A 12-year-old girl is now in the hospital in Cebu after her step-father poured boiling water on her. The suspect was drunk and angry that the victim could not serve him “humba”.
The victim was concealed under the name “Tina” who suffered a severe burn to the face, reaching to her shoulders and arm.
Tina also had a hard time opening her eyes.
The victim is now in the hospital in Barili.
According to the story of Tina’s mother who hid under the name Rosenda, her partner Rey was drunk when he came home and went hungry in Dumanjug town.
The drunk suspect allegedly asked Tina to serve him food and searched for the dish “humba.”
But Tina only prepared vegetables because Rey had already consumed the “humba” during his drinking session.
It was there that Rey got angry and without a word, he poured boiling water on the poor victim.
Rey is now in jail for admitting what he did that, he said he regretted.
He said that his mind was blank because he was so drunk.
Rosenda said that Rey was kind to her two children with his first husband. But later it changed and he always hurt the children.
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P7-M worth of smuggled cigarettes seized in Zamboanga City
Authorities on Saturday seized more than 100 boxes of cigarettes that are allegedly smuggled or entered the country without proper documents.
Cigarettes were loaded into a container van aboard a ship from Isabela, Basilan to Zamboanga City.
The manifesto declared that the contents of the container van were raw rubber.
An inventory conducted yesterday by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Philippine Coast Guard, and Bureau of Customs found that up to 174 cartons of smuggled cigarettes were contained inside the container van.
It is said that cigarettes cost up to P7 million.
Authorities are still investigating the identity of the owner of the cigarettes.
Cigarettes are already in the custody of the Bureau of Customs.