Oslob road mishap
AN 86-YEAR-OLD widow was killed when a bus hit her as she was crossing the highway in barangay Daanlungsod, Oslob, south Cebu.
Teofila Puson was brought by relatives to the Oslob District Hospital but she did not make it alive.
The Ceres bus was heading to Samboan town聽 when the accident occurred 5 p.m. Sunday.
The driver, Roberto Daugdaug, told police the old woman was crossing the road and stopped at the center, seeming to聽 hesitate.聽聽 He said he tried to avoid the woman but she stepped backward.
鈥淣ibalik man siya (She went back),鈥� said聽 PO1 Eusemar Oling of Oslob police station.
The driver surrendered and is now detained at the Santander police station, hoping to reach an amicable settlement with the victim鈥檚 family. /correspondent RHEA RUTH V. ROSELL
Cebu city robberies
POLICE arrested six persons, including two minors, in connection with separate聽 robberies in Cebu City.
Two victims came forward and identified them in separate holdups.
Mark Joseph Abellanosa, 18, of Bulacao; Mario Camomot, 27, of Lahug; Nelgen Dacalos, 27, of Pardo; Ernesto Andog, 24; and two minors were arrested on board a multicab.聽 They聽 were detained at the Cebu City Police Office pending the filing of charges.
Dacalos, a former call center agent, has a pending case for frustrated murder and is out on bail.
Camomot was accused of holding up a woman at gunpoint outside the Redemptorist church last Sunday.聽聽聽 Tina Rodriguez of barangay Camputhaw聽 said she lost her cellular phone and wallet with P3,000 cash.
The six suspects said they were victims of mistaken identity. Police recovered a laptop, six cellular phones, several bags and a motorcycle from them.
A聽 15-year-old girl who was arrested in the group said she was聽 just hanging out with friends.
Senior Supt. Melvin Ramon Buenafe, CCPO chief, said it was the modus operandi of the robbers to quickly pass the stolen loot to cohorts to confuse聽 victims.
He urged other theft victims to come to the police station to identify the suspects./correspondent chitio aragon
Suicide in argao
A 24-year-old woman was found hanging dead in barangay Lamacan, Argao, south Cebu, yesterday.
Clarissa Alcazar was found by her mother. A nylon rope was tied around her neck and suspended to the wall.
Neighbors tried to revive her but to no avail. Police said聽 Alcazar鈥檚 relatives believe she killed herself over financial problems.
Clarissa鈥檚 mother went to the house at 1:30 p.m. to check on her grandchildren after hearing Clarissa鈥檚 3-month-old baby聽 crying.
There was no sign of foul play but police said the body was brought聽 the Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes for autopsy./CORRESPONDENT RHEA RUTH ROSELL
Drowning
The body of聽 57-year-old Eduardo Gulpan聽 was found floating聽 off the shore of聽 Daanbantayan town, north Cebu,聽 last Sunday.
Gulpan, who was diagnosed with a mental illness years ago, was last seen walking in the area 10 p.m. the day before.
Police said they suspect Gulpan drowned.聽 He had聽 wounds in his knees and mouth.
Police are further investigating the incident./correspondent gabriel bonjoc