Mandaue City’s Anti-Drug Abuse Council conducts random drug test in city jail 

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/16/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—In its bid to achieve a drug-free jail facility, the Mandaue City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC) conducted a random drug test at the Mandaue City Jail on Monday, November 16, 2020. All 133 Persons Deprived…

Technical Working Group formed to help beef up security in Cebu City Jail

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Technical Working Group (TWG) has been formed to work on improving security measures in the Cebu City Jail in Barangay Kalunasan here. The TWG was formed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in…

Mandaue City Jail logs COVID-19 case anew

Rosalie Abatayo 08/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mandaue City Jail has recorded a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection anew, three weeks after all its previous cases have been declared as recovered. In Mandaue City’s COVID-19 update on Wednesday evening, August 19,…

Tamayo’s directive: Rush compliance with requirements for issuance of commitment order

Alven Marie A. Timtim 06/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Arrested individuals should not be allowed to stay at the detention facilities of the different police stations in Cebu City for more than a day. Police Colonel Cydric Earl Tamayo, officer-in-charge of the…

Over 50 San Nicolas police isolated after 2 PDLs tested positive for COVID-19

Immae Lachica 05/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Around 50 San Nicolas police will no longer be allowed to go home or do field works starting today, May 6, 2020, while they remain under observation for the coronavirus disease 2019. Police…

Man, 61, dies of cardiac arrest while waiting for turn to enter Cebu City Jail to visit son

Alven Marie A. Timtim and Paul Lauro 04/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —A 61-year-old man was supposed to visit his son, who is now detained at the Cebu City Jail in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City, to bring him food. But Osias Dairo collapsed and died while…

Water treatment facility needed to solve City Jail wastewater problem

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City government is doing “all it can” to solve the overflow of waste water from the City Jail in Barangay Kalunasan.  Lawyer John Jigo Dacua, the head of the City Environment and Natural…

Cebu  City dads to look into complaint over foul smell from city, provincial jails discharges

Irene R. Sino Cruz 07/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–The Cebu City Council will hold an executive session next month to look into complaints on the foul odor caused by discharges coming from the city and provincial jails that are located in Barangay Kalunasan.…

Kitchen worker caught with shabu at city jail

Nestle L. Semilla 02/19/2017

The flow of drugs into Metro Cebu’s jails continues unabated with 135 grams of shabu seized on separate occasions at the Cebu City Jail and Talisay City Jail yesterday and last Saturday. At the Cebu City Jail,…

Program to decongest Cebu City Jail resumes

Juli Ann M. Sibi 12/16/2015

TO FREE up the crammed City Jail, the Cebu City government will resume the two-year-old program called “Operation Decongestion” starting next. Cebu City jail currently has over 2,600 inmates though it was designed to house a maximum…

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