*****UPDATE ON NUMBER OF DEATHS TO DATE*****
In March 2019, the police told local media this figure was over 29,000 - and this has been included in the government's official reports on the "war on drugs".Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50236481
132 days, 180 dead in Cebu
October 11, 2018
AT LEAST 180 people have been killed in Cebu from June 1 to October 10, 2018.
The assailants have spared no one. Policemen, criminals, businessmen, village officials, a mayor and civilians have all been victims in the killing spree that has prompted Cebu City Councilor Pastor Alcover Jr. to call Cebu City a "criminal city," although the killings occurred in the other cities and towns of the province as well.
Of the 180 killed, some 105 were attacked by unidentified gunmen, most of them on board motorcycles, while 44 died in the hands of police and anti-narcotics operatives.
Spate of killings in Cebu from June 1 to October 10, 2018
June 1, 2018
North Reclamation Area, Mandaue City
Edwin Andrade, 33, and his unidentified companion were shot dead by Mandaue City police after they attempted to flee a checkpoint on F.E. Zuellig Ave. in the North Reclamation Area. One of them allegedly pointed a gun at the policemen, prompting them to shoot.
June 2, 2018
Barangay Canjulao, Lapu-Lapu City
Ariel Fernandez was killed and his companion, Nestor Tero Jr., was hurt when they were shot by two motorcycle-riding gunmen at dawn.
June 3, 2018
Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City
Lapulito Ochea,32, was stabbed dead after an argument over slippers in Sitio Lemonsito, Sacred Heart, Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City.
June 4, 2018
Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City
Tricycle driver Leadillo Labonso Ugsang, 39, was shot dead by an unidentified assailant past midnight in Sitio Mahayahay, Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City. He was driving his tricycle toward his home when a gunman lying in wait in the dim part of the sitio attacked him.
June 5, 2018
Barangay Babag, Lapu- Lapu City
Nesa Arosia was stabbed by her jealous husband in Barangay Babag, Lapu- Lapu City.
June 5, 2018
Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City
Jail officer Myron Garcia of the Cebu City Jail shot and killed a man named Jade and wounded Ariel Candumay after catching them sneaking contraband into the facility in Barangay Kalunasan.
June 7, 2018
Cebu Serilino "Serle" Montes
Cris Gerald Gopuco, 44, was shot dead by his older brother Roy Vincent, 47, MRC Mercantile, a store selling acrylic plastic sheets that the brothers managed together on Osmeña Boulevard.
June 7, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City
Maodin Manali Lucman, 45, was walking along G.Y. Dela Cerna Street, in Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City around 2:10 p.m. when assailants on a motorcycle shot him several times. Lucman was the president of the Lapu-Lapu City Muslim Ambulant Vendors Association.
June 9, 2018
Barangay Tisa, Cebu City
Michael "Bading" Margate, 25, was shot dead by two motorcycle-riding gunmen in La Paloma Subdivision in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City.
June 10, 2018
Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City
Senior Insp. Raymond G. Hortezuela, who was assigned in the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office, was killed in a drug bust in Mandaue City after he reportedly resisted arrest.
June 10, 2018
Barangay Liong, Dumanjug
Personal grudge was seen as a motive in the killing of Nancy Balansag Baya, 34, in her house in Dumanjug, Cebu. Her brother-in-law Arnel Deniega Baya, 40, was shot dead too when he awoke after hearing the gunshots.
June 10, 2018
Barangay Manipis, Talisay City
Rubidel Gabiana and Jeffrey Himaya were killed in a shootout with police in Campo 6, Barangay Manipis, Talisay City where they operated their drug den like a drive-thru fast food chain.
June 12, 2018
Barangay Buhisan, Cebu City
Pablito "Molmol" Castro, 53, was shot dead by unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants past midnight on June 12, in Anahaw, Upper Nazareth, Barangay Buhisan, Cebu City, as he played cards with his friends.
June 13, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Alegria
Minutes after leaving a fitness gym in Sitio Malbog, Barangay Poblacion, Alegria, Cebu. Police Officer 3 Jonathan Tilos, 36, was shot dead by a gunman wielding an automatic rifle. Tilos was allegedly in cahoots with self-confessed drug lord Franz Sabalones.
June 14, 2018
Barangay Esperanza,San Francisco
Former Esperanza barangay councilor Marcelo Roslinda, 59, and his bodyguard Marlon Jayuma, 36, were shot dead by two motorcycle-riding men in San Francisco, Camotes.
June 14, 2018
Barangay Campo, San Francisco
Enny Jay Tampus Andrade, 27, was walking when he was shot by motorcycle-riding men in Barangay Campo,San Francisco.
June 15, 2018
Barangay Sambag 1, Cebu City
Joseph Bauzon, 42, was shot dead by a motorcycle-riding gunman on Osmeña Blvd. in Barangay Sambag 1, Cebu City.
June 17, 2018
Barangay Tangke, Talisay City
Trisikad driver Eric Cabuenas Canoy, 36, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Barangay Tangke, Talisay City.
June 19, 2018
Barangay Daanlungsod, Toledo City
A gunman shot dead Police Officer 2 Melchizedek Batomalaque, 37, in Toledo City, as the policeman left his house in Barangay Daanlungsod on a motorcycle. In 2016, Batomalaque had been transferred to southern Mindanao for his alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade.
June 19, 2018
Mandaue City Jail
Mandaue City Jail detainee Steve Go, 40, an alleged drug lord, was shot four times in the head by fellow detainee Cresenciano Heyrana, 41, in the middle of a betting game.
June 22, 2018
Barangay Calamba, Cebu City 25
Calamba village councilor Hildibrando Ygonia was shot by an unidentified gunman in Sitio Mahayahay meters from his house. He had received a threat from an armed person in April.
June 24, 2018
Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City
Retired police officer Ranilo Valiente, 47, was shot dead by riding-in-tandem assassins in Purok 6 Mahogany, Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City.
June 25, 2018
Barangay Suba, Danao City
Reynaldo Francis Torralba Alvaro, 39, was standing outside his house on Duterte St., Barangay Suba when five assailants shot him. Police linked him to drug lord Alvaro "Barok" Alvaro.
June 26, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Cordova
Businessman Gary Ong Go, 57, was shot multiple times by three unidentified men in Sitio Agad-Agad, Barangay Poblacion. In June 2015, Go and a companion had been arrested in a drug bust in Quezon City with 45 kilos of shabu worth P225 million.
June 30, 2018
Barangay Langtad, Argao.
Auto mechanic Jesus Lebosana was shot dead by Carlito Delantes while dancing in a victory party organized by a newly elected village chief in Barangay Langtad, Argao.
July 2, 2018
Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City
Lawyer Salvador Solima and his wife, Verose, were shot in their home in Singson Village, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City. Ricarte "Blue Fox" Del Corro, 32, was tagged as the gunman.
July 5, 2018
Barangay Lorega, Cebu City
Russ Cañares Aquino, 47, was delivering butane in the Barangay Lorega market when two men appeared and shot him. Police are looking at a personal grudge as motive in the killing.
July 7, 2018
Barangay Busay, Moalboal
George Gador, 46, was stabbed dead by his neighbor in Sitio Tagaytay, Barangay Busay, Moalboal town.
July 10, 2018
Barangay Ermita, Cebu City
Skyler Abatayo, 4, was studying in his room when he was hit by a stray bullet during a police operation against four drug personalities in Sitio Bato, Barangay Ermita, Cebu City.
July 10, 2018
Cebu City
Jeffrey Mendoza Cañedo was shot dead by police inside the Archbishop's Palace compound in Cebu City after he entered the compound armed, looking for Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma.
July 10, 2018
Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City
Roel Mabano, 41, councilor of Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City, was shot dead outside the barangay hall shortly after a session. The gunman fled using a getaway motorcycle another person was driving.
July 10, 2018
Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City
Two security guards died after a firefight at a convenience store in a gasoline station at 11:30 p.m. on S. Osmeña Street, in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City. Anjen Lagmay, 21, and Junifer Teniano, 24, had a grudge against each other.
