Bontuyan’s family turns over late cop’s weapons, ammo to CIDG

Zena V. Magto 06/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The family of slain Police Captain Delfin Bontuyan turned over his firearms to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7) for safekeeping. Present were Captain Bontuyan’s daughter and wife, Christine…

Bontuyan case: Probers waiting for results from crime lab of dashcam footage

Zena V. Magto 06/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two weeks have passed since the killing of Police Captain Delfin Bontuyan and police had yet to move forward with the investigation of the case. Police Chief Master Sergeant Antonio Din, Mabolo Police…

Three dead in separate weekend shooting incidents in Cebu

Gerard Vincent Francisco, Zena V. Magto 06/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Three persons were killed in separate shooting incidents in a span of one hour on the evening of Saturday, June 1, in Cebu province. First to fall was Richard Cabigas, 30, who was…

CCPO: Two-day Sempo yields P16.8M shabu, nets 49 drug suspects

Zena V. Magto 06/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Nearly P17 million worth of illegal drugs was confiscated during a two-day Synchronized Enhanced Managing Police Operations (Sempo) conducted by Drug Enforcement Units (DEU) of the Cebu City Police Office. According to the…

Two Mambaling chiefs’ dispute may stall declaring state of calamity in barangay

Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Zena V. Magto 06/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The fire victims of Barangay Mambaling will have to wait for the state of calamity to be declared in their barangay following the fire that razed 105 houses in Sitio Puntod displacing 156…

Mambaling fire victims’ concerns: Rebuilding homes, schooling for their kids

Zena V. Magto 06/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Phiippines — Jerrylyn Compuesto, 33, lived her whole life in her home in Sitio Puntod, Barangay Mambaling  Cebu City. And it only took two hours to lose her home to an afternoon fire on May…

Mambaling chief appeals to public: Fire victims need blankets, sleeping mats, clothes

Zena V. Magto 05/31/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Blankets, sleeping mats, and fresh clothes. These were the immediate necessities needed by the Sitio Puntod fire victims that Anne Marie Palomo, acting barangay Mambaling captain, observed as she appealed for kindhearted Cebuanos…

Mambaling fire destroys 84 houses, displaces 446 persons

Zena V. Magto 05/31/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An afternoon fire on May 31 razed at least 84 houses and displaced 119 families or 446 persons in Sitio Puntod, Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City. Wesley Yñigo, Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management…

Families, cops wait for DNA test results to identify bodies found in Tuburan

Zena V. Magto 05/29/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It might take at least four weeks for two families to know if the two unidentified burnt bodies found in a secluded area in Sitio Matnog, Barangay Putat, Tuburan town on May 28…

Police after owner of backpack left at Talisay City Hall

Zena V. Magto 05/29/2019

TALISAY CITY, Philippines – Occupants of the Talisay City Hall were told to vacate their offices after a Job Order employee found a dark gray backpack that was left outside of the Persons with Disability Office (PWDO)…

Cebu City Police Office intensifies traffic management operations

Zena V. Magto 05/28/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has intensified its traffic management operations in Cebu City starting May 26, 2019. Police Captain Arieza Otida, public information officer of the CCPO, said that over 90 percent of…

Cebu police look forward to LGU support under new administration

Zena V. Magto 05/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A collaborative relationship between the Cebu City Government and the Cebu City Police Office can be expected with new administration leaders taking the helm at the Cebu City Hall. With this friendly relationship…

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