Danao police SEMPO nets 33 violators

Alven Marie Timtim 10/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 33 individuals were arrested by personnel of Danao City Police Station during the three-day region-wide Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) and Synchronized Enhanced Managing Police Operations (SEMPO). The operations…

Fire burns down pre-school building in Lahug, Cebu City 

Alven Marie Timtim, Paul Lauro 10/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—A two-storey pre-school building along Veteran’s Drive in Barangay Lahug here was consumed by a fire on Wednesday evening, October 21, 2020. The Cebu City Fire Department received the alarm at 7:45 p.m. and was…

Made in Cebu tactical vessels turned over to police

Alven Marie Timtim 10/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines– Twenty-two units of High Speed Tactical Watercraft, made by Cebuanos, were recently turned over to the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7). The tactical vessels were built by a shipbuilding company called Dynacast…

Police: Most of the rescued street dwellers have homes in Cebu City

Alven Marie Timtim 10/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –They were not homeless. Almost all of the 154 street dwellers who were rescued on Friday, October 16, were found to have homes in Cebu City. However, they chose to remain on the streets…

Couple jailed for possession of loose firearms

Alven Marie Timtim 10/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines –A couple landed in jail after they were arrested by the police on Friday, October 16, for the possession of loose firearms. Police Lieutenant Colonel Randy Korret, head of the Intelligence Unit of the…

PRO-7 to cops: Strictly observe ban on posting Tiktok videos or else ..

Alven Marie Timtim 10/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) will strictly impose among its personnel the memorandum that prohibits PNP personnel from posting Tiktok videos on any social media. Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius…

A street dweller’s plea: ‘Let us stay’

Alven Marie Timtim 10/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—As police started rounding up street dwellers here, 72-year-old Serlita Ejolin couldn’t help but worry about her future. Ejolin was one of 100 street dwellers who were ‘rescued’ by personnel of the Cebu City Police…

Cosap assures: We’ll resume drug testing soon

Alven Marie Timtim 10/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Office for Substance and Abuse Prevention (Cosap) will soon resume their surprise drug testing among Cebu City hall and Barangay workers and employees. This following the arrest of a Cebu…

Cebu City police to round up street dwellers, mendicants

Alven Marie Timtim 10/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will be rounding up street dwellers and mendicants here in compliance with the directive of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Parilla, deputy…

Lapu police has persons of interest in lawyer’s ambush

Alven Marie Timtim 10/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The investigators of Station 2 of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LLCPO) now have persons of interest who may be involved in the attempted ambush of Lawyer James Joseph Gupana. The investigator of the case,…

Authorities burn P77M worth of illegal drugs 

Alven Marie Timtim 10/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 12,157.43 grams of shabu, marijuana and other expired medicines were destroyed through thermal destruction this morning, October 13, 2020, at the crematorium office of the Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes, along Junquera…

Second most wanted person in Cebu City nabbed in Bohol

Alven Marie Timtim 10/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A man claiming to be a “former barangay tanod of Ermita,” who was accused of murder and has eluded authorities for nine years, was finally caught today, Saturday, October 10 in Loon town,…

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