July 11, 2018
Lorega San Miguel, Cebu City
Glen Mark Manal, a former barangay councilor who ran for barangay captain of Lorega San Miguel, Cebu City, was shot by a motorcycle-riding assailant as he headed home from a wake.
July 12, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Tabuelan, Cebu
PO1 Avita Agudo Sarzuelo, 46, succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds after she was attacked by four gunmen riding on two motorcycles while she was driving her car past 5 a.m. of July 12.
July 14, 2018
Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City
Ronie Mayol, 44, was shot during a buy-bust by elements of the Police Station 5 in Sitio Saac, Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City.
July 15, 2018
Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City
Trisikad driver Ricky Ocon, 26, who boasted of being a police asset, was gunned down in Sityo Pool, Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City, by an unseen gunman.
July 17, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Danao City
Jerandy Montes Mediquillo, an alleged hitman of a detained drug lord, was killed in a shootout inside the Danao City Police Station past midnight after he posed as a member of the military looking for three intelligence officers.
July 17, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City
Traffic enforcer Edmund Boter, 56, was working on G.Y. dela Serna St. in Barangay Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City when two unidentified men shot him dead.
July 18, 2018
Barangays Lagtang and Tanke, Talisay City
Barangay Tabok, Mandaue City
Carmen
Six suspected drug pushers were killed in a shootout with the police in the simultaneous anti-criminality operations of the Police Regional Office 7 in Cebu dubbed "One-time, Big-time." Killed were Rene Fernandez in Barangay Tanke, and motorcycle driver Rodel Econas, 25, and Zebor Cancianco in Barangay Lagtang in Talisay City; Karlo Niño Macachor (Barangay Tabok) and Ranchie Rosal Castañeda in Mandaue City; and Joseph Taoy in Carmen.
July 18, 2018
Barangay Perrelos, Carcar City
Ralph Quijano, a water vendor, was shot dead by riding-in-tandem assailants in Barangay Perrelos, Carcar. He succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds in the body.
July 20, 2018
Cebu South Coastal Road, Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City
Newly elected Lagtang Barangay Councilor Art Stephen Bas, 23, was ambushed by three men on two motorcycles. Bas is the grandson of Talisay City Councilor Arturo Bas and the son of former Lagtang barangay captain Ferdinand Bas.
July 20, 2018
Barangay Linao, Talisay City
Talisay City Jail inmates Yayam Gaviola, 40; Jovencio Rabadon, 36; and Marwin Abelgas, 27, the last of whom had alleged links to slain drug lord Jeffrey "Jaguar" Diaz, were ambushed in their jail van by unidentified assailants in Barangay Linao, Talisay City on their way to a court hearing.
July 20, 2018
Barangay Tejero, Cebu City
Gerwin Vasquez Wilhoit, 37, was killed in a buy-bust after he allegedly engaged anti-drug operatives from the Parian police in a shootout in Sitio Sampaguita, Barangay Tejero, Cebu City.
July 21, 2018
G. Ouano St., Barangay Opao, Mandaue City
In front of his friends, a 17-year-old boy was shot in the heart by unidentified assailants on G. Ouano St., Barangay Opao, Mandaue City.
July 21, 2018
Gabriel Elorde St., Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City
Jeffcloyd Cui, 36, was on his way home from a birthday party when two unidentified men shot him on Gabriel Elorde St., Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City.
July 21, 2018
Barangay Opao, Mandaue City
Syle Cantillep, 17, was killed when the back rider of a motorcycle sprayed him with bullets on G. Ouano St., Barangay Opao.
July 22, 2018
Barangay Liki, Balamban, Cebu
Allan Alferez Aroba, 36, a resident of Toledo City, Cebu, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Barangay Liki, Balamban, Cebu.
July 22, 2018
Lapu-Lapu City
Two "persons of interest" in the death of Mandaue traffic enforcer Edmond Boter-Angni Osman and Jamel Babanggol, with Osman's son Nasim-were killed by unidentified gunmen in an internet cafe.
July 23, 2018
Barangay Casili, Mandaue City
Harry Uy Lloren, 43, a resident of Barangay Basak Pardo, Cebu City, was found dead with gunshot wounds in Barangay Casili, Mandaue City.
July 23, 2018
Barangay Ibabao, Mandaue City
Gunshot wounds holed out the cheek of an unidentified male victim in Barangay Ibabao, Mandaue City.
July 24, 2018
Barangay San Roque, Liloan, Cebu
Jamie Mata, 16, and her boyfriend Stephen del Corro, 27, were found dead with gunshot wounds in the head in the mountain village of Barangay San Roque, Liloan, Cebu.
July 24, 2018
Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City
Rodel Sanchez Halos, 33, was killed in in Sitio Mananga 2, after he allegedly engaged policemen serving two arrest warrants in a shootout. Halos was facing murder and frustrated murder charges.
July 25, 2018
Barangay Don Gregorio Antigua, Borbon
Ernesto Briones Pogado, 30, a motorcycle-for-hire driver, was shot in Barangay Don Gregorio Antigua, Borbon town. The gunman and his lookout were on separate motorbikes.
July 27, 2018
Barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City
PDEA assistant operations officer Baby Earl Rallos, a former radio anchorman, was shot by two unidentified men in his car, then shot again to finish him off as he got out to flee.
July 30, 2018
Barangay Tejero, Cebu City
Police Officer 3 Eugene Alcain Calumba of Parian Police Station was shot dead by the bodyguard-driver of Barangay Tejero councilor Jessielou Cadungog. Calumba was identified as the gunman who tried to kill Cadungog in an ambush that day.
July 31, 2018
CICC, Mandaue City
Pascual Villarba Jr., 34, who had just been released from prison for carnapping, was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen while loitering at the guardhouse of the Cebu International Convention Center.
August 2, 2018
Barangay Gaas, Balamban, Cebu
Two unidentified men were found dead in Barangay Gaas, Balamban, Cebu. The victims bore gunshot wounds in the head.
August 2, 2018
Barangay Lahug, Cebu City
Wilfredo Saraña, 47, a resident of Mabinay, Negros Oriental, was shot dead by a still unidentified gunman in a vacant lot near the barangay hall in Lahug, Cebu City.
August 2, 2018
CICC, Mandaue City
Ex-convicts Ropil Noval Norvaso and Ricky Andujar were killed by unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen at the Cebu International Convention Center compound in Mandaue City.
August 4, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Pinamungajan
Serilino "Serle" Montes was shot dead after he attempted to shoot the police in Lower Campo, Barangay Poblacion in Pinamungajan last Saturday.
August 5, 2018
Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City
Jessie Montibon, vice president of a homeowners association in Barangay Paknaan, and his live-in partner Maribel Tecling were shot dead by unidentified men in Zone Ahos in Paknaan.
August 7, 2018
Barangay Opao, Mandaue City
Jaypee Carayo, alias Jeffrox. 30, was shot dead by gunmen in Purok Orchids, Barangay Opao at the Internet café he managed. Police said he conducted illegal drug transactions in the shop.
August 8, 2018
Barangay Perrelos, Carcar City
Von Rian Tecson, 41, an agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, was in the passenger seat of his Ford Ranger when four assailants on two motorcycles shot him in Sitio Katugasan, Barangay Perrelos, Carcar City.
August 8, 2018
Lapu-Lapu City
Activist Butch Rosales, who was involved in a group that is against extra-judicial killings, was killed while he was riding a jeep in Lapu-Lapu City.
August 8, 2018
Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City
Soft drink distributor Ferdinand Kintanar was killed in the terrace of his house in Sitio Saac, Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City. The assailants left on board a motorcycle.
August 11, 2018
Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City
After he left a disco, Grade 8 student Arjay Aranguez Niere, 14, was shot dead on Tac-an Road, Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City by Jeffrey Mercader Borinaga, 28.
August 12, 2018
Barangay Veto, Minglanilla
Junrel Sabal, 34, was shot dead by motorcycle-riding men in Barangay Veto, Minglanilla. Police linked the victim to a slain drug lord.
August 14, 2018
Barangay Mandilikit, Argao
Dennis Pia Artiaga, 30, wanted for a frustrated murder case pending before a court in Argao, was slain in a shootout with police trying to implement an arrest warrant in Barangay Mandilikit, Argao, Cebu.
