Lapu-Lapu police chief aims for Olango Island’s barangays to be drug-cleared this year

Futch Anthony Inso 02/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — All barangays in Olango Island will be drug-cleared within the year. Senior Superintendent Limuel Obon, Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) chief, told Cebu Daily News Digital in a phone interview on February 12…

CPADAO wants 38 barangays declared as drug-free

Nestle L. Semilla 04/27/2018

THE CEBU Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) has endorsed 38 more barangays for declaration as drug-free barangays by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7). The 38 barangays are among the 73 barangays that already…

Talisay cops drug-free

Benjie B. Talisic 03/08/2018

NO police officer was positive of using drugs in the Talisay City Police Station. This was the result of a surprise drug test on 76 police officers at the police station including seven non-uniformed personnel. Supt. Marlu…

MAO BA?

MAO BA? 10/08/2017

ERMITA’S ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN Netizens were questioning Barangay Ermita’s reverse labeling campaign against drugs, saying the officials should focus on cracking down on drug users and pushers. Jonathan Hobley posted on Facebook, “If the house contains drug dealers…

BRGY ERMITA MARKS ‘DRUG-FREE’ HOMES

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Morexette B. Erram 10/05/2017

REVERSE LABELING Instead of humiliating drug users and pushers, officials of Barangay Ermita in Cebu City, tagged by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) as one of the drug hot spots in the city,…

Tisa adopts positive spin on Pajo’s shame campaign

Inna Gian Mejia 09/09/2017

Zafra: Drug-free stickers instead of spray-painting identified drug dens on houses Instead of shaming suspected drug pushers and users, officials of a barangay in Cebu City are taking a more positive approach in the war against illegal…

Drug-free Philippines, other promises still to be delivered by Digong — groups

Morexette Erram 06/29/2017

AS President Rodrigo Duterte marks his first year anniversary in office today, so does the government’s all-out war against illegal drugs. But for the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO), the war against the drug menace, which…

‘Drug-free’ villages told: Account for ‘backslide’

Ador Vincent Mayol 06/28/2017

ABOUT 19 of 120 barangays in Cebu that were declared “drug-free” were mandated by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-7) to explain why some of their drug surrenderers tested positive of illegal drugs. Based on their explanations,…

More than 103 Cebu villages ‘drug free’

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/24/2017

ABOUT 103 out of 202 barangays in various towns in Cebu that were declared “drug-free” by the Cebu Provincial Police Office have been validated by the provincial government. Ivy Durano Meca, chief of the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drugs…

81 drug-free brgys need validation

Nestle L. Semilla 01/03/2017

POLICE Regional Office (PRO) 7 clarified that the barangays in Cebu Province which were declared by their respective police stations as drug-free, are still subject for validation. PRO-7 director Chief Supt. Noli Taliño said that those reported…

Taliño: Declaration of 81 barangays as drug-free still for validation

Nestle L. Semilla 01/03/2017

Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO 7) director Chief Supt. Noli Taliño clarified that the barangays in Cebu Province which were declared by their respective police stations as drug-free, are still subject for validation. According to…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/29/2016

ROSARY FOR THE NEW YEAR While most people welcome the New Year with firecrackers and parties, a monsignor has taught his household staff another way of embracing the year. He gathers his priests and staff members and…

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