IN PHOTOS: Scenes from pawnshops, money changer shop heist inside Mandaue mall

Norman Mendoza 10/19/2019

MANDAUE CITY,  Cebu, Philippines — Six unidentified armed men robbed a money changer shop and two pawnshops inside the Jcentre Mall in Barangay Bakilid, Mandaue City at past 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 19. The robbers arrived…

Alleged NPA members arrested in Badian undergo inquest proceedings

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/02/2019

Cebu City, Philippines–The three alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who were arrested in the town of Badian, Cebu were brought to the Cebu Provincial Prosecutor’s Office on Friday, August 2, 2019, for inquest proceedings.…

Sinas: Armed men arrested in Badian came from Negros, claim to be members of NPA 

Benjie Talisic 08/01/2019

Bohol, Philippines—Police confirmed the three armed men arrested in the town of Badian on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, who were suspected to be linked with the killing of four policemen in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental came from…

Three armed men enter Mandaue billiard hall, frisk ‘players,’ order them to strip

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/28/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Three armed men claiming to be “police officers in civilian clothes” entered a billiard hall in Sitio Aroma in Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City on July 27, frisked the 11 men at the billiard…

Police: Armed men looking for cash in Apas barangay hall

Zena V. Magto 05/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police suspect that the Apas barangay hall may have housed an unidentified amount of cash, making it the target of 12-armed men at 3 p.m. on Monday, May 13. Brigadier General Debold Sinas,…

Two employees hurt as masked men ‘ransack’ Apas barangay hall

Benjie Talisic and Zena Magto 05/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least two employees of the Apas barangay hall were hurt after 12 armed men “ransacked” the barangay hall at around 3 p.m. today. The injured employees were members of the Apas Emergency…

Armed men ‘ransack’ Apas barangay hall, hurt employees

Benjie Talisic 05/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least 12 armed men allegedly “ransacked” the Apas barangay hall in Cebu City at around 3 p.m. today, took eight cellular phones owned by its employees and “hurt” some of the barangay…

Soldiers nab 4 armed men after firefight in San Fernando’s mountain barangay

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A squad of the Philippine Army assigned to secure San Fernando’s hinterland villages in the election engaged in a firefight with armed civilians four days before the May 13 polls. Soldiers of the…

6 armed men arrested in Lapu

Fe Marie Dumaboc 05/14/2018

LAPU-LAPU CITY policemen who responded to a reported sighting of two armed men in Sitio Paradise in Barangay Pajo, Sunday night, ended up arresting a total of six men who were armed with handguns and bladed weapons.…

ARMED MEN SPOTTED ON OLANGO?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Benjie Talisic, Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/20/2017

Government troops have surrounded a coastal village on Olango Island, 6.4 kilometers from Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island, after a resident claimed to have seen two armed men in the area past 2 p.m. on Thursday. When…

Gov’t troops secure Olango village due to “armed men”

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/20/2017

CEBU CITY–Government troops have surrounded a coastal village on Olango Island, 6.4 km from Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island, after a resident claimed seeing two armed men in the area past 2 p.m. on Thursday. When police…

In which terrain can gov’t forces win?

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 04/20/2017

I am now beginning to understand why it is really very hard for the government forces to fight the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Basilan and Jolo as can be gleaned from their failure to neutralize the…

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