August 14, 2018
Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City
Taxi dispatcher Rolando Ruiz Geraldez, 55, was hacked to death by Robert Benarao, 24, in Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City after an argument.
August 15, 2018
Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City
Socrates "Isok" Dacay was killed in a shootout with anti-narcotics personnel of the Cebu Provincial Police Office in Sitio Kimba, Barangay Cansojong after he allegedly resisted arrest during a drug bust.
August 15, 2018
Barangay Punta Princesa, Cebu City
Alvin Abella was shot dead by two unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants in Barangay Punta Princesa, Cebu City. Police said they recovered what appeared to be shabu from him.
August 16, 2018
Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City
Newly retired SPO 2 Willy Amores was gunned down by motorcycle-riding assailants in Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City. The culprits took his clutch bag containing cash and a gun.
August 17, 2018
Barangay Labangon, Cebu City
Barangay traffic enforcer Guiseppe Lucas Caballero, who worked as a motorcycle-for-hire driver on the side, was shot dead by his passenger in Barangay Labangon, Cebu City for unknown reasons.
August 17, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Cordova
Analyn Menguito, 37, was about to close her dry goods store when a lone assailant shot her and barbershop owner Gilbert Bayot in the Cordova Public Market in Barangay Poblacion.
August 18, 2018
Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City
Jeepney driver Andy Booc, 45, and carpenter Rosendo Fulgencio, 46, stabbed each other dead while drunk Sitio Ibapo, Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City.
August 23, 2018
Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City
Barangay Tangke, Talisay City
Barangay Poblacion East, Moalboal
Three suspected drug personalities were killed after they allegedly attempted to shoot at operatives during the province-wide simultaneous anti-criminality operations in Cebu dubbed One-time, Big-time (OTBT). Killed were Eugene Fermin of Barangay Umapad in Mandaue City, Parolito Obrero in Barangay Tangke, Talisay City, and Phil John Ediza in Barangay Poblacion East, Moalboal.
August 23, 2018
Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City
Security guard Wendell Llou Paciencia, 38, was already in civilian clothes as he was about to go home when motorcycle-riding assailants shot him in the guardhouse in Singson Village, Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City, Cebu.
August, 24, 2018
Barangay Duljo-Fatima, Cebu City
While driving her vehicle, Junko Hamada, 71, president of furniture company Beams Philippines Export Corp., was ambushed by two motorcycle-riding assailants along N. Bacalso Avenue, Cebu City. The gunman said he was promised payment by his girlfriend for killing Hamada.
August 24, 2018
Barangay Cogon, Cordova
Alleged drug personality Jimboy Racal was shot twice in the chest by two unknown gunmen inside his home in Purok Talong, Barangay Cogon, Cordova Cebu.
August, 25, 2018
Barangay Tejero, Cebu City
Rodilo Fornoles, 40, was found shot dead by an unknown gunman, after a chase, in Sitio Looban, Villagonzalo 2, Barangay Tejero, Cebu City.
August 25, 2018
Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City
After playing basketball, an unidentified man was shot dead past 6 p.m. as he walked in the interior portion of Sitio St. Michael.
August 25, 2018
Barangay Sangi, Toledo City
Ex-convict George Guarin Ariate Jr., 32, was shot dead by a lone gunman in Barangay Sangi, Toledo City.
August 26, 2018
Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City
Korean national Young Ho Lee, 20, was shot dead in a motel in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City. Jessie "Kano" Casado admitted to the killing, citing his wife's affair with the victim.
August 26, 2018
Barangay Sangat, San Fernando
Bryan Cui, 21, was shot dead while dancing with a female friend at a disco in Sitio Santa Filomena in Barangay Sangat, San Fernando.
August 26, 2018
Barangay Looc, Mandaue City
Gary Calderon, 52, was shot dead by unidentified men inside his house in Sitio Centro, Barangay Looc, Mandaue City. He had been arrested in 2006 for selling shabu but was acquitted in 2017.
August 26, 2018
Barangay Candulawan, Talisay City
Nonito Pantonial was killed in an alleged shootout with a police officer in Barangay Candulawan, Talisay City who was trying to break up a fight during a fiesta.
August 27, 2018
Barangay Apas, Cebu City
An unidentified man was shot dead by an unknown gunman in Veteran's Drive, Barangay Apas at 1:45 a.m. A barangay tanod conducting a roving patrol in the area heard two gunshots.
August 27, 2018
Barangay Owak, Asturias
Genebeve Entonado, 15, last seen at a disco on Aug. 24, was found dead in Sitio Anapog, Barangay Owak, Asturias, Cebu, on Aug. 27.
August 28, 2018
Barangay Sibago, Pinamungajan
Amelita Manayon, 42, was robbed and stabbed to death by three unidentified men inside her house in Barangay Sibago, Pinamungajan.
August 30, 2018
Barangay Tayud, Liloan
Mario Angana Mendoza, 44, was riding on his bicycle when motorcycle-riding assailants shot him multiple times in Sitio Kapulay, Barangay Tayud, Liloan.
August 30, 2018
Lapu-Lapu City
Motorcycle-riding assassins shot Paquito Oyao, 60, along New Sangi Road in Lapu-Lapu City. Oyao was in a vehicle that had just left a court in Lapu-Lapu City where he attended a trial on his drug case.
September 2, 2018
Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City
Vendor Demetrio Llanera Jr., 67, who vexed guest relations officers at a bikini bar, was shot dead by a motorcycle-riding assailant who followed him as he walked home in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City.
September 3, 2018
Barangay Camputhaw, Cebu City
Susanito Ellana was shot dead by a policeman trying to stop him from throwing stones at passing cars on Escario St. in Barangay Camputhaw, Cebu City, after Ellana also stoned the policeman.
September 3, 2018
Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City
Motorcycle-riding assailants ordered his live-in partner to move away from Froilan Mabaga, 36, a suspected drug personality, before they shot him in Zone Sibuyas, Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City.
September 5, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Ronda
Ronda Mayor Mariano "Nonie" Blanco III, 59, was shot dead in his office by four unidentified assailants, nearly seven months after the still unsolved ambush-slay of his nephew Ronda vice mayor Jonnah John Ungab. In 2016, Blanco was included in President Duterte's narco-list.
September 6, 2018
Barangay Bulacao, Cebu City
Bonifacio Candia, 28, was killed by his fellow construction worker Domingo Gabica in Villa Bulsita, Barangay Bulacao, Cebu City. Gabica's brother and the construction site's foreman Romeo Gabica then allegedly dropped Candia from the rooftop of the four-storey building they were working on.
September 8, 2018
Barangay Apas, Cebu City
Motorcycle-for-hire driver Jonel Langomes Cantel, 27, was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in Sitio Gruto, Barangay Apas, Cebu City.
September 10, 2018
Barangay Apas, Cebu City
Three motorcycle-riding men gunned down tourist bus driver Eliseo Devillieres, 34, in front of his family on 6th St., Barangay Apas, Cebu City. Devillieres had received a death threat from his previous bus company.
September 10, 2018
Barangay Tabla, Liloan
Jeepney driver Ricardo Urot Armenton was shot by an unidentified gunman outside his house out of his past 9 p.m. in Barangay Tabla, Liloan for still unknown reasons.
September 11, 2018
Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City
Paolo Pinote was walking when he was attacked by riding-in-tandem assailants in Sitio Ibabao, Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City.
September 12, 2018
Sitio Oppra in Barangay Kalunasan
Provincial jail guards Bernie Bayotas and Joel Teves were killed with inmate Jerryfer Perigrino as they drove to court for the filing of charges against Perigrino for illegal drug possession. Four men on two motorcycles waylaid them in Sitio Oppra in Barangay Kalunasan.
September 12, 2018
Barangay Cabancalan, Mandaue City
As he alighted from his pickup truck, paint shop owner Johnson Chiaoco, 56, was shot in the head by a gunman in front of his establishment on Hernan Cortes St., Mandaue City. Police later picked up suspect Rolando Ramos, 37, after a lone witness pointed to him as the gunman.
September 12, 2018
Barangay Tanke, Talisay City
Billy Baguio was killed after allegedly attempting to fight off police officers trying to collar him in a drug bust in Barangay Tanke, Talisay City.
