Shore leave: a seafarer’s right

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 10/18/2023

The employment relationship with the employer does not stop but continues to be in force even when the seafarer is on shore leave (Susana Sy vs. PTC, G.R. No. 191740, February 11, 2013). Shore leave is defined…

Awol cop nabbed for illegal possession of drugs in Bohol

Leo Udtohan 07/10/2023

TAGBILARAN CITY – A former policeman in Bohol province was arrested in a drug bust in Barangay Tawala, Panglao town on Sunday, July 9. Victor Licayan De Castro, 41, a former policeman of Barangay Booy, Tagbilaran City…

CCPO probers explore possible ‘drug links’ in ex-cop’s killing

Alven Marie A. Timtim 09/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Investigators of the killing of a former policeman and his 19-year-old son are looking into alleged possible drug links as the motive of the fatal shooting attack. Police Colonel Josefino Ligan, Cebu City…

Probers dig deeper into slain AWOL cop’s life, work

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police in Cebu City are looking into work and personal matters as possible motives behind the ambush-slay of a policeman in Barangay Tisa on Thursday morning, September 10. Police Captain Jonathan Dela Cerna…

Breaking: Nine CV cops dismissed 

Rosalie Abatayo 01/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Nine policemen in Central Visayas have been dismissed due to dishonesty and for leaving their posts unattended. Brigadier General Valeriano De Leon, director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas, said he…

Rogue cop, who escaped bloody Cordova bust, still at large

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police in Central Visayas are pursuing a former police officer, who escaped after he and his cohorts engaged lawmen in a shootout during an anti-illegal drug operation in Cordova town on October 9.…

Jailed ex-cop tips PIB on whereabouts of drug supplier; three others jailed for drugs possession

Alven Marie A. Timtim 09/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A policeman who went Awol (Absence Without Leave) in 2018 and his drug supplier were arrested in separate police operations, said Police Lieutenant Colonel Marlu Conag, chief of the Cebu Provincial Intelligence Branch…

3 cops who left posts during Guihulngan Sempo relieved

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The three police officials who left their posts during the synchronized police operations (Sempo) in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, were relieved of their positions for alleged abandonment.  Chief Superintendent Debold Sinas, director of the Police…

Absence without leave (AWOL) and unauthorized Shore Leaves

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 08/27/2018

A shore leave with the proper permission is essential in determining compensation in the event something bad happens to the seafarer. The employment relationship with the employer does not stop but continues to be in force even…

Awol cop caught with P118K of suspected shabu

Benjie B. Talisic 08/25/2018

A former police officer and his common law wife were arrested after they were caught with P50,000 worth of illegal drugs in an anti-illegal drug operation on Saturday (Aug. 25) in Barangay Kamagayan, Cebu City. Former PO2…

Two AWOL cops arrested for drugs

Benjie Talisic, Morexette Marie B. Erram With Paul Lauro 08/25/2018

FIVE days after President Rodrigo Duterte tagged several policemen in Cebu as ‘drug addicts’ and ’drug pushers,’ two policemen in the province, who have been Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) were arrested in separate operations for allegedly…

AWOL cop from Bohol shot down

Benjie Talisic 03/11/2018

A POLICE officer from Bohol province who went Absent Without Leave (AWOL) two years ago was shot dead by an unknown assailant inside a subdivision in Barangay Punta Princessa, Cebu City at 1 a.m. Sunday, March 11.…

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