Korean national arrested for mauling co-worker

Norman V. Mendoza 06/01/2017

A Korean national was arrested by the police past 9 p.m. on Wednesday after his co-worker accused him of mauling her at their rented apartment in Sitio Son-oc, Barangay Ibabao, Cordova town. Young Suk Zung, 32, is…

2 nabbed in drug busts in Danao, Cordova

Nestle L. Semilla 05/13/2017

POLICE arrested two men in separate buy-bust operations in Danao City and Cordova town, northern Cebu Saturday night and confiscated more than P200,000 worth of shabu and assorted firearms. First to be arrested was Jojit Gracamar, 37,…

High-value drug target falls in Lapu

Norman V. Mendoza 05/09/2017

A high-value drug target and a 16-year-old boy were arrested by the police in separate drug operations in Lapu-Lapu City and Cordova town on Mactan Island last Monday evening. Twenty-eight-year-old Markley Aying was arrested in a buy-bust…

Minor caught selling drugs in Cordova

Norman V. Mendoza 05/09/2017

A 16-year-old was arrested by police for possession of illegal drugs after a concerned citizen reported the boy’s open selling of drugs past 11:00 p.m. on Monday at Sitio Bantayan, Barangay Poblacion, Cordova town. The teenager who…

Cordova fire razes 39 houses

Norman V. Mendoza 05/04/2017

  Very narrow alleys in an interior portion of Barangay Catarman, Cordova town, made it difficult for firemen to penetrate and control the fire that lasted for over an hour Wednesday evening. A total of 39 houses…

Fire damages 4 houses in Cordova

Doris C. Bongcac, Norman V. Mendoza 05/04/2017

  Four houses were damaged by fire that broke out at Sitio Bliss, Barangay Ibabao, Cordova town, Cebu past 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. SFO4 Randy Mario Cuizon of Cordova Police Station said they received the alarm at…

“Drug users” caught sniffing shabu in Cordova

Intern 04/28/2017

Three drug users were arrested after they were caught sniffing shabu in an open shanty at Sitio Cansubing, Barangay Cansubing, Cordova town on Thursday afternoon. Cordova Police received a tip from a concerned citizen alerting them of…

Cordova transfers 17 detainees to CPDRC

Norman V. Mendoza 04/17/2017

THE Cordova police precinct’s detention cell is less congested now after it transferred 17 detainees to the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) last week. Senior Insp. Ceralde Clemente Jr., Cordova police precinct chief, said they…

Over P1M worth of drugs seized in Lapu-Lapu City and Cordova buy-bust ops

Norman V. Mendoza 04/12/2017

More than a million worth of suspected shabu was confiscated by Cordova Police during a buy-bust operation at past 12:00 midnight Wednesday in Barangay Ibabao, Cordova town. Police arrested Wilberto Aytona, 44, a resident of Barangay Ibabao…

Cebu ranks second in World’s Friendliest Islands list

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/11/2017

Readers of New York City-based travel magazine, Travel + Leisure (T+L), have named Cebu as the second friendliest island in the world next to Palawan, which was recognized as the world’s friendliest island. All of Luzon as…

Overcrowding

Editorial 04/07/2017

There is something to question about how Oplan Tokhang would deal with people confirmed to be drug users or dealers in light of the overcrowding of inmates at the Cordova police precinct. During his visit to the…

Davide to ease Cordova jail congestion

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Norman V. Mendoza 04/06/2017

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III yesterday addressed the jail congestion problem in Cordova town on Mactan Island that was believed to have caused a riot among detainees last week by ordering the transfer of some inmates to…

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