September 14, 2018
Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City
Louie Flores, 28, of Bato, Barangay Ermita, was shot dead by an unidentified assailant past 4 a.m. on Sept. 14, in Alaska, Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City. Hours earlier, he had left his drinking buddies to meet someone.
September 14, 2018
Barangay Tanke, Talisay City
Christopher Badajos, 20, was shot dead as he rode a trisikad in Sitio San Rafael, Barangay Tanke, Talisay City.
September 15, 2018
Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City
Aeronautical student Kristian Saldavia, 19, was eating noodles in a store when a stranger in the village approached and shot him in Sito Cagudoy, Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City past 7 p.m..
September 15, 2018
Barangay Esperanza, Aloguinsan
Socrates Alferez Lorensana, 39, was walking home at 7:20 p.m. when a gunman shot him several times in Sitio Bernisan, Barangay Esperanza, Aloguinsan, Cebu.
September 15, 2018
Barangay Tuyan, Naga City
When the passenger multicab he was in stopped to pick up a passenger, Jonbert Dacay, 20, was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle who drove near the vehicle in Barangay Tuyan, Naga City.
September 16, 2018
Barangay Centro, Mandaue City
In Sitio Tribunal, Barangay Centro, Mandaue City, Jay John Patucan, 35, was stabbed to death by Oliver Lumapas, 27. Prior to the incident, the two were drinking separately with friends.
September 16, 2018
Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City
Mark Lester Castillo, 40, of Purok 3, Baybay San Roque, Ozamis City, and Renan Mabida, 35, were killed by two assailants in Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City. They were linked to a Parojinog family member named in President Duterte's narco-list.
September 18, 2018
Barangay Talaytay, Argao
Ex-convict and drug surrenderer Marloe Limbaga was killed in a shootout with police during a drug bust.
September 18, 2018
Lapu-Lapu City
A motorcycle back rider shot dead Eustaquio Gilig, 39, in a tricycle in Sitio Angasil, after he left the Lapu-Lapu City Hall of Justice where he attended a hearing on a case on "physical injury."
September 25, 2018
Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City
Seven suspected drug personalities and gun-for-hire group members were killed in an alleged shootout with the police in Sitio St. Michael, Barangay Pajac. Killed were Abundio de la Torre Jr., Allan de la Torre, Mohaimen Conda Mauyag, a certain Jovan, Shainoden Dimasimpan, a certain Mantak and Manuel Pepito. This was the highest number of fatalities in a single police operation.
September 25, 2018
Barangay Cambaro, Mandaue City
Edwin Monson, 46, was driving his trisikad when he was shot by a man riding pillion on a motorcycle. Police said Monson was in the drug watchlist of the Opao Police Station.
September 25, 2018
Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City
Tricycle driver Ernie Amistad Jr., 39, was resting in his tricycle when he was shot dead by motorcycle-riding men while he waited for passengers.
September 25, 2018
Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City
Security guard Laurencio Revijane, 26, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman as he drove home on his motorcycle in Sitio San Roque, Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City
September 25, 2018
Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City
Motorcycle-riding men shot dead tricycle driver Alem Samad and injured his passenger in Sitio Datag, Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City.
September 28, 2018
Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City
Gina Cabo, 48, was shot dead by her husband, Adrin Cabo Sr., 48, who committed suicide afterward in Sitio Iza, Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City.
September 30, 2018
Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City
P03 Alcistes Roxas, 41, was stabbed dead by Domingo Lumonsod Jr., 44, and his son, Angelito Malinao, 22, after Roxas reportedly warned Malinao to stop his illegal drug use and punched Lumonsod.
October 1, 2018
Barangay San Roque, Talisay City
Eduardo "Lantoy" Piloto and Errol Labajo Fernandez, 22, were shot dead in a shootout with anti-narcotics operatives conducting a drug bust in Sitio Sawsawan, Barangay San Roque, Talisay City
October 1, 2018
Barangay Suba, Cebu City
Randek Lojera Manguilimotan, 27, was shot dead by his drunk friend over a joke the friend didn't like in Block 3, Barangay Suba, Cebu City.
October 3, 2018
Barangay Ward 4, Minglanilla
Evangeline Briones, 31, who faced illegal drug possession and murder charges, was shot dead by unknown assailants while walking on Tres de Masyo St. in Barangay Ward 4, Minglanilla.
October 3, 2018
Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City
Crisolito "Sonny" Unito, believed to be a member of the Ozamis City crime syndicate "Dragon," was killed after he allegedly tried shooting at policemen trying to serve three warrants of arrest against him at Deca Homes 4 Subdivision, Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City.
October 3, 2018
Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City
Call center agent Loraine Temple, 37, was shot dead by two robbers who grabbed her bag as she walked alone at dawn along Pope John Paul Avenue in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City.
October 4, 2018
Barangay Malubog, Cebu City
Five men were killed in Barangay Malubog by unidentified gunmen past 3 a.m. Found dead were Christopher Tangag, 23, Rolando Tayor, 29, a resident of Barangay Labangon; Leyster Abella, 26, of Barangay Calamba; Diover Van Sarijorjo, 22, of Barangay Duljo-Fatima; and Carl Cabahug, 20, of Barangay Lorega-all in Cebu City.
October 4, 2018
Cebu City and Talisay City
In the simultaneous anti-criminality raids conducted by the Police Regional Office 7, nine suspected drug personalities were killed in Cebu. For reportedly firing at police, killed were Duane Bonga, Jate Bonga, Cresencio Rafaran, Sherwin Dabasol, Welven Vinculado and Jerome Burdeos Sunsona in Talisay City and Joselito Salinas, Rabbie Lopez and Herculano Dakay in Cebu City.
October 6, 2018
Barangay Lamac, Consolacion
Businessman Ruffy Bacalso was shot to death in Barangay Lamac, Consolacion by men on a motorcycle. Days earlier, the victim had received death threats from an employee he had terminated for theft.
October 8, 2018
Barangay Simala, Sibonga
Former Lagtang, Talisay City barangay captain Mark Ferdinand "Dindin" Bas was shot and killed by two unidentified men who barged into his rented apartment in Sitio Dumlog, Barangay Simala, Sibonga. He had been in hiding since he got out of jail following his arrest in April 2017 for keeping a gun, grenade and ammunition inside his house. He was the father of Lagtang Councilor Art Stephen Bas, 23, killed in July by unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants.
October 8, 2018
Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City
Cubacub barangay tanod Paulino Vega, 59, was shot outside his house in Purok 6 in Cubacub, Mandaue City by an unidentified gunman. Police said he had links to a crime syndicate.
October 8, 2018
Barangay Luz, Cebu City
Jason Faustor 31, was shot in the head by a motorcycle-riding gunman at the Cebu Business Park in Barangay Luz, Cebu City past 8 p.m. as he headed for his home in Liloan on his motorcycle.
October 8, 2018
Lapu-Lapu City
Allan Perez, 38, a former barangay tanod in Lapu-Lapu City, was shot dead at dawn in his house in Sitio Kaimitohan as he slept. Police are looking at a love triangle as the motive for his killing.
October 9, 2018
Barangay Lagtang, Talisay City
Roger Labajo, 47, a motorcycle-for-hire driver and watchman, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Barangay Lagtang, Talisay City.
October 9, 2018
Barangay Aliwanay, Balamban
Trisikad driver Jonaly Claros, 38, was shot dead by his passenger in Sitio Cagay, Barangay Aliwanay, Balamban.
October 10, 2018
Barangay Alang-Alang, Mandaue City
Edgar Bihag, 58, a councilor of Barangay Cubacub in Mandaue City, was killed when a gunman shot at the garbage truck Bihag was on as it passed P. Burgos St. in Barangay Alang-Alang, Mandaue City.
October 10, 2018
Barangay Cambaro, Mandaue City
Motorcycle-for-hire driver Danilo Luzano Cantila, 53, a drug surrenderer, was shot by unidentified men wearing bonnets as he passed by Purok Ampalaya, in Barangay Cambaro, Mandaue City at 6:10 a.m.
