Woman who tried to sneak in shabu inside jail nabbed

Carmel Loise Matus 07/09/2016

  A WOMAN who allegedly tried to sneak in shabu in the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) was arrested by jail officials on Saturday morning. Jail warden Romeo Manansala said the 26-year-old woman identified only…

Barok has Aussie suspect as cellmate

06/30/2016

Suspected drug dealer Alvaro “Barok” Alvaro has a new cellmate at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC). Australian Peter James Robinson, who faces qualified trafficking charges for allegedly molesting school girls and boys, was transferred…

Barok to eat jail food

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Edison Delos Angeles 06/24/2016

HE had wanted something else for dinner, preferably better food than the one given to ordinary prisoners. But this extraordinary prisoner wasn’t about to get any special treatment from his jailers. Last Thursday, hours after he was…

‘HIGH RISK INMATE’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jhunnex Napallacan 06/23/2016

As Alvaro “Barok” Alvaro began spilling the beans on what the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) now described as a major drug syndicate operating in and out of Cebu, security around him has likewise tightened, even while…

Inmates make life productive by recycling campaign tarps

06/16/2016

To make life more productive while in detention, the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) launched its bag-making program on Friday. A project of Gov. Hilario Davide III and his wife Jobel, tarpaulins used as campaign…

Davide vows to build another jail if reelected

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/05/2016

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III promised to build another jail facility if reelected to a second three-year term in next year’s elections. Davide and Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale visited the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC)…

CPDRC converts mess hall to sleeping quarters

Carmel Loise Matus 05/01/2016

IN order to decongest the detention cells at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), the mess hall has been converted into a new “brigada” or sleeping quarters. Marco Toral, consultant on jail management of the…

Inmates allowed to cool off outside cells to escape heat

Carmel Loise Matus 03/06/2016

The El Niño dry spell has forced the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) to allow their inmates to spend more time outside their cells during the day. This was before an inmate collapsed during a…

Sobra’ng konsintidor makadaut sa anak

Lloyd Suarez 02/28/2016

Super Hirit Grabeha  gyud sa  pagka-konsintidor  ni  former  Talisay  City  Mayor  Socrates Fernandez  ngadto  sa  iyang  adopted  son nga si  Joavan. One  in a million gyud  siya  nga  pagka step father  nga  pwerte’ng  nakadupa ug  naka-depensa  sa…

50 CPDRC inmates learn ‘hilot’ skills

Jhunnex Napallacan 02/21/2016

At least 50 inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) are given hope for a better future despite the seriousness of the charges they are facing. With their new skills in “hilot”, they can…

‘A love letter to our hearts’

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/27/2016

Yesterday’s drizzle didn’t stop more than 800 inmates of the Cebu provincial jail from delivering a heartfelt performance before the high-ranking churchman sent by Pope Francis to represent him to the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC). Cardinal…

FEAST OF 76 LECHONS

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/27/2015

Jail inmates ‘save’ their meat rations for a Christmas meal with visiting family Family visits mean precious time for detention prisoners, especially during Christmas. Even behind bars, inmates in the Cebu provincial jail savor the reunions in…

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