Sinulog warning: Drunk men who create trouble face arrest

Inna Mejia 12/16/2016

Drinking establishments also warned against holding parties Persons engaging in violent acts especially those who are drunk during the Sinulog Festival will be arrested by police and will be sheltered inside the prison vans. Cebu City Disaster…

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…

Products made by inmates on display at Cebu City Hall

Inna Mejia 11/23/2016

Products made by prison inmates were displayed inside the Cebu City Hall starting Monday. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Central Visayas (BJMP-7) facilitated the exhibit with a theme “Creation Behind Bars: Inmates Livelihood Products…

Operation Second Chance to shut doors in 2017

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/17/2016

DUE to overcapacity, Cebu City will refuse to accept minor offenders from other towns and cities starting January next year in a city-owned rehabilitation facility called Operation Second Chance Center (OSCC). Mayor Tomas Osmeña sent out letters…

Kitchen employee nabbed for drug possession in jail

Lesley Cara Delos Santos 10/31/2016

A kitchen employee was arrested for intercepting drugs inside the Cebu City Jail at 8:30 am Monday. Officials of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) arrested Josephino Oliverio after learning that he intercepted the delivery…

Probe sought on woman who carried shabu to jail

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/05/2016

CEBU City Councilor Dave Tumulak wants the Cebu City Jail and the police to investigate reports that a 47-year old woman was found with a small sachet containing shabu by jail guards. “There should be a joint…

Inmates told to cooperate in war on drugs

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/05/2016

INMATES of the Cebu City Jail were told to cooperate with the police’s campaign to eliminate drug dealing activities within and outside prison by police officials in Wednesday’s visit. “Let’s solve the problem on illegal drugs. Help…

Jail officer gunned down

Rene F. Alima 09/30/2016

A JAIL officer of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology was shot dead by a motorcycle-riding assailant in Barangay Guinsay, Danao City. JO2 Celso Montalba died after he was shot in his head, chest and hand…

Talisay jail searched; drug paraphernalia found

Dominic D. Yasay 09/23/2016

No illegal drugs were found in a Greyhound Operation early Friday morning at the Talisay City Jail. However, authorities found drug paraphernalia – three lighters and two tin foil. Talisay City Jail Warden Senior Insp. Josephus Jelianggao…

High-risk inmates transferred to Cebu

Dominic D. Yasay 09/10/2016

Two high-risk detainees from Malaybalay, Bukidnon, were transferred to Cebu City Jail after reportedly threatening the lives of two people handling their case. Judge Mirabeaus Undaluk of Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 8 of Malaybalay City approved…

PROBE CPDRC ‘HORROR STORIES’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 09/01/2016

Says Gov. Hilario Davide’s inclusion in Duterte honor list a ‘hilarious’ mistake House Deputy Speaker and Cebu third district Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia has raised before Congress the “deeply troubling and frustrating developments” at the Cebu Provincial Detention…

Davide creates task force to probe CPDRC issues

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/19/2016

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III has formed a task force to look into the alleged illegal activities inside the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) which had been reported in the past few weeks. In an…

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