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News briefing: 3 girls rescued from another cybersex den in Cordova

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Police raided another cybersex den in Cordova town in Cebu yesterday, more than a month after a couple was arrested there for using their children as performers for their cybersex operations.

Three minors, aged 9, 12, and 17, were rescued in yesterday’s raid by the Provincial Intelligence Branch headed by Supt. Rodolfo Albotra. The three were brought to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for counseling.

Albotra said they caught the 3 children naked and doing “lewd acts” in front of a computer-mounted camera.

The house has been placed under surveillance for 2 months on suspicion its owner was involved with an illegal online business.

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News briefing: 3 fires break out in Cebu in 3 hours

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Two days after a fire left an estimated 1,200 people homeless in Barangay Tejero, Cebu City, 3 fires broke out in the cities of Cebu and Mandaue yesterday. Initial estimates place the total property damage in the 3 fires at P370,000.

Several people were injured when a fire razed 7 houses and damaged 3 houses in Sitio Bramans in Barangay Mambaling at 9:16 a.m. yesterday. Two hours earlier, a fire hit Sitio Caimito in Barangay Sambag I.

Barely had the firemen placed the Mambaling fire under control, another blaze broke out in Barangay Ibabao-Estancia in Mandaue City. The fire, reported at 10:15 a.m. burned down a bunkhouse, damaged a van and an auto repair shop and killed a dog and 6 chickens. For the full story, read Sun.Star Cebu’s article, “3 fires break out in 3 hours.”

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has ordered the re-blocking and road restoration in 3 sitios hit by fire in Barangay Tejero. Rama ordered 8 City Hall offices and 2 councilors to implement these in 3 days.

Rama also asked the fire department to conduct an inventory of all fire hydrants in the city after finding out that there was a fire hydrant 50 meters from the area hit by Saturday’s fire but fire fighters could not use it because it was inside a house. For the story, read The Freeman article “Tejero hydrant inside a house?: Rama orders BFP: Inspect hydrants”

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Suspect in robbery, killing of policeman in Talisay arrested

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Police arrested Thursday in Tangub City in Misamis Oriental the suspect in the killing of a rookie police officer responding to a robbery alarm last March 11.

Suspect Noel Simbajon, 29, was arrested in a police checkpoint in Tangub City while he was driving a motorcycle.

Simbajon, according to a Sun.Star Cebu report, admitted he was one of the robbers chased by PO1 William Mangubat in Sitio Mananga, Talisay City but denied shooting the policeman. Simbajon said his companions, brothers Lito and Jundee Oros, were the killers. The two are still at large and being hunted by police.

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News briefing: Nursing student working for call center raped, robbed on her way home

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A sophomore nursing student working part-time for a call center was raped at 1:40 a.m. Tuesday on her way home in Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City.

Village watchmen on patrol said that they stopped near her before the incident to offer her a ride but the 18-year-old victim refused, saying she was already near her home.

But when the student was near her house, 2 unidentified men who did not wear masks approached her to ask for the time. After she answered them, one poked a knife at her. She was dragged toward a dim garage where there were several cars.

The men took her cell phone, undressed and then raped her. The rapists then threw her heans and underwear into a trash bin.

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News briefing: Durano brothers exchange charges; recall petition filed

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Danao City Vice Mayor Ramon “Nito” Durano filed Monday with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) a petition to recall his brother, Mayor Ramon “Boy” Durano Jr.

The recall petition is supported with 31,000 signatures that were gathered in the past three months, Sun.Star Cebu reported today. Nito Durano, along with 10 of the city’s councilors, cited loss of confidence in pushing for the recall. Nito said that the number of signatures is sufficient because Danao City, with its 78,000 voters, only needs 15,000 signatures to initiate a recall election.

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Daily Briefing: President Aquino: choice is between coal dust or power shortage

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President Benigno Aquino III said in yesterday’s inauguration of the 2nd unit of Korean Electric Power Corporation-Salcon Power Corporation’s (Kepco-SPC) 200-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Naga City, Cebu that the country has to balance the need to meet power demands and environmental concerns.

“In the simplest terms, what problem do we want to deal with – unstable power supply or the coal dust issue? The problem of coal dust has a solution. There are ways to mitigate it unlike a power shortage. What can you really do with that?” Aquino said in a report by Cebu Daily News.

“While the power plant we are inaugurating today does not necessarily produce renewable energy, it does comply with the Clean Air Act and is very friendly to the environment,” he said in his speech.

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