Asturias bust: P816 shabu sends former female inmate back to jail

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 05/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It only took nearly five months after being released from jail and P816 worth of suspected shabu to send a former female inmate back to prison. This after police caught Gretchen Ortega, 32,…

Montejo: PRO-7 ‘winning’ in fight vs illegal drugs

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The fight against illegal drugs is far from over. But Police Brigadier General Ronnie Montejo, director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), said that the giving of a drug-cleared status…

Firm, developer promise aid to construction accident victims

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 05/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — PLD Construction, project contractor, and Cebu Landmasters Inc., project developer, assured that they would shoulder the expenses of their workers, who died and got injured when a portion of a construction site of…

Can a drug-cleared barangay status be reverted?

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Barangays that were declared drug-cleared in Central Visayas can be reverted from their status once barangay officials and the community cease from taking actions in maintaining their status. With 14 barangays in Central…

PDEA-7: Cooperation made drug clearing of 2 barangays in Cebu City possible

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two barangays in Cebu City recently declared as drug-cleared are examples that the drug clearing program is possible in barangays penetrated with illegal drugs especially in highly urbanized cities like Cebu City. Leia…

PDEA-7: 2 barangays in Cebu City now drug-cleared

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Barangays Sudlon 1 and Sto. Niño in Cebu City were given a drug-cleared status by the Regional Oversight Committee in Barangay Drug Clearing on Friday, May 21. Jonah John Rodriguez, executive director of…

‘Missing cousins’ nabbed with P20K shabu in Banawa buy-bust

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two cousins, whose families reported as missing on a Facebook post on May 19, were caught with P20,000 worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Banawa, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City on…

Caindec: ‘Stunt’ drivers to do public service

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The five stunt drivers who were earlier issued Temporary Operators Permits (TOPs) and whose driver’s licenses were confiscated, will now partner with the Land Transportation Office (LTO-7) to teach drivers the safe and…

LTO-7 issues TOPs to ‘stunt’ drivers

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Five motorcycle riders were issued Temporary Operator’s Permits (TOPs) today, May 21, after they voluntarily appeared in the Land Transportation Office (LTO-7) following the filmed road stunts along Osmeña Boulevard in Cebu City…

‘Drug courier’ caught with P13M shabu in Lapu-Lapu buy-bust

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Some P13 million worth of suspected shabu was seized from a 22-year-old suspected drug courier during a buy-bust operation in Sitio Saac II, Barangay Mactan in Lapu-Lapu City today, May 21. Mark Gil…

Project Balik Buhay reopens registration in Metro Cebu

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Project Balik Buhay (PBB), an initiative of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV), reopened its registration on Friday, May 21, 2021, to facilitate more applications from the business…

Licensed nurse nabbed for drugs in Bohol; marijuana stalks uprooted in Toledo City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A licensed nurse and two other individuals were arrested in separate buy-bust operations conducted by law enforcers and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents on May 18 and 19, in the provinces…

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