Separate operations yield more than 300k worth of suspected illegal drugs

Benjie B. Talisic 06/10/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—Authorities seized more than P300,000 worth of illegal drugs in separate buy-bust operations here on Sunday night, June 9, 2019. In Punta Princesa, the Labangon Police Station, headed by Police Major Keith Allen Andaya, nabbed…

Tisa barangay chief on closure of siomai house: City should help small businesses, not close them down

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The closure of a siomai house in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City on Thursday afternoon, May 23, 2019, surprised and saddened incumbent village chief, South District Councilor-elect Phillip Zafra. The siomai house, which is considered as…

Man finds new love but loses liberty due to illegal drugs

Benjie B. Talisic 04/23/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—A man’s burst of happiness was cut short because of his alleged involvement in illegal drugs.  The police on early Tuesday, April 23, 2019, arrested 22-year-old Marvin Bordo in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Mojon…

Fire burns down one house and a car in Barangay Tisa

Benjie Talisic 01/28/2019

  Cebu CIty, Philippines – A house and a car were burned down in a fire in Sitio Motra Mohun 1, Barangay Tisa here on Monday noon, January 28, 2019. Fire Investigator SFO3 Roland delos Reyes said…

Two women caught with shabu in Tisa

Benjie Talisic 01/15/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – Two women were collared in a buy-bust operation on Tuesday morning, January 15, 2019, in Sitio Mangga, Barangay Tisa here. The police identified the two as Lucia Baculi, 47, and Melona Sarmiento, 31,…

More cops deployed to drug-affected barangays

Benjie Talisic 10/21/2018

CEBU City police have started intensifying their presence and monitoring drug-affected barangays even as another police drug operation on Sunday led to the confiscation of P800,000 worth of suspected shabu in Barangay Tisa. Supt. Virgilio Ranes, Cebu…

Barangay Tisa to intensify anti-drugs campaign 

Rosalie Abatayo 07/27/2018

Following the death of two of their constituents whose bodies were dumped in Liloan town, Cebu, Barangay officials in Tisa have manifested their plan to join the campaign against illegal drugs. Tisa Barangay Captain Philip Zafra said…

Barangay Tisa launches textline

Rosalie 07/27/2018

Barangay Tisa launched their own textline in partnership with Smart on Friday (July 27). Tisa Barangay Captain Philip Zafra said that residents may use the textline to send drug-related information and other concerns such as peace and…

MORE BRGYS WANT ‘DRUG-FREE’ DRIVE

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/08/2017

Barangay Ermita has gained a supporter in its campaign of labeling households which they have identified as “drug-free.” The Association of Barangay Council (ABC) in Cebu City is pushing for a dialogue with the Commission on Human…

Tisa adopts positive spin on Pajo’s shame campaign

Inna Gian Mejia 09/09/2017

Zafra: Drug-free stickers instead of spray-painting identified drug dens on houses Instead of shaming suspected drug pushers and users, officials of a barangay in Cebu City are taking a more positive approach in the war against illegal…

Drug peddler yields P177K worth of shabu in Tisa buy-bust

USJ-R Intern Kristine Remolisan 09/01/2017

A MAN was arrested for possession of illegal drugs during a drug-bust operation in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City on Friday, September 1. Michael James Johnson, 32, yielded P177,000 worth of shabu during the operation at around 12:15…

P12-M worth of shabu seized from two women

Benjie B. Talisic 08/10/2017

At least P12 million worth of suspected shabu (crystal meth) was seized from a female college student and another woman in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City early on Thursday. Mheacy Empasis, 23 and an Education student, and Trinidad…

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