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…
ONE was killed while seven other persons were arrested in separate police operations in their campaign against illegal drugs. In Cordova, an alleged drug pusher was shot dead by policemen during a buy-bust operation at around 10:30…
Police believe the three suspects are involved in slay of Poro police chief It was by chance that on Monday evening, an off-duty policeman who was having his motorcycle fixed, encountered four men arguing with his mechanic…
Despite the rising number of drug surrenderers in Cebu, the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) laments a significantly low turnout of surrenderers who actually commit to a community-based treatment program. CPADAO head Ivy Durano-Meca cites the…
A friend was espousing the relative benefits of having a police state here in our country. He did not want to say it outright, obviously out of deference to what he guessed were my thoughts on the…
Unlike in previous years, the service firearms of all policemen across the country will no longer be taped shut during the celebration of Christmas and New Year. Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, director of the Police Regional Office…
The brother of a village chief in Cordova town, Cebu, was arrested by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) for allegedly peddling shabu (methamphetamine). Stephen Ando, 34, did not resist arrest shortly…
A NONGOVERNMENT organization in Cebu launched the first of what it hopes to be a series of dialogues on extrajudicial killings (EJK) and how to address this concern, especially in the context of violence against women and…
LOVELY Adam Impal, tagged as the “drug queen of the south” and the alleged biggest shabu (methamphetamine) source of Kerwin Espinosa, surrendered to Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa Monday morning. Impal…
WILSON Batucan is convinced that the bullet that killed his seven-year-old son was fired from a gun owned by a policeman. His son, San Niño, was watching television when he was hit by a stray bullet fired…
There has to be even a minimal sense of disbelief after hearing Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III claim that reports of extrajudicial killings are conjectures or theories and that all drug suspects killed in police operations resisted…
Who is Jack Lam and why is he causing Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II to become incoherent? In the Philippines, Jack Lam is known as the owner of Fontana Casino and Leisure Parks in Clark, Pampanga. He…
