Warden appeals for help to feed Cebu City inmates

Inna Gian Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/04/2017

If help is not given soon, close to 5,000 inmates of the Cebu City Jail may go hungry with no food to eat starting next month. Fearing that this may cause a riot, Cebu City Jail Warden…

Cebu City Jail food budget “not enough”

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/04/2017

The management of the Cebu City Jail is asking for the city government’s help as their budget for inmates’ food may be delayed starting next month. Cebu City Jail Warden Arnel Peralta said they were informed about…

Second Chance staff face probe for contraband mess

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/01/2017

Cebu City Hall is now investigating all personnel inside the Operation Second Chance Center (OSCC) after several contraband, including marijuana and shabu, were recovered in a surprise operation in the facility. Councilor Dave Tumulak, deputy mayor on…

BJMP chief asked to provide more guards at Cebu City Jail

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/23/2017

THE Cebu City Council is asking the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Director Serafin Barreto to provide more jail officers and support staff to the Cebu City Jail so that they can better secure the inmates…

BJMP guards to include minors’ jail in security watch

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/28/2017

DESPITE pulling out from the Operation Second Chance Center (OSCC), the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has assured that they will include the facility in their security watch in order to prevent the smuggling of…

Jail guards relieved; infected inmates moved at Cebu City Jail

Nestle L. Semilla 04/03/2017

ABOUT 30 jail guards were relieved while several inmates afflicted with communicable diseases like tuberculosis (TB) were transferred to other cells at the Cebu City Jail. City Jail Warden Arnel Peralta said the relief of the jail…

New building to address overcrowding in city jail

Inna Mejia 03/27/2017

TO address congestion in the Cebu City Jail, a four-storey building will be constructed inside the compound of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). In a news briefing yesterday morning, Councilor Dave Tumulak, who heads…

Skills program for inmates of Cebu City Jail launched

Nestle L. Semilla 03/07/2017

AT LEAST 90 inmates of the Cebu City Jail together with their beneficiaries will avail of the skills development program offered by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Central Visayas (BJMP-7). The 91 inmates witnessed…

Cebu City set to take over Operation Second Chance

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/07/2017

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) will soon be turning over the operation of Operation Second Chance Center (OSCC) to the Cebu City government. But before the city could run the facility, Councilor Margarita Osmeña…

Female visitor arrested for trying to sneak in mobile phone in Mandaue City Jail

Doris C. Bongcac 01/28/2017

    CEBU CITY—A female visitor was arrested on Saturday morning after she was caught attempting to sneak in a mobile phone inside the Mandaue City Jail. Thelma Jopia, 50, wrapped the cellular phone on her left…

Palma asks faithful to pray for ‘safe Sinulog’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 01/02/2017

AS Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged the faithful to “pray and trust in the Lord,” he also hoped that last month’s bombings in Hilongos, Leyte and North Cotabato won’t occur during the annual Sinulog celebration. “As what…

FINDING THE CULPRIT

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 12/12/2016

Whose poop is it? The question appears to have no answer for now, as Cebu’s biggest jails, the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), began throwing blame at each other on…

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