New Cebu City warden vows changes to stop drug trade

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/16/2016

THE Cebu City Jail has a new warden as Supt. Jessie Calumpang assumed the post in turnover rites at the regional Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP-7) office yesterday. His predecessor Supt. John Calub was relieved…

New Cebu City Jail warden assumes post

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/16/2016

The Cebu City Jail has a new warden as Supt. Jessie Calumpang assumed office on Tuesday, replacing Supt. Johnson Calub. Calub was relieved in the wake of last Sunday’s raid which uncovered 105.4 grams of shabu (methamphetamine)…

Asst. jail warden gives up acting warden post

Carmel Loise Matus 08/16/2016

Asst. Jail Warden Romeo Manansala of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) resigned as acting jail warden Tuesday morning. His resignation letter addressed to Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III was received by the governor’s office…

JAGUAR’S GROUP BEHIND JAIL DRUGS

Carmel Loise Matus 08/14/2016

The illegal drug operation inside the Cebu City Jail did not sprout overnight. It had been going on for years, with the supply coming from Central Visayas’ top drug lord Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz and the men who…

Cebu City Jail implements stricter visitation rules

Carmel Loise Matus 08/14/2016

If you want to visit the Cebu City Jail, be ready to bring a requirement that is a requisite when transacting business with a government agency or even with a bank: a valid and authenticated ID. Two…

Drug trade behind bars

08/14/2016

Last Saturday’s 1 a.m. raid in both the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) may have justified the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to transfer the police officials formerly assigned in…

HEADS ROLL AT THE CITY JAIL

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/13/2016

Jail warden, 30 jail guards relieved after a surprise raid uncovers drugs, P4M in cash and luxury goods The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) announced a major shake-up at the Cebu City Jail after around…

No drugs, no surprise

Editorial 02/10/2016

There’s no surprise about last Monday’s so-called “Oplan Greyhound” done in the jails of the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu because it was only a matter of time before jail authorities launched one of these little…

Surprise jail inspections yield appliances, weapons, TV sets

Apple Ta-as, Marc Eric Cosep, Mike Laurence V. Lumen, Norman V. Mendoza 02/08/2016

At 5 a.m. yesterday, 2,717 detainees were ushered out of their prison cells for a surprise inspection, dubbed “Operation Greyhound,” inside the male dormitory of the Cebu City Jail in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City. But the inspection…

Drug paraphernalia, appliances seized inside jail

Apple Ta-as 02/08/2016

SEVERAL drug paraphernalia and appliances were seized in a raid inside the male dormitory of the Cebu City jail in barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City at past 5 am today. Chief Supt.Allan Iral, regional director of the Bureau…

2 men nabbed for bringing drugs into City Jail

Apple Ta-as 01/28/2016

AN ERRAND boy at the Cebu City Jail was arrested after he allegedly tried to smuggle illegal drugs into the facility last Tuesday afternoon. Arnel Tapayan was caught in possession of packs of suspected shabu when he…

Team to decongest city jail formed

Marc Eric Cosep 01/10/2016

The Cebu City government has formed a task force to decongest the overcrowded Cebu City jail in barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City. The task force was formed after acting Mayor Edgardo Labella issued an executive order to decongest…

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