THE year 2023 wasn’t particularly kind to some, proving challenging for several relationships as well. These challenges can be gleaned from the local issues that reverberated throughout the year. Here are the stories that dominated SunStar Cebu’s news coverage in 2023:
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IT seems that the children had a premonition before they perished on an early morning fire on Thursday, November 23, 2023, in Sitio Upper Capaculan, Barangay Tisa, Cebu City.
The fatalities whose bodies were charred beyond recognition were 10-year-old Angelo Bayaton, 6-year-old Crylle Bayaton, 1-year-old Christina Bayaton, and 11-month-old Amari Zane Cabornay.
The mother, Cristine Cabornay, disclosed that two days before the fire, her daughter Crylle, who was enrolled in first grade, sobbed for every day when her parents took her to school because she wanted her mother to stay with her.
Cristine remarked, "She wasn't like that, so we were surprised."
On the eve of the fire, Cristine said their son Angelo called her before bed and asked her to massage his back, while Crylle wanted her to mash her hair.
Cristine said she did not expect that it was her last day to spend time with her children.
The victims' 6-year-old cousin Cloe stated he was very close to Ang
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