CPDRC congestion highlights need for more prisons

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/16/2016

THE decision of the Cebu provincial government to no longer accept inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) due to its severe congestion may cause problems in prisons across the province which rely on…

Barok ordered back in isolation

Carmel Loise Matus 08/15/2016

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III ordered Asst. Warden Romeo Manansala of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) to return Alvaro “Barok” Alvaro back in isolation. Davide issued the order amid reports that Alvaro, the region’s…

Cebu City Jail implements stricter visitation rules

Carmel Loise Matus 08/14/2016

If you want to visit the Cebu City Jail, be ready to bring a requirement that is a requisite when transacting business with a government agency or even with a bank: a valid and authenticated ID. Two…

Tumulak suggests cutting off allowance for city jail guards

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/14/2016

NOT only is the Cebu City Jail facing a major shake up after Saturday’s Greyhound raid yielded illegal drugs, millions of pesos in cash and other contraband, jail guards are in danger of losing the monthly allowance…

Drug trade behind bars

08/14/2016

Last Saturday’s 1 a.m. raid in both the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) may have justified the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to transfer the police officials formerly assigned in…

Warden told to explain presence of drugs, contraband

Nestle L. Semilla 08/13/2016

CEBU City’s chief jailer should explain the presence of drugs, cash and assorted contraband items that were uncovered in last Saturday’s raid inside the Cebu City Jail. “We will ask the city warden (Supt. Johnson Calub) to…

‘Barok’ keeping in touch with family

Carmel Loise Matus 08/13/2016

SIM card found in his bed; police say he may have ordered hit on Danao City precinct A SIM (subscriber identity module) card was found under the pillow of the bed of suspected drug lord Alvaro “Barok”…

Shabu, over P1 million cash and luxurious items seized in Cebu jails

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/13/2016

Inmates were soundly asleep when a loud thud and banging at the iron gates woke them at 1:25 a.m. Saturday. Clad in full battle gear and carrying high-powered firearms, about 300 policemen raided the male dormitories of…

Barok’s brother slain in drug bust

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Carmel Loise Matus 08/13/2016

The Philippine National Police in Cebu went on alert yesterday after a dawn gun attack on the police station in Danao City, four hours after Medz Alvaro, the younger brother of suspected drug lord Alvaro Alvaro alias “Barok,” was…

‘I’ll give them war’ — Danao City’s police chief to criminals

Carmel Loise Matus 08/13/2016

HE eats death threats for breakfast. And he’s not about to back down now with even with bigger threats to his life for scoring big against syndicated crime. Senior Insp. Alejandro Batobalonos, the police chief of Danao…

CPDRC to stop accepting inmates

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores 08/12/2016

Starting next week, the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) will temporarily stop accepting additional new inmates. In a letter addressed to Senior Supt. Jose Macanas, Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) director, CPDRC Jail Warden Romeo…

Barok under scrutiny

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Rene Alima 08/12/2016

IS Alvaro Alvaro alias “Barok” still on top of the illegal drug trade in Cebu, using a mobile phone inside the provincial jail to contact his members? This was the question that Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, director…

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