Boy drowns in Toledo City dam
A 7-year-old boy聽 drowned in an earth dam in sitio Tangke, barangay Bunga, Toledo City, southwest Cebu, last Sunday afternoon.
Police identified the fatality as Dante Tangaro Jr., a grade 1 student of Bunga Elementary School.
The fishermen who found the boy tried to revive Dante but he was no longer breathing.
His remains were brought聽 to the Celestial Funeral Homes for autopsy. /Rhea Ruth V. Rosell, Correspondent
Jobless man hangs self
An unemployed man identified as Merlou Fernandez, 24, was found hanging聽 dead in his room in barangay Looc, Dumanjug town, southwest Cebu, yesterday morning.
His lifeless body was discovered by Merlou鈥檚 elder brother Carlo.
Carlo told聽 police that it was already morning when he noticed the door of Merlou鈥檚 room was locked.
Police said Merlou鈥檚 famiy had no聽 clear idea why he would have wanted to kill聽 himself.
Last Saturday, Merlou kept telling his brother and neighbors that he would commit聽 suicide.
Police ruled out foul play in the incident. ./Rhea Ruth V. Rosell, Correspondent
Police asset nabbed in聽 robbery
A 33-year-old police asset was arrested by police after he was聽 identified by his neighbor as the one who聽 robbed the man鈥檚聽 house in barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City, Sunday dawn.
Harry Baunsit,聽 a police asset of Police Station 5 in Opao聽 was identified by resident James Terado as the聽 one who聽 stole his mobile phone worth P4,000 and P13,700 cash.
Terado said he was awakened by a noise in his house and saw聽 Baunsit escaping the house.
Terado reported the聽 burglary yesterday morning at Mactan police station.
Baunsit denied he was a thief and said he may have been mistaken for someone else. Norman V. Mendoza, Correspondent
SRP drag racers
Acting on complaints of聽 residents, the Talisay City police said it will go after drag racers who use the聽 wide lanes of the South聽 Road Properties (SRP).
Supt. Eddie Recamara, Talisay police chief, 聽said they will invoke a city ordinance to聽聽 go after聽 road daredevils since local police are not聽 authorized by聽 the聽 Land Transportation Office (LTO)聽 to issue traffic citation tickets or confiscate a driver鈥檚 license.
Drag racing in the SRP聽聽 road, which connects Cebu City and Talisay City, has been rampant聽 since the national road was built. /Gabriel C. Bonjoc correspondent