House help, two others indicted for drug pushing, possession

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Norman V. Mendoza 01/05/2017

THE house help who was arrested on Tuesday during a buy-bust operation by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 7 has been indicted for selling illegal drugs, along with two of her alleged cohorts. The buy-bust operation…

Drones to be regulated

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inna Mejia 01/05/2017

Drones will be regulated while habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) drivers will be tapped to help in detecting bombs for the duration of the Sinulog celebration in Cebu City. Senior Supt. Joel Doria, Cebu City police chief, said only drones…

SINULOG SECURITY

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Inna Mejia 01/03/2017

Police and military personnel are amping up security for Santo Niño devotees and Sinulog revelers to avoid a repeat of a bombing incident which happened in Cebu’s neighboring province of Leyte during a fiesta in Hilongos town.…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/29/2016

ROSARY FOR THE NEW YEAR While most people welcome the New Year with firecrackers and parties, a monsignor has taught his household staff another way of embracing the year. He gathers his priests and staff members and…

Minglanilla police chief relieved

Nestle L. Semilla 12/29/2016

Police Regional Office in Central Visays (PRO 7) Director Noli Taliño ordered the relief of Minglanilla Police Chief Insp. Florendo Fajardo after Minglanilla police forced persons, who were arrested due to illegal cockfighting, to sign documents that…

A wife’s lament: He was too serious with his job

Nestle L. Semilla 12/27/2016

“DAY nag-ilis nako. Padulog nako lakaw (My lady, I’m already dressed. I’m on my way)” These were the last words of slain Catmon police chief Senior Insp. Alexander Nuñez to his wife before he was killed by…

Is there peace and order?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/27/2016

PART 2 Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, the director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), maintained that drug suspects killed by policemen had placed the lives of the operatives in danger. “You know that those…

Over P1 M worth of drugs seized in buy-bust operation

Nestle L. Semilla 12/24/2016

At least P1 million worth of shabu was seized from a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pasil, Cebu City on Saturday afternoon. In an interview with Cebu Daily News, San Nicolas Police Station…

LAWYER SHOT DEAD

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Dominic D. Yasay, Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/22/2016

With just three days before Christmas, shock engulfed Cebu’s legal community in the wake of the killing last night of a prominent Cebuano lawyer and the wounding of his son, also a lawyer. Lawyers Goering Paderanga Sr.…

Influx of passengers expected at bus terminal starting today

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/22/2016

Bus passengers should brace themselves for the long queue at the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT) starting today. According to CSBT manager Joey Herrera, the usual number of passengers over a normal weekend is 29,000, but on…

CIDG-7 probes shabu supply link to Bilibid prison inmate

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/17/2016

Like in most cases, the two men who were arrested in a drug bust in Cebu City on Friday allegedly got their supply of illegal drugs from an inmate of the National Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City.…

Drug suspect killed in shootout with police

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/17/2016

A suspected drug pusher was gunned down in what police said was a shootout in Barangay Basdiot, Moalboal town, 88.2 kilometers south of Cebu City, past 2 p.m. on Saturday. Joselito Tapales, 39, suffered gunshot wounds on…

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