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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…

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…

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…

Oct. release for safer LPG canisters

USJ-R Journalism Intern Zena V. Magto 09/08/2018

USERS of the dangerous, illegal LPG-refilled butane tin canisters can now have a safer legal type of refillable LPG canister, which will be released to the market next month. This developed after officers of a local cooperative,…

DOE warns public against LPG-refilled butane canisters

Inquirer.net 09/02/2018

The Department of Energy (DOE) is warning the public against butane canisters illegally refilled with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) that are being sold in provincial markets. The Department issued the warning following a buy-bust operation by the…

Butane canisters confiscated in Talisay City

John Aroa 08/24/2018

  A least 250 butane canisters were confiscated by the Talisay City Police at Tabunok Public Market on Friday morning (August 24). Supt. Marlu Conag, city police chief, said that the operation was conducted after receiving information…

Court jails eight for selling LPG canisters

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/01/2018

A TOLEDO City court convicted eight people for transporting and selling butane canisters filled with liquified petroleum gas (LPG) last Friday, June 29. Judge Albie Carmelo Pescadero of the Municipal Trial Courts in Cities (MTCC) in Toledo…

Butane canisters seized in Tisa raid

Benjie Talisic 05/25/2018

About 7,000 bottles of butane canisters were confiscated by the operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7) in a bodega in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City. Atty. Russ Mark Gamallo said the raid…

1K refilled butane canisters seized

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/24/2018

MOONLIGHTING employees of a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) company were collared by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG-7) and Department of Energy (DOE-7) for allegedly supplying LPG-filled butane canisters to a store retailer in…

Mandaue market raid yields P250K worth of refilled butane canisters

05/23/2018

AN ESTIMATED P250,000 worth of butane canisters were confiscated from three stores in the new Mandaue City Public Market at past 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23. The operation was conducted by the operatives of Criminal Investigation…

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