29-year-old transgender jailed for allegedly molesting 2-year-old niece

Alven Marie Timtim 03/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A rape case is now being prepared against a 29-year-old transgender who was accused of molesting his 2-year-old niece. Police Captain Armando Labora, chief of the Parian police station, said they have arrested…

‘Possible arson’ eyed in Panagdait fire that killed 1, razed 25 houses

Alven Marie A. Timtim 01/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A man has been confirmed to have died in an afternoon fire in Barangay Kasambagan that is being investigated as a possible arson by fire investigators. The fire that hit Sitio Panagdait in…

‘Drug user’ from Barangay Luz shot dead

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Manuel Daposala, 46, visited a bakery located along Cabantan Street in Barangay Luz, Cebu City earlier today, July 21, to buy drinking water from an Automatic Tubig Machine. But he was no longer…

Light at the end of the tunnel

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/18/2017

A woman’s rebirth amid the evils of illegal drugs. There is hope for drug addicts, including those many have written off as hopeless cases. Their stories and struggles are real. They held on to God and found…

The rising body count

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/29/2016

(A special CDN series on the Philippine National Police and the war on illegal drugs in Central Visayas) Forty-one-year-old Julian Ramos, a carpenter from Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City, admitted to using shabu (meth amphetamine hydrochloride) since he…

A DIFFERENT KIND OF SURRENDER

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/29/2016

(A four-part series on why there is hope for drug users and pushers) PART III How do you deal with drug addicts with a desire to change? According to Rene Francisco, co-developer of the Surrender to God…

A different kind of surrender

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/27/2016

PART 2 (A four-part series on why there is hope for drug users and pusher) Rene Francisco, 57, was an addict whose addiction to drugs and alcohol started in high school, back in Ozamiz City. Sent to…

PADERANGA KILLER FALLS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 12/23/2016

Parking dispute sparks the twin shooting The Paderanga father and son allegedly often blocked with their cars the narrow road leading to the construction site that he was guarding. It was for this reason that security guard…

65 Cebu barangays claim to be ‘drug-free’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/15/2016

More barangays in Cebu have recently claimed to be “drug-free.” Senior Supt. Eric Noble, director of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO), told reporters on Thursday that 65 more barangays in Cebu also claimed to be free…

16 Cebu province barangays are drug free, says CPPO chief

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/12/2016

CEBU CITY–About five months since the administration launched its relentless campaign against illegal drugs, 16 out of 1,066 barangays in Cebu province have declared themselves as “drug-free.” These villages are all located in three municipalities on the…

Nearly 300 drug users, pushers yield to police

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza, Rene F. Alima 11/21/2016

About 291 drug users and pushers surrendered to the police in the four towns of Camotes Islands two weeks after the police chiefs in these areas were replaced due to their mediocre performance in the campaign against…

1K minors into drugs in Cebu

Nestle L. Semilla 11/17/2016

CPADAO working to stop increase in children ‘drug users’ in province With more than 1,000 minors or children being involved in illegal drugs in Cebu province, the provincial government’s anti-drug abuse office is implementing programs and projects…

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