Police say lawyer shot in Dumaguete received death threats

Florence Baesa 01/03/2020

Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental—Police Colonel Julian Entoma, director of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO), confirmed that the lawyer who was shot at his home’s premises on Friday morning, January 3, 2020, received death threats prior…

Doctor gets death threat after joining rally at PGH

Daphne Galvez - Inquirer.net 10/23/2019

MANILA, Philippines — An activist doctor and professor has received death threats after he joined a protest rally demanding an augmentation for the budget of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). In a Facebook post, All UP Academic…

Labella calls on lawyers: Be vigilant amid death threats, extortion attempts

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mayor Edgardo Labella urged lawyers to take extra precaution following recent threats on their lives and extortion attempts from unknown callers. Labella, who is also a lawyer, said  lawyers receive several prank and…

Tecson received death threats, says agent’s brother

Nestle L. Semilla 08/08/2018

The family of agent Von Rian Tecson believes that the ambush which claimed his life is related to his job in the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7). SPO1 Von Tecson, Von Rian’s older brother,…

Tomas won’t beef up own security amid death threats

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/31/2018

DESPITE receiving a warning from an anonymous texter that he is one of the targets of armed assailants, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he has no intentions of beefing-up his own security. “I will not ask…

Mabatid wants police escorts after receiving ‘death threats’

Doris Mae C. Mondragon, Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/23/2018

The upcoming Association of Barangay Councils (ABC)-Cebu City elections took on another dramatic twist yesterday after Mabolo Barangay Captain Prisca Niña Mabatid — one of those touted to challenge for the post — claimed that she has…

Capitol staffer threatened as police secure Meca

Dominic Yasay, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/24/2016

AFTER former Provincial Board (PB) Ivy Durano-Meca, a provincial government official also received death threats in the wake of operations against illegal drugs. Cebu Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale said one of the people helping her office monitor…

Danao cops still receiving threats even after Medz Alvaro’s burial

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores 08/22/2016

The Danao City Police Station is still on heightened alert even after the burial of Medz Alvaro, younger brother of suspected drug lord Alvaro “Barok” Alvaro, last Sunday. Senior Insp. Alejandro Batobalonos, the police chief of Danao…

Tomas threatened, bashed on FB; add’l security sought

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Apple Ta-as, Edison Delos Angeles, Nestle L. Semilla 06/20/2016

Cebu City Mayor-elect Tomas Osmeña admitted that death threats on Facebook are beginning to concern him and members of his family following the killing of Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz, tagged as a high-ranking drug operator. But Osmeña said…

Police tracing cellphone owner

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/06/2016

Some mountain barangay captains in Cebu City were advised to remain vigilant after they reported getting  death threats by phone from unidentified sources. Police are trying to assess the reported threats. Some barangay captains met with Acting…

Police: Businessman got threats prior to ambush

Chito O. Aragon, Melissa Q. Cabahug 09/24/2014

Police said Cebu City businessman Jonathan Go had reportedly received threats before Monday morning’s ambush attempt outside his home in Happy Valley, barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City. “We looked into the possible suspects in the case as well…

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