WITH the Philippine National Police Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa’s 15-day ultimatum to police officers to show gains in the war against illegal gambling, the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will double its efforts to go after illegal gamblers. Chief Insp. Ramoncelio Sawan, public information officer of the CCPO, said that they were […]

Nobody noticed that a bomb was planted inside the Cebu City Sports Complex (CCSC) until an explosion occurred in the area, causing people to panic during the bomb simulation exercise headed by the Cebu City Police Police (CCPO) yesterday noon. A realistic scenario of the exercise was held inside the CCSC oval featuring an Ironman […]

THE need for bomb-sniffing dogs was keenly felt last Tuesday when several schools in Cebu City received phone calls warning of the presence of a bomb. The Cebu City Police Office has already requested K9 bomb-sniffing dogs from Camp Crame and the city government. But according to Cebu City Police Director, Supt. Joel Doria, CCPO […]

AS always during a Manny Pacquiao fight, no crimes were reported in all the 11 police stations in Cebu City from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Yesterday’s fight between Pacquiao and Jeff Horn had live showings in many barangay halls, sports arenas, restaurants and even houses who opened their windows to allow their neighbors to […]

SECURITY measures are already in place in Cebu City for the opening of classes on Monday. Assistance desks will be put up in school premises while police visibility will be increased around the city as part of the Oplan Balik Eskwela campaign of the Philippine National Police (PNP). “The campaign will be about public and […]

  At least 77 person were arrested in Cebu City in another “One Time, Big Time” where simultaneous police operations were conducted against illegal drugs and other crimes on Tuesday. Most, or 60  individuals, were caught for violating Republic Act 9165 of the Compehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. Superintendent Ryan Devaras, chief of the […]

Cebu City officials are scrambling for ways to implement the new law prohibiting small children from riding motorcycles and at the same time make sure that it does not become a problem for those who use motorcycles to bring their children to school. Councilor Joy Augustus Young, deputy mayor on education, suggested that law enforcement […]

BEFORE even thinking of extending financial help to Bohol for their peace and order problems, opposition councilor Joel Garganera, head of Cebu City’s Police Advisory Council (PAC), told Mayor Tomas Osmeña to “start within.” In a resolution approved by the Cebu City Council yesterday, Garganera said that PAC wants a status report on city hall’s […]

Though the Cebu provincial police was right in brushing aside allegations that the arrest of Lagtang Barangay Chairman Mark Ferdinand Bas was politically motivated, it was presumptuous of Senior Supt. Eric Noble, Cebu provincial police chief, to think that those who opposed Bas’ arrest were also involved in illegal drugs. “For me, if one is […]

At least seven private individuals in civilian clothes have restricted the media from going near the detention cell, and taking photographs and videos of David Lim Jr. at the Cebu City Police Office stockade on Wednesday afternoon. Upon learning about it at around 7 p.m., Senior Supt. Joel Doria, director of the CCPO, immediately went […]