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A POLICE officer who was dismissed from service was shot dead in Sitio Lupa, Purok Lower 3, Back Harolds, Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City, around 8 p.m. on Sunday, July 23, 2023.

The victim was identified as Aaron Estarte, 41, a resident of Sitio Care, Purok 8 of the said barangay.

According to Police Staff Sergeant Joel Lamela of the Abellana Police Station 2, Estarte was shot at the back of his head and the bullet exited in his forehead.

Estarte died instantly.

The gunman and his two other companions, who wore black t-shirts, fled after the incident.

The victim’s live-in partner, Roxanne Labra, said in a media interview that Estarte asked her permission to leave for a while to park his motorcycle but did not say that he was going to Purok Lower 3.

Labra and Estarte were living together for two years and had one child.

Police Lieutenant Colonel Janette Rafter, current Deputy City Director for Operation of the Cebu City Police Office, said that Estarte became a policeman in 2010.

His last assignment was in the Regional Mobile Force Battalion in Central Visayas (RMFB 7) in 2017.

However, he was dismissed from service in the same year after being arrested in an anti-illegal drug operation.

In March 2021, he was released from prison and worked as a security guard since then.(BBT, TPT)

A MOTORCYCLE driver died after he collided head-on with a van in Borbon town, northern Cebu.

The incident occurred along the national highway in Barangay Laaw of the said municipality on Sunday, June 23, 2023.

Police Captain Derrik Ynot, chief of Borbon Police Station, identified the victim as Julito Marikit, of legal age.

The driver of Mitsubishi L-300 van was identified as Ponciano Somang Balingit, 67.

According to the police investigation, Marikit was heading for Bogo City, while Balingit was driving towards Cebu City when they collided head on.

Marikit was pinned underneath the vehicle and was rushed to the hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.

Balingit voluntarily surrendered to Borbon Police Station after the incident.(BBT, TPT)

July 24, 2023 2:45 PM

The whale was initially sighted in mid-July and seemed to have disappeared for a week.

July 24, 2023 2:45 PM

BEIJING - A US congressional committee has launched an investigation into four US venture capital firms that have funded Chinese companies in the artificial intelligence, semiconductor and quantum computing industries, demanding information about their investments.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s second State of the Nation Address is expected to last for one hour and 25 minutes.

Kiritapu ‘Kiri’ Allan said her position was now ‘untenable’. She was charged with careless use of a motor vehicle and refusing to accompany a police officer after the crash late on Sunday.

The assault on the women in Manipur, which took place nearly three months ago, has sparked global outrage.

July 24, 2023 2:08 PM

Areas around Timbulsloko are sinking up to 20cm annually due to rising sea levels.

Electricity costs are soaring despite price controls and state aid, figures have shown  

Household energy bills in the Netherlands are up drastically from last year, despite government subsidies and a consumer price cap.

The average gas and electricity bill rocketed by 37% in June compared to the same mon

SUBSCRIBERS with unregistered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards will start to lose access to their mobile number on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

Alan Felix Macaraya Jr., legal officer of the National Telecommunication Commission in Central Visayas (NTC 7), announced this in an interview with the media on Monday, July 24, 2023.

“Ang kulba man gud aning deactivated SIMs, kanang wala nimo gi-rehistro, there is an effect on your commercial transaction. For an example, if you have a SIM card which has a registered (Globe) GCash, imagine ang imong kwarta didto kay will not be used or transferred, so mandatorily you have to register as soon as possible,” Macarya said.

Macaraya added that July 25 will be the last day of the SIM registration in compliance with the newly enacted Republic Act 11934, or the SIM Card Registration Act of 2022.

The law aims to register the SIM cards to a specific individual or firm to add accountability and prevent criminals from using mobile phones to victimize people.

As of July 19, at total of 104,076,843 SIM cards have been registered, accounting to 61.94 percent of the total number of subscribers in the country in 2022.

Macarya said authorities are targeting to register at least 85 percent.

There will be a low possibility of another extension as the law specifically provided that there will only be one extension granted for the SIM registration.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. approved the extension of SIM registration on April 26, 2023. (EHP)

Duterte courted controversy throughout his term for masterminding a violent campaign against illegal drugs and his pro-China posturing, among others.

Anguished parents have thronged a hospital seeking official updates on their children.

The wooden passenger boat was carrying 40 people despite being designed for just 20. Rescuers were searching on Monday for 19 people who were still missing in rough seas.

PAGASA said the country’s fifth cyclone may continue to intensify and reach super typhoon category by late Tuesday and early Wednesday. 

All protocols against COVID-19 are now dropped across all public transportation systems in the Philippines, making face masks in all railways, public utility vehicles, airports "optional" after three more than years.

July 24, 2023 12:20 PM

It is forecast to hit land or pass very close to the Philippines’ northern islands from tomorrow.

Also included in Zubiri's speech were bills for a waste-to-energy framework that he said will help solve the country's problems with solid waste and with energy supply. 

July 24, 2023 12:10 PM

Mr Kishida is reported to be mulling reshuffling his Cabinet in the coming weeks in a bid to shore up public support.

V Rajandran had been fined twice before for flouting the city state’s rules on feeding wild animals. He could have been slapped with a US$7,500 penalty.

July 24, 2023 12:05 PM

South Korea is meanwhile expecting monsoon rains to hit most regions until Monday.