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RESEARCH: Laureen Mondoñedo-Ynot and Cherry Ann T. Lim | SOURCE: SunStar Archives
The assailants have spared no one. Policemen, criminals, businessmen, village officials, a mayor and civilians have all been victims in the killing spree that has prompted Cebu City Councilor Pastor Alcover Jr. to call Cebu City a "criminal city," although the killings occurred in the other cities and towns of the province as well.
Of the 180 killed, some 105 were attacked by unidentified gunmen, most of them on board motorcycles, while 44 died in the hands of police and anti-narcotics operatives.
Spate of killings in Cebu from June 1 to October 10, 2018
June 1, 2018
North Reclamation Area, Mandaue City
Edwin Andrade, 33, and his unidentified companion were shot dead by Mandaue City police after they attempted to flee a checkpoint on F.E. Zuellig Ave. in the North Reclamation Area. One of them allegedly pointed a gun at the policemen, prompting them to shoot.
June 2, 2018
Barangay Canjulao, Lapu-Lapu City
Ariel Fernandez was killed and his companion, Nestor Tero Jr., was hurt when they were shot by two motorcycle-riding gunmen at dawn.
June 3, 2018
Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City
Lapulito Ochea,32, was stabbed dead after an argument over slippers in Sitio Lemonsito, Sacred Heart, Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City.
June 4, 2018
Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City
Tricycle driver Leadillo Labonso Ugsang, 39, was shot dead by an unidentified assailant past midnight in Sitio Mahayahay, Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City. He was driving his tricycle toward his home when a gunman lying in wait in the dim part of the sitio attacked him.
June 5, 2018
Barangay Babag, Lapu- Lapu City
Nesa Arosia was stabbed by her jealous husband in Barangay Babag, Lapu- Lapu City.
June 5, 2018
Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City
Jail officer Myron Garcia of the Cebu City Jail shot and killed a man named Jade and wounded Ariel Candumay after catching them sneaking contraband into the facility in Barangay Kalunasan.
June 7, 2018
Cebu Serilino "Serle" Montes
Cris Gerald Gopuco, 44, was shot dead by his older brother Roy Vincent, 47, MRC Mercantile, a store selling acrylic plastic sheets that the brothers managed together on Osmeña Boulevard.
June 7, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City
Maodin Manali Lucman, 45, was walking along G.Y. Dela Cerna Street, in Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City around 2:10 p.m. when assailants on a motorcycle shot him several times. Lucman was the president of the Lapu-Lapu City Muslim Ambulant Vendors Association.
June 9, 2018
Barangay Tisa, Cebu City
Michael "Bading" Margate, 25, was shot dead by two motorcycle-riding gunmen in La Paloma Subdivision in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City.
June 10, 2018
Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City
Senior Insp. Raymond G. Hortezuela, who was assigned in the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office, was killed in a drug bust in Mandaue City after he reportedly resisted arrest.
June 10, 2018
Barangay Liong, Dumanjug
Personal grudge was seen as a motive in the killing of Nancy Balansag Baya, 34, in her house in Dumanjug, Cebu. Her brother-in-law Arnel Deniega Baya, 40, was shot dead too when he awoke after hearing the gunshots.
June 10, 2018
Barangay Manipis, Talisay City
Rubidel Gabiana and Jeffrey Himaya were killed in a shootout with police in Campo 6, Barangay Manipis, Talisay City where they operated their drug den like a drive-thru fast food chain.
June 12, 2018
Barangay Buhisan, Cebu City
Pablito "Molmol" Castro, 53, was shot dead by unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants past midnight on June 12, in Anahaw, Upper Nazareth, Barangay Buhisan, Cebu City, as he played cards with his friends.
June 13, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Alegria
Minutes after leaving a fitness gym in Sitio Malbog, Barangay Poblacion, Alegria, Cebu. Police Officer 3 Jonathan Tilos, 36, was shot dead by a gunman wielding an automatic rifle. Tilos was allegedly in cahoots with self-confessed drug lord Franz Sabalones.
June 14, 2018
Barangay Esperanza,San Francisco
Former Esperanza barangay councilor Marcelo Roslinda, 59, and his bodyguard Marlon Jayuma, 36, were shot dead by two motorcycle-riding men in San Francisco, Camotes.
June 14, 2018
Barangay Campo, San Francisco
Enny Jay Tampus Andrade, 27, was walking when he was shot by motorcycle-riding men in Barangay Campo,San Francisco.
June 15, 2018
Barangay Sambag 1, Cebu City
Joseph Bauzon, 42, was shot dead by a motorcycle-riding gunman on Osmeña Blvd. in Barangay Sambag 1, Cebu City.
June 17, 2018
Barangay Tangke, Talisay City
Trisikad driver Eric Cabuenas Canoy, 36, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Barangay Tangke, Talisay City.
June 19, 2018
Barangay Daanlungsod, Toledo City
A gunman shot dead Police Officer 2 Melchizedek Batomalaque, 37, in Toledo City, as the policeman left his house in Barangay Daanlungsod on a motorcycle. In 2016, Batomalaque had been transferred to southern Mindanao for his alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade.
June 19, 2018
Mandaue City Jail
Mandaue City Jail detainee Steve Go, 40, an alleged drug lord, was shot four times in the head by fellow detainee Cresenciano Heyrana, 41, in the middle of a betting game.
June 22, 2018
Barangay Calamba, Cebu City 25
Calamba village councilor Hildibrando Ygonia was shot by an unidentified gunman in Sitio Mahayahay meters from his house. He had received a threat from an armed person in April.
June 24, 2018
Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City
Retired police officer Ranilo Valiente, 47, was shot dead by riding-in-tandem assassins in Purok 6 Mahogany, Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City.
June 25, 2018
Barangay Suba, Danao City
Reynaldo Francis Torralba Alvaro, 39, was standing outside his house on Duterte St., Barangay Suba when five assailants shot him. Police linked him to drug lord Alvaro "Barok" Alvaro.
June 26, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Cordova
Businessman Gary Ong Go, 57, was shot multiple times by three unidentified men in Sitio Agad-Agad, Barangay Poblacion. In June 2015, Go and a companion had been arrested in a drug bust in Quezon City with 45 kilos of shabu worth P225 million.
June 30, 2018
Barangay Langtad, Argao.
Auto mechanic Jesus Lebosana was shot dead by Carlito Delantes while dancing in a victory party organized by a newly elected village chief in Barangay Langtad, Argao.
July 2, 2018
Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City
Lawyer Salvador Solima and his wife, Verose, were shot in their home in Singson Village, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City. Ricarte "Blue Fox" Del Corro, 32, was tagged as the gunman.
July 5, 2018
Barangay Lorega, Cebu City
Russ Cañares Aquino, 47, was delivering butane in the Barangay Lorega market when two men appeared and shot him. Police are looking at a personal grudge as motive in the killing.
July 7, 2018
Barangay Busay, Moalboal
George Gador, 46, was stabbed dead by his neighbor in Sitio Tagaytay, Barangay Busay, Moalboal town.
July 10, 2018
Barangay Ermita, Cebu City
Skyler Abatayo, 4, was studying in his room when he was hit by a stray bullet during a police operation against four drug personalities in Sitio Bato, Barangay Ermita, Cebu City.
July 10, 2018
Cebu City
Jeffrey Mendoza Cañedo was shot dead by police inside the Archbishop's Palace compound in Cebu City after he entered the compound armed, looking for Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma.
July 10, 2018
Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City
Roel Mabano, 41, councilor of Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City, was shot dead outside the barangay hall shortly after a session. The gunman fled using a getaway motorcycle another person was driving.
July 10, 2018
Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City
Two security guards died after a firefight at a convenience store in a gasoline station at 11:30 p.m. on S. Osmeña Street, in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City. Anjen Lagmay, 21, and Junifer Teniano, 24, had a grudge against each other.
July 11, 2018
Lorega San Miguel, Cebu City
Glen Mark Manal, a former barangay councilor who ran for barangay captain of Lorega San Miguel, Cebu City, was shot by a motorcycle-riding assailant as he headed home from a wake.
July 12, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Tabuelan, Cebu
PO1 Avita Agudo Sarzuelo, 46, succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds after she was attacked by four gunmen riding on two motorcycles while she was driving her car past 5 a.m. of July 12.
