identified as Bang Kyoung Sock, a stay-in student of Cebu International Academy in A.S. Fortuna St., Bakilid Mandaue City, was brought by SWAT team to Subangdaku Police station, […]
Motel rape
June 25, 2012
Hotel son’s owner, friend accused of molesting Japanese girls A young Japanese woman arrived in Lapu-Lapu City last June 21 to visit her Japanese friend and have some fun in the sun. But her vacation turned into a nightmare for her and her friend after they were raped by two Korean nationals in […]
AUSSIE TO FACE TRAFFICKING CHARGES
May 20, 2012
DOJ overturns fiscal on case He may have been initially cleared of accountability by the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office. But the case of the 49-year-old Australian accused of molesting three boys didn’t escape the scrutiny of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, who recommended the filing of qualified trafficking and child abuse charges against […]
November 11, 2012
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