LOOT, GARBO LINKED TO ESPINOSA

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jhunnex Napallacan 08/04/2016

Retired police generals Vicente Loot and Marcelino Garbo were named anew as alleged protectors of drug lords, this time of father and son tandem, Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. of Albuera, Leyte, and his son, Rolando Jr. or…

Loot denies links to Espinoza drug ring

Jhunnex Napallacan 08/03/2016

CEBU CITY–Daanbantayan Mayor Vicente Loot denied his alleged links with the Kerwin Espinosa Drug Syndicate Group, which reportedly contained in an intelligence report submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte. Loot, who was one of the 5 police generals…

LOOT IS A MILLIONAIRE

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jhunnex Napallacan 07/06/2016

At least 10 motor vehicles, a sports car, two jet skis, a speedboat, 12 house and lot units, four agricultural lots, beach front properties, a lending company, cockpit arena, pieces of jewelry, and cash — all amounting…

GENERALS ON THE HOT SEAT

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Carmel Loise Matus, Connie E. Fernandez, Jhunnex Napallacan, Nestle L. Semilla, Nestor P. Burgos Jr. 07/05/2016

The two retired police generals from Cebu who were named by President Rodrigo Duterte as among the five generals protecting drug lords and syndicates never saw it coming. One, Vicente Loot, is now trying to get an…

BLAME IT ON GARBAGE

Doris C. Bongcac, Jhunnex Napallacan, Nestle L. Semilla 07/02/2016

Over half-a-billion pesos in drainage improvement projects were undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Cebu city and province in the past two years but mere hours of steady rain still flooded and…

FLOOD STRANDS HUNDREDS

Carmel Loise Matus, Doris C. Bongcac, Jhunnex Napallacan, Julit C. Jainar 07/02/2016

Hundreds of commuters and pedestrians were stranded last night on the streets of Cebu City and nearby Metro Cebu areas after knee-to-chest level floods hit the metropolis following at least three hours of nonstop rain since Friday…

Cebu: unsafe for criminals

Jhunnex Napallacan 06/24/2016

Early in 2006, Virginia was losing sleep over fears that her son Michael would be the next to fall in what appeared to be a spate of vigilante-style executions of petty criminals in Cebu City. Tomas Osmeña,…

‘HIGH RISK INMATE’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jhunnex Napallacan 06/23/2016

As Alvaro “Barok” Alvaro began spilling the beans on what the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) now described as a major drug syndicate operating in and out of Cebu, security around him has likewise tightened, even while…

Two other big time drug dealers fall in Cebu City

Jhunnex Napallacan 06/23/2016

A father and son tandem, who are both reportedly level one drug pushers, and their alleged runner were arrested in possession of over half a million pesos’s worth of shabu in a drug bust by members of…

Swede died after jumping off ship

Jhunnex Napallacan 06/21/2016

A Swedish national facing charges of human trafficking died yesterday after he jumped off a vessel, about 900 meters from the port of Sta. Fe town on Bantayan Island, northern Cebu. Walter Hauck, in his 60s, hit…

Top Samboan drug suspect nabbed

Carmel Loise Matus, Jhunnex Napallacan 06/21/2016

The suspected top drug dealer in Samboan town was finally arrested in a buy bust operation by local police at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday. Jeffrey Dugaduga Navarro, a 37-year-old resident of Suba, Samboan town, was arrested after he…

Marina suspends vessel, tells firm to fix it

Jhunnex Napallacan 06/21/2016

THE Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA 7) suspended the MV Trans-Asia 3 after it encountered engine problem while sailing to Cebu City from Ozamis City on Monday dawn. Jose Cabatingan, Marina information officer, said the agency suspended the…

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