HONOR unveils First Ever Experience Store in Cebu

Emmariel Ares 04/25/2023

Fans asked for it and HONOR is here to deliver!  Following the opening of the first store in Manila, the viral phone brand is now bringing its top-of-the-line devices closer to Cebuanos. HONOR Philippines, the leading global…

Filipinos warned of ‘juice jacking’ at public phone charging stations

Tyrone Jasper Piad 04/18/2023

MANILA  -Filipinos are warned against using USB (universal serial bus) ports at free charging stations in public places such as airports, malls and hotels as they may fall victims to “juice jack” attacks where hackers illegally access…

Cellphones seized from Cebu City Jail Male Dormitory destroyed

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 08/12/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 453 cellphones confiscated from greyhound operations in the Cebu City Jail Male Dormitory were destroyed on Thursday afternoon, August 11, 2022. Jail Superintendent Metz Milton Placencia, the newly installed jail warden,…

Cebuanos crowd free charging stations with power still out

Doris C. Bongcac 12/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – With power supply still out, many Cebuanos are now in dire need to charge their cellphones and other gadgets. The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) opened on Saturday morning, December 18,…

German, accused of taking cop’s phone, charged

Norman V. Mendoza 03/09/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Policemen filed a theft case against a 69-year-old German tourist, who was accused of stealing mobile phones at the Centro Police Station in Mandaue City. Veronica Engle Weisenberg, who was temporarily billeted in…

Cash, drugs, spiders confiscated from cells of Cebu City Jail inmates

Alven Marie Timtim 02/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines -Law enforcers confiscated sachets of suspected shabu, cellular phones, bladed weapons, a still-undetermined amount of cash placed inside jars and plastic bottles, and some spiders during an early morning greyhound operation at the male…

CPDRC raid nets cellphones, cigarettes but lesser drugs

Jessa Mae O. Sotto and Benjie Talisic 04/27/2018

Despite the number of contraband items seized inside the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) during Friday morning’s greyhound operation, police assured illegal drug activity inside the jail facility has been decreasing. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency…

Three cellphones siezed in another “mini greyhound” operation in CPDRC

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/20/2017

A “mini greyhound” was again conducted inside Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) on Thursday morning, which yielded three cellphones. CPDRC officer-in-charge Bobby Legaspi said that the raid was triggered by a tip that they received…

JAIL RAID YIELDS DRUGS, PHONES

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/28/2017

Inmates were sound asleep when shouts and banging at the iron gates woke them up at around 1 a.m. Tuesday. Clad in full battle gear, agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) raided…

Shabu, cellphones and cash seized in CPDRC raid

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/28/2017

Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) raided the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) on Tuesday dawn and seized packs of shabu, assorted drug paraphernalia, cellular phones, peso bills, and coins,…

Smart Public Advisory on the Cebu Sinulog Celebration

PR 01/13/2017

In the interest of public safety and security, and upon the instructions of the National Telecommunications Commission and the Philippine National Police, we are temporarily shutting down mobile phone services of Smart, TNT, and Sun in Cebu…

CPDRC inmates turn over 184 cellphones

Nestle L. Semilla 09/02/2016

Inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) voluntarily turned over 184 cellphones to CPDRC officer-in-charge Bobby Legaspi yesterday after some 50 cellphones and gadgets were confiscated inside the jail during a surprise inspection. After…

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