July 14, 2018
Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City
Ronie Mayol, 44, was shot during a buy-bust by elements of the Police Station 5 in Sitio Saac, Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City.
July 15, 2018
Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City
Trisikad driver Ricky Ocon, 26, who boasted of being a police asset, was gunned down in Sityo Pool, Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City, by an unseen gunman.
July 17, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Danao City
Jerandy Montes Mediquillo, an alleged hitman of a detained drug lord, was killed in a shootout inside the Danao City Police Station past midnight after he posed as a member of the military looking for three intelligence officers.
July 17, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City
Traffic enforcer Edmund Boter, 56, was working on G.Y. dela Serna St. in Barangay Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City when two unidentified men shot him dead.
July 18, 2018
Barangays Lagtang and Tanke, Talisay City
Barangay Tabok, Mandaue City
Carmen
Six suspected drug pushers were killed in a shootout with the police in the simultaneous anti-criminality operations of the Police Regional Office 7 in Cebu dubbed "One-time, Big-time." Killed were Rene Fernandez in Barangay Tanke, and motorcycle driver Rodel Econas, 25, and Zebor Cancianco in Barangay Lagtang in Talisay City; Karlo Niño Macachor (Barangay Tabok) and Ranchie Rosal Castañeda in Mandaue City; and Joseph Taoy in Carmen.
July 18, 2018
Barangay Perrelos, Carcar City
Ralph Quijano, a water vendor, was shot dead by riding-in-tandem assailants in Barangay Perrelos, Carcar. He succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds in the body.
July 20, 2018
Cebu South Coastal Road, Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City
Newly elected Lagtang Barangay Councilor Art Stephen Bas, 23, was ambushed by three men on two motorcycles. Bas is the grandson of Talisay City Councilor Arturo Bas and the son of former Lagtang barangay captain Ferdinand Bas.
July 20, 2018
Barangay Linao, Talisay City
Talisay City Jail inmates Yayam Gaviola, 40; Jovencio Rabadon, 36; and Marwin Abelgas, 27, the last of whom had alleged links to slain drug lord Jeffrey "Jaguar" Diaz, were ambushed in their jail van by unidentified assailants in Barangay Linao, Talisay City on their way to a court hearing.
July 20, 2018
Barangay Tejero, Cebu City
Gerwin Vasquez Wilhoit, 37, was killed in a buy-bust after he allegedly engaged anti-drug operatives from the Parian police in a shootout in Sitio Sampaguita, Barangay Tejero, Cebu City.
July 21, 2018
G. Ouano St., Barangay Opao, Mandaue City
In front of his friends, a 17-year-old boy was shot in the heart by unidentified assailants on G. Ouano St., Barangay Opao, Mandaue City.
July 21, 2018
Gabriel Elorde St., Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City
Jeffcloyd Cui, 36, was on his way home from a birthday party when two unidentified men shot him on Gabriel Elorde St., Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City.
July 21, 2018
Barangay Opao, Mandaue City
Syle Cantillep, 17, was killed when the back rider of a motorcycle sprayed him with bullets on G. Ouano St., Barangay Opao.
July 22, 2018
Barangay Liki, Balamban, Cebu
Allan Alferez Aroba, 36, a resident of Toledo City, Cebu, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Barangay Liki, Balamban, Cebu.
July 22, 2018
Lapu-Lapu City
Two "persons of interest" in the death of Mandaue traffic enforcer Edmond Boter-Angni Osman and Jamel Babanggol, with Osman's son Nasim-were killed by unidentified gunmen in an internet cafe.
July 23, 2018
Barangay Casili, Mandaue City
Harry Uy Lloren, 43, a resident of Barangay Basak Pardo, Cebu City, was found dead with gunshot wounds in Barangay Casili, Mandaue City.
July 23, 2018
Barangay Ibabao, Mandaue City
Gunshot wounds holed out the cheek of an unidentified male victim in Barangay Ibabao, Mandaue City.
July 24, 2018
Barangay San Roque, Liloan, Cebu
Jamie Mata, 16, and her boyfriend Stephen del Corro, 27, were found dead with gunshot wounds in the head in the mountain village of Barangay San Roque, Liloan, Cebu.
July 24, 2018
Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City
Rodel Sanchez Halos, 33, was killed in in Sitio Mananga 2, after he allegedly engaged policemen serving two arrest warrants in a shootout. Halos was facing murder and frustrated murder charges.
July 25, 2018
Barangay Don Gregorio Antigua, Borbon
Ernesto Briones Pogado, 30, a motorcycle-for-hire driver, was shot in Barangay Don Gregorio Antigua, Borbon town. The gunman and his lookout were on separate motorbikes.
July 27, 2018
Barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City
PDEA assistant operations officer Baby Earl Rallos, a former radio anchorman, was shot by two unidentified men in his car, then shot again to finish him off as he got out to flee.
July 30, 2018
Barangay Tejero, Cebu City
Police Officer 3 Eugene Alcain Calumba of Parian Police Station was shot dead by the bodyguard-driver of Barangay Tejero councilor Jessielou Cadungog. Calumba was identified as the gunman who tried to kill Cadungog in an ambush that day.
July 31, 2018
CICC, Mandaue City
Pascual Villarba Jr., 34, who had just been released from prison for carnapping, was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen while loitering at the guardhouse of the Cebu International Convention Center.
August 2, 2018
Barangay Gaas, Balamban, Cebu
Two unidentified men were found dead in Barangay Gaas, Balamban, Cebu. The victims bore gunshot wounds in the head.
August 2, 2018
Barangay Lahug, Cebu City
Wilfredo Saraña, 47, a resident of Mabinay, Negros Oriental, was shot dead by a still unidentified gunman in a vacant lot near the barangay hall in Lahug, Cebu City.
August 2, 2018
CICC, Mandaue City
Ex-convicts Ropil Noval Norvaso and Ricky Andujar were killed by unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen at the Cebu International Convention Center compound in Mandaue City.
August 4, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Pinamungajan
Serilino "Serle" Montes was shot dead after he attempted to shoot the police in Lower Campo, Barangay Poblacion in Pinamungajan last Saturday.
August 5, 2018
Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City
Jessie Montibon, vice president of a homeowners association in Barangay Paknaan, and his live-in partner Maribel Tecling were shot dead by unidentified men in Zone Ahos in Paknaan.
August 7, 2018
Barangay Opao, Mandaue City
Jaypee Carayo, alias Jeffrox. 30, was shot dead by gunmen in Purok Orchids, Barangay Opao at the Internet café he managed. Police said he conducted illegal drug transactions in the shop.
August 8, 2018
Barangay Perrelos, Carcar City
Von Rian Tecson, 41, an agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, was in the passenger seat of his Ford Ranger when four assailants on two motorcycles shot him in Sitio Katugasan, Barangay Perrelos, Carcar City.
August 8, 2018
Lapu-Lapu City
Activist Butch Rosales, who was involved in a group that is against extra-judicial killings, was killed while he was riding a jeep in Lapu-Lapu City.
August 8, 2018
Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City
Soft drink distributor Ferdinand Kintanar was killed in the terrace of his house in Sitio Saac, Barangay Buaya, Lapu-Lapu City. The assailants left on board a motorcycle.
August 11, 2018
Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City
After he left a disco, Grade 8 student Arjay Aranguez Niere, 14, was shot dead on Tac-an Road, Barangay Budlaan, Cebu City by Jeffrey Mercader Borinaga, 28.
August 12, 2018
Barangay Veto, Minglanilla
Junrel Sabal, 34, was shot dead by motorcycle-riding men in Barangay Veto, Minglanilla. Police linked the victim to a slain drug lord.
August 14, 2018
Barangay Mandilikit, Argao
Dennis Pia Artiaga, 30, wanted for a frustrated murder case pending before a court in Argao, was slain in a shootout with police trying to implement an arrest warrant in Barangay Mandilikit, Argao, Cebu.
August 14, 2018
Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City
Taxi dispatcher Rolando Ruiz Geraldez, 55, was hacked to death by Robert Benarao, 24, in Barangay Tabunok, Talisay City after an argument.
