Hot contraband

Futch Anthony Inso 01/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines–Agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-7 arrested 10 persons and seized around P7 million worth of butane canisters, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanks and LPG canister refilling machines from an illegal refilling…

Cooperative selling safe LPG cylinders plans to expand operations 

Futch Anthony Inso 10/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Ecogas Producers Cooperative (PEPC) plans to expand its operation to the whole Philippines. Ed Antiligando, Chief Operation Officer (COO) of PEPC, said that their cooperative had already acquired an authority to…

8 nabbed in Lapu-Lapu City for illegal trade of petroleum products

Alven Marie A. Timtim 09/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The City Mobile Force Company (CMFC) of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) arrested eight men for violation of Presidential Decree No. 1865 or the illegal trade of petroleum products in Sitio Soong Center, Barangay…

Mayor Osmeña’s son files libel charges against broadcaster-columnist

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The son of outgoing Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Councilor Margarita Osmeña filed charges of libel against broadcaster-columnist, Pablito “Bobby” Nalzaro over alleged malicious statements against him on the broadcaster’s columns. Ramon…

Police arrest one of three butane vendors ‘freed’ by Mayor Osmeña last August

Benjie B. Talisic 05/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philipppines — One of the three butane vendors that Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña helped get out of police detention last August 2018 is back in police custody. This developed after Romeo Appareci, 41, was…

DOE Visayas promotes use of small LPG cylinders instead of butane canisters

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Department of Energy Visayas Field Office calls for a more aggressive campaign on the use of certified LPG cylinders instead of the butane canisters. Jose Rey Maleza, DOE Visayas field office officer-in-charge, told dealers…

DOE continues to intensify drive vs LPG-refilled butane canisters

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/20/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–The Department of Energy in Central Visayas (DOE-7) continues to intensify their campaign against the refill and sale of LPG-filled butane canisters. Russ Mark Gamallo, legal officer of the DOE Visayas Field Office, said they…

First safe LPG cylinder gets DOE certification

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–Amid continued campaign against illegal refilling and sale of butane canisters, the Department of Energy (DOE) has certified the first safe cylinder as an alternative. The certified cylinder launched by the Philippines Eco-gas Producers Cooperative…

Cebu City fires worry dads, call for fire drills, reblocking, implementing butane canister refilling ban

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More fire drills, reblocking of densely populated areas, and strictly implementing butane refilling ban. These are among the suggestions that the Cebu City’s opposition councilors are pushing to the concerned Cebu City offices…

13,000 LPG-filled butane canisters seized, four arrested in Consolacion, Cebu

Benjie Talisic, Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/06/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Over 13,000 illegally refilled butane canisters estimated to be worth P1.7 million were confiscated from four individuals who were arrested in an entrapment operation inside a warehouse in  Barangay Tayud, Consolacion  on Tuesday…

San Remegio village chief jailed for operating a butane refilling business

Doris C. Bongcac 11/15/2018

A village chief from San Remegio town in northern Cebu was arrested by the police early on Thursday morning for allegedly operating an illegal butane refilling business. The arrest of Immie Sipalay, 43, was based on a…

Man arrested for refilling butane canisters

Benjie B. Talisic 10/12/2018

A 53-year-old man was arrested after he was caught refilling butane canisters with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Barangay Tubod, Minglanilla town, Cebu on Thursday afternoon (October 11). Police arrested Bebiano Sanchez, a resident of the same…

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