Lacson urges Duterte: Leave ‘drug war’ to cops; focus on economy

Inquirer 09/02/2018

Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to leave his administration’s drive against illegal drugs to the Philippine National Police (PNP) and focus instead on the economy amid soaring inflation rate and other fiscal issues…

Lacson urges Duterte: Leave ‘drug war’ to cops

Inquirer.net 09/01/2018

Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to leave his administration’s drive against illegal drugs to the Philippine National Police (PNP) and focus instead on the economy amid soaring inflation rate and other fiscal issues…

Cash bounties for rogue cops

Editorial 08/30/2018

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III’s suggestion that the P5 million cash bounty offered by President Rodrigo Duterte to anyone who can bring a dead rogue cop be given instead to informants is noted but will anyone listen?…

Anti-narco cops undergo drug test at CCPO

Chris A. Ligan 08/30/2018

At least 87 policemen, including city police director Senior Supt. Royina Garma and 11 police station chiefs, were subjected to a surprise drug test at the headquarters of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) on wednesday evening…

Man arrested for drug possession by bicycle-riding cops

Benjie B. Talisic, Delta Dyrecka Letigio USJ-R Journalism Intern 08/30/2018

A 53-year-old man was arrested by bicycle-riding cops in Barangay Luz, Cebu City on Wednesday afternoon (August 29). The suspect was identified as Mark Dela Cerna, a non-professional volleyball referee. The suspect was caught in possession of…

Duterte in Mandaue today, cops on full alert

Nestle L. Semilla and Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/29/2018

President Rodrigo Duterte is back in Cebu today as guest of honor during the Mandaue City 49th Charter Day Celebration at the Mandaue City Cultural and Sports Complex (MCCSC). The country’s chief executive will also lead the…

Japan cops probe 4 hospital deaths

AP 08/29/2018

TOKYO — Japanese police are investigating the deaths of four elderly patients at a hospital in heat-struck central Japan after the air conditioning failed in their rooms. Police in Gifu confirmed Tuesday that the patients, all in…

Cops looking at jail inmate link of P7M shabu haul

Benjie B. Talisic 08/28/2018

Police are looking into the link of an unidentified Cebu City Jail inmate to the estimated P7 million suspected shabu haul in two anti-illegal drugs operations in Cebu City in a span of eight hours from Monday…

Two AWOL cops arrested for drugs

Benjie Talisic, Morexette Marie B. Erram With Paul Lauro 08/25/2018

FIVE days after President Rodrigo Duterte tagged several policemen in Cebu as ‘drug addicts’ and ’drug pushers,’ two policemen in the province, who have been Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) were arrested in separate operations for allegedly…

Cops tag 2 persons of interest in Tecson’s slay

Nestle L. Semilla 08/25/2018

THE Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) said it has already identified at least two “persons of interest” in the killing of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent Von Rian Tecson. “May mga persons of interest na po…

CHR-7 ACCUSES POLICE OF COVER-UP

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/23/2018

CASES INVOLVING COPS The hope of finding justice for at least 27 lives lost in mostly drug-related cases lies in the hands of the Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR-7). But none of these cases…

Davide says Duterte statement on cops a ‘warning’

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/22/2018

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that Cebu police are filled with “drug addicts” is a stern warning to police officials and their personnel not to be involved in the illegal drug trade.…

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