CEBU CITY — A 40-year-old construction worker was hacked to death by his neighbor following an argument over a volleyball game bet in Barangay Budbud, Barili town, southern Cebu, Tuesday evening.

Police identified the victim as Jonathan Selitona Ubas, who was driving home with his common-law partner from the Barili Public Market. As Ubas and his partner approached their residence on a steep, rocky road, 40-year-old neighbor Ruel Luna Curay attacked Ubas with a sickle.

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