August 15, 2018
Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City
Socrates "Isok" Dacay was killed in a shootout with anti-narcotics personnel of the Cebu Provincial Police Office in Sitio Kimba, Barangay Cansojong after he allegedly resisted arrest during a drug bust.
August 15, 2018
Barangay Punta Princesa, Cebu City
Alvin Abella was shot dead by two unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants in Barangay Punta Princesa, Cebu City. Police said they recovered what appeared to be shabu from him.
August 16, 2018
Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City
Newly retired SPO 2 Willy Amores was gunned down by motorcycle-riding assailants in Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City. The culprits took his clutch bag containing cash and a gun.
August 17, 2018
Barangay Labangon, Cebu City
Barangay traffic enforcer Guiseppe Lucas Caballero, who worked as a motorcycle-for-hire driver on the side, was shot dead by his passenger in Barangay Labangon, Cebu City for unknown reasons.
August 17, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Cordova
Analyn Menguito, 37, was about to close her dry goods store when a lone assailant shot her and barbershop owner Gilbert Bayot in the Cordova Public Market in Barangay Poblacion.
August 18, 2018
Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City
Jeepney driver Andy Booc, 45, and carpenter Rosendo Fulgencio, 46, stabbed each other dead while drunk Sitio Ibapo, Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City.
August 23, 2018
Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City
Barangay Tangke, Talisay City
Barangay Poblacion East, Moalboal
Three suspected drug personalities were killed after they allegedly attempted to shoot at operatives during the province-wide simultaneous anti-criminality operations in Cebu dubbed One-time, Big-time (OTBT). Killed were Eugene Fermin of Barangay Umapad in Mandaue City, Parolito Obrero in Barangay Tangke, Talisay City, and Phil John Ediza in Barangay Poblacion East, Moalboal.
August 23, 2018
Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City
Security guard Wendell Llou Paciencia, 38, was already in civilian clothes as he was about to go home when motorcycle-riding assailants shot him in the guardhouse in Singson Village, Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City, Cebu.
August, 24, 2018
Barangay Duljo-Fatima, Cebu City
While driving her vehicle, Junko Hamada, 71, president of furniture company Beams Philippines Export Corp., was ambushed by two motorcycle-riding assailants along N. Bacalso Avenue, Cebu City. The gunman said he was promised payment by his girlfriend for killing Hamada.
August 24, 2018
Barangay Cogon, Cordova
Alleged drug personality Jimboy Racal was shot twice in the chest by two unknown gunmen inside his home in Purok Talong, Barangay Cogon, Cordova Cebu.
August, 25, 2018
Barangay Tejero, Cebu City
Rodilo Fornoles, 40, was found shot dead by an unknown gunman, after a chase, in Sitio Looban, Villagonzalo 2, Barangay Tejero, Cebu City.
August 25, 2018
Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City
After playing basketball, an unidentified man was shot dead past 6 p.m. as he walked in the interior portion of Sitio St. Michael.
August 25, 2018
Barangay Sangi, Toledo City
Ex-convict George Guarin Ariate Jr., 32, was shot dead by a lone gunman in Barangay Sangi, Toledo City.
August 26, 2018
Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City
Korean national Young Ho Lee, 20, was shot dead in a motel in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City. Jessie "Kano" Casado admitted to the killing, citing his wife's affair with the victim.
August 26, 2018
Barangay Sangat, San Fernando
Bryan Cui, 21, was shot dead while dancing with a female friend at a disco in Sitio Santa Filomena in Barangay Sangat, San Fernando.
August 26, 2018
Barangay Looc, Mandaue City
Gary Calderon, 52, was shot dead by unidentified men inside his house in Sitio Centro, Barangay Looc, Mandaue City. He had been arrested in 2006 for selling shabu but was acquitted in 2017.
August 26, 2018
Barangay Candulawan, Talisay City
Nonito Pantonial was killed in an alleged shootout with a police officer in Barangay Candulawan, Talisay City who was trying to break up a fight during a fiesta.
August 27, 2018
Barangay Apas, Cebu City
An unidentified man was shot dead by an unknown gunman in Veteran's Drive, Barangay Apas at 1:45 a.m. A barangay tanod conducting a roving patrol in the area heard two gunshots.
August 27, 2018
Barangay Owak, Asturias
Genebeve Entonado, 15, last seen at a disco on Aug. 24, was found dead in Sitio Anapog, Barangay Owak, Asturias, Cebu, on Aug. 27.
August 28, 2018
Barangay Sibago, Pinamungajan
Amelita Manayon, 42, was robbed and stabbed to death by three unidentified men inside her house in Barangay Sibago, Pinamungajan.
August 30, 2018
Barangay Tayud, Liloan
Mario Angana Mendoza, 44, was riding on his bicycle when motorcycle-riding assailants shot him multiple times in Sitio Kapulay, Barangay Tayud, Liloan.
August 30, 2018
Lapu-Lapu City
Motorcycle-riding assassins shot Paquito Oyao, 60, along New Sangi Road in Lapu-Lapu City. Oyao was in a vehicle that had just left a court in Lapu-Lapu City where he attended a trial on his drug case.
September 2, 2018
Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City
Vendor Demetrio Llanera Jr., 67, who vexed guest relations officers at a bikini bar, was shot dead by a motorcycle-riding assailant who followed him as he walked home in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City.
September 3, 2018
Barangay Camputhaw, Cebu City
Susanito Ellana was shot dead by a policeman trying to stop him from throwing stones at passing cars on Escario St. in Barangay Camputhaw, Cebu City, after Ellana also stoned the policeman.
September 3, 2018
Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City
Motorcycle-riding assailants ordered his live-in partner to move away from Froilan Mabaga, 36, a suspected drug personality, before they shot him in Zone Sibuyas, Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City.
September 5, 2018
Barangay Poblacion, Ronda
Ronda Mayor Mariano "Nonie" Blanco III, 59, was shot dead in his office by four unidentified assailants, nearly seven months after the still unsolved ambush-slay of his nephew Ronda vice mayor Jonnah John Ungab. In 2016, Blanco was included in President Duterte's narco-list.
September 6, 2018
Barangay Bulacao, Cebu City
Bonifacio Candia, 28, was killed by his fellow construction worker Domingo Gabica in Villa Bulsita, Barangay Bulacao, Cebu City. Gabica's brother and the construction site's foreman Romeo Gabica then allegedly dropped Candia from the rooftop of the four-storey building they were working on.
September 8, 2018
Barangay Apas, Cebu City
Motorcycle-for-hire driver Jonel Langomes Cantel, 27, was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in Sitio Gruto, Barangay Apas, Cebu City.
September 10, 2018
Barangay Apas, Cebu City
Three motorcycle-riding men gunned down tourist bus driver Eliseo Devillieres, 34, in front of his family on 6th St., Barangay Apas, Cebu City. Devillieres had received a death threat from his previous bus company.
September 10, 2018
Barangay Tabla, Liloan
Jeepney driver Ricardo Urot Armenton was shot by an unidentified gunman outside his house out of his past 9 p.m. in Barangay Tabla, Liloan for still unknown reasons.
September 11, 2018
Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City
Paolo Pinote was walking when he was attacked by riding-in-tandem assailants in Sitio Ibabao, Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City.
September 12, 2018
Sitio Oppra in Barangay Kalunasan
Provincial jail guards Bernie Bayotas and Joel Teves were killed with inmate Jerryfer Perigrino as they drove to court for the filing of charges against Perigrino for illegal drug possession. Four men on two motorcycles waylaid them in Sitio Oppra in Barangay Kalunasan.
September 12, 2018
Barangay Cabancalan, Mandaue City
As he alighted from his pickup truck, paint shop owner Johnson Chiaoco, 56, was shot in the head by a gunman in front of his establishment on Hernan Cortes St., Mandaue City. Police later picked up suspect Rolando Ramos, 37, after a lone witness pointed to him as the gunman.
September 12, 2018
Barangay Tanke, Talisay City
Billy Baguio was killed after allegedly attempting to fight off police officers trying to collar him in a drug bust in Barangay Tanke, Talisay City.
