Provincial police precincts told to intensify war on drugs

Nestle L. Semilla 12/19/2016

The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) challenged police precincts in the province to intensify their campaign against illegal drugs. In a press conference Monday afternoon, Senior Supt. Eric Noble, provincial police chief, said there are still 10…

CPDRC to install signal jammers

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/16/2016

NOT even solitary confinement in an isolation cell at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) could stop alleged big-time drug personality Alvaro “Barok” Alvaro from communicating with the world outside. There is always the cellular…

Oplan: Big-time Tokhang

Nestle L. Semilla, Rene F. Alima 12/16/2016

Government’s antidrug war basically took a more literal twist on Friday when a strong force of about a hundred uniformed armed police and military operatives knocked on the doors of Barangay Tangke, Talisay — a village notorious…

Camotes Island now ‘free of drugs’

Nestle L. Semilla 12/16/2016

THE whole of Camotes Island is now drug free. That’s according to Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) director Senior Supt. Eric Noble who said that the four towns of Camotes were the first municipalities to be declared…

Unsatisfactory performance of two town police chiefs

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/15/2016

TWO more municipal police chiefs in the province of Cebu were relieved from their posts for failing to address the illegal drug problem in their respective areas. Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) director, Senior Supt. Eric Noble…

Netizens raise concerns over exploitation of whale sharks

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla 12/12/2016

As the ten Miss Universe candidates accompanied by 2015 Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach tour Cebu today, concerns have been raised over one of the activities scheduled — swimming with the whale sharks in Oslob town, some 130…

16 Cebu barangays say they are drug-free — CPPO chief

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/12/2016

About five months since the administration launched its relentless campaign against illegal drugs, 16 out of 1,066 barangays in the province of Cebu have declared themselves as “drug-free.” These villages are all located in three municipalities on…

Nearly 300 drug users, pushers yield to police

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza, Rene F. Alima 11/21/2016

About 291 drug users and pushers surrendered to the police in the four towns of Camotes Islands two weeks after the police chiefs in these areas were replaced due to their mediocre performance in the campaign against…

1K minors into drugs in Cebu

Nestle L. Semilla 11/17/2016

CPADAO working to stop increase in children ‘drug users’ in province With more than 1,000 minors or children being involved in illegal drugs in Cebu province, the provincial government’s anti-drug abuse office is implementing programs and projects…

23 ‘low-performing’ cops undergo refresher courses

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/15/2016

AT least 23 “low-performing” policemen, including 18 from Camotes Islands, east of Cebu, are currently undergoing refresher courses to reorient themselves with the basics of police work. The two-week Balik Eskwela program started yesterday at the Cebu…

Provincial police director dismisses Abu threat in Carcar

Dominic D. Yasay, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/07/2016

Provincial police director Senior Supt. Eric Noble in a Facebook message to Cebu Daily News negated a threat report regarding a Ceres bus supposedly cornered by an Abu Sayyaf group, stating that they did not receive such…

Noble warns against false FB reports on kidnappings in southern Cebu

Dominic D. Yasay 11/06/2016

The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) denied reports currently circulating on social media that there were kidnapping incidents in two towns in the south. CPPO director Senior Insp. Eric Noble, speaking to reporters during his visit to…

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