September 14, 2018
Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City
Louie Flores, 28, of Bato, Barangay Ermita, was shot dead by an unidentified assailant past 4 a.m. on Sept. 14, in Alaska, Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City. Hours earlier, he had left his drinking buddies to meet someone.
September 14, 2018
Barangay Tanke, Talisay City
Christopher Badajos, 20, was shot dead as he rode a trisikad in Sitio San Rafael, Barangay Tanke, Talisay City.
September 15, 2018
Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City
Aeronautical student Kristian Saldavia, 19, was eating noodles in a store when a stranger in the village approached and shot him in Sito Cagudoy, Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City past 7 p.m..
September 15, 2018
Barangay Esperanza, Aloguinsan
Socrates Alferez Lorensana, 39, was walking home at 7:20 p.m. when a gunman shot him several times in Sitio Bernisan, Barangay Esperanza, Aloguinsan, Cebu.
September 15, 2018
Barangay Tuyan, Naga City
When the passenger multicab he was in stopped to pick up a passenger, Jonbert Dacay, 20, was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle who drove near the vehicle in Barangay Tuyan, Naga City.
September 16, 2018
Barangay Centro, Mandaue City
In Sitio Tribunal, Barangay Centro, Mandaue City, Jay John Patucan, 35, was stabbed to death by Oliver Lumapas, 27. Prior to the incident, the two were drinking separately with friends.
September 16, 2018
Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City
Mark Lester Castillo, 40, of Purok 3, Baybay San Roque, Ozamis City, and Renan Mabida, 35, were killed by two assailants in Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City. They were linked to a Parojinog family member named in President Duterte's narco-list.
September 18, 2018
Barangay Talaytay, Argao
Ex-convict and drug surrenderer Marloe Limbaga was killed in a shootout with police during a drug bust.
September 18, 2018
Lapu-Lapu City
A motorcycle back rider shot dead Eustaquio Gilig, 39, in a tricycle in Sitio Angasil, after he left the Lapu-Lapu City Hall of Justice where he attended a hearing on a case on "physical injury."
September 25, 2018
Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City
Seven suspected drug personalities and gun-for-hire group members were killed in an alleged shootout with the police in Sitio St. Michael, Barangay Pajac. Killed were Abundio de la Torre Jr., Allan de la Torre, Mohaimen Conda Mauyag, a certain Jovan, Shainoden Dimasimpan, a certain Mantak and Manuel Pepito. This was the highest number of fatalities in a single police operation.
September 25, 2018
Barangay Cambaro, Mandaue City
Edwin Monson, 46, was driving his trisikad when he was shot by a man riding pillion on a motorcycle. Police said Monson was in the drug watchlist of the Opao Police Station.
September 25, 2018
Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City
Tricycle driver Ernie Amistad Jr., 39, was resting in his tricycle when he was shot dead by motorcycle-riding men while he waited for passengers.
September 25, 2018
Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City
Security guard Laurencio Revijane, 26, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman as he drove home on his motorcycle in Sitio San Roque, Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City
September 25, 2018
Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City
Motorcycle-riding men shot dead tricycle driver Alem Samad and injured his passenger in Sitio Datag, Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City.
September 28, 2018
Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City
Gina Cabo, 48, was shot dead by her husband, Adrin Cabo Sr., 48, who committed suicide afterward in Sitio Iza, Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City.
September 30, 2018
Barangay Pajac, Lapu-Lapu City
P03 Alcistes Roxas, 41, was stabbed dead by Domingo Lumonsod Jr., 44, and his son, Angelito Malinao, 22, after Roxas reportedly warned Malinao to stop his illegal drug use and punched Lumonsod.
October 1, 2018
Barangay San Roque, Talisay City
Eduardo "Lantoy" Piloto and Errol Labajo Fernandez, 22, were shot dead in a shootout with anti-narcotics operatives conducting a drug bust in Sitio Sawsawan, Barangay San Roque, Talisay City
October 1, 2018
Barangay Suba, Cebu City
Randek Lojera Manguilimotan, 27, was shot dead by his drunk friend over a joke the friend didn't like in Block 3, Barangay Suba, Cebu City.
October 3, 2018
Barangay Ward 4, Minglanilla
Evangeline Briones, 31, who faced illegal drug possession and murder charges, was shot dead by unknown assailants while walking on Tres de Masyo St. in Barangay Ward 4, Minglanilla.
October 3, 2018
Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City
Crisolito "Sonny" Unito, believed to be a member of the Ozamis City crime syndicate "Dragon," was killed after he allegedly tried shooting at policemen trying to serve three warrants of arrest against him at Deca Homes 4 Subdivision, Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City.
October 3, 2018
Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City
Call center agent Loraine Temple, 37, was shot dead by two robbers who grabbed her bag as she walked alone at dawn along Pope John Paul Avenue in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City.
October 4, 2018
Barangay Malubog, Cebu City
Five men were killed in Barangay Malubog by unidentified gunmen past 3 a.m. Found dead were Christopher Tangag, 23, Rolando Tayor, 29, a resident of Barangay Labangon; Leyster Abella, 26, of Barangay Calamba; Diover Van Sarijorjo, 22, of Barangay Duljo-Fatima; and Carl Cabahug, 20, of Barangay Lorega-all in Cebu City.
October 4, 2018
Cebu City and Talisay City
In the simultaneous anti-criminality raids conducted by the Police Regional Office 7, nine suspected drug personalities were killed in Cebu. For reportedly firing at police, killed were Duane Bonga, Jate Bonga, Cresencio Rafaran, Sherwin Dabasol, Welven Vinculado and Jerome Burdeos Sunsona in Talisay City and Joselito Salinas, Rabbie Lopez and Herculano Dakay in Cebu City.
October 6, 2018
Barangay Lamac, Consolacion
Businessman Ruffy Bacalso was shot to death in Barangay Lamac, Consolacion by men on a motorcycle. Days earlier, the victim had received death threats from an employee he had terminated for theft.
October 8, 2018
Barangay Simala, Sibonga
Former Lagtang, Talisay City barangay captain Mark Ferdinand "Dindin" Bas was shot and killed by two unidentified men who barged into his rented apartment in Sitio Dumlog, Barangay Simala, Sibonga. He had been in hiding since he got out of jail following his arrest in April 2017 for keeping a gun, grenade and ammunition inside his house. He was the father of Lagtang Councilor Art Stephen Bas, 23, killed in July by unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants.
October 8, 2018
Barangay Cubacub, Mandaue City
Cubacub barangay tanod Paulino Vega, 59, was shot outside his house in Purok 6 in Cubacub, Mandaue City by an unidentified gunman. Police said he had links to a crime syndicate.
October 8, 2018
Barangay Luz, Cebu City
Jason Faustor 31, was shot in the head by a motorcycle-riding gunman at the Cebu Business Park in Barangay Luz, Cebu City past 8 p.m. as he headed for his home in Liloan on his motorcycle.
October 8, 2018
Lapu-Lapu City
Allan Perez, 38, a former barangay tanod in Lapu-Lapu City, was shot dead at dawn in his house in Sitio Kaimitohan as he slept. Police are looking at a love triangle as the motive for his killing.
October 9, 2018
Barangay Lagtang, Talisay City
Roger Labajo, 47, a motorcycle-for-hire driver and watchman, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Barangay Lagtang, Talisay City.
October 9, 2018
Barangay Aliwanay, Balamban
Trisikad driver Jonaly Claros, 38, was shot dead by his passenger in Sitio Cagay, Barangay Aliwanay, Balamban.
October 10, 2018
Barangay Alang-Alang, Mandaue City
Edgar Bihag, 58, a councilor of Barangay Cubacub in Mandaue City, was killed when a gunman shot at the garbage truck Bihag was on as it passed P. Burgos St. in Barangay Alang-Alang, Mandaue City.
October 10, 2018
Barangay Cambaro, Mandaue City
Motorcycle-for-hire driver Danilo Luzano Cantila, 53, a drug surrenderer, was shot by unidentified men wearing bonnets as he passed by Purok Ampalaya, in Barangay Cambaro, Mandaue City at 6:10 a.m.
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RESEARCH: Laureen Mondoñedo-Ynot and Cherry Ann T. Lim | SOURCE: SunStar Archives
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