CEBU CITY–Ermita barangay captain Felicisimo “Imok” Rupinta has denied allegations that he was a drug protector. He called a news conference at the Barangay Hall on Monday afternoon to deny the allegation raised in an anonymous complaint…
The filing of administrative and criminal charges against Barangay Ermita officials by the regional Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) should serve as a wake-up call to all barangay officials in Cebu City and in Metro Cebu for…
CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said yesterday that he believed that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is moving in the right direction in their fight against illegal drugs. Osmeña said this after PDEA-7 filed complaints against…
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 7 Regional Director Yogi Ruiz has formally filed criminal and administrative complaints against all the elected officials of Barangay Ermita at the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas Friday morning. The administrative complaints include…
In the adjoining drug-prone villages of Pasil and Ermita, where government operatives had seized some of their biggest shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) hauls ever in Cebu City, the illegal drug trade proliferates amid relentless government efforts to…
PDEA-7 chief to file case against brgy. chief, 7 others for not helping in drug raid Barangay Ermita officials are willing to face an investigation on allegations that they did not cooperate with police forces during an…
A kitchen employee was arrested for intercepting drugs inside the Cebu City Jail at 8:30 am Monday. Officials of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) arrested Josephino Oliverio after learning that he intercepted the delivery…
Just two days after the killing of a 14-year-old boy in Barangay Pasil, Cebu City last Saturday, operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) killed the boy’s suspected assailant in an alleged shootout with police in neighboring…
A HOSPITAL aide of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center and his common law partner were arrested in a drug bust at Barangay Talaga, Argao town in Cebu at 11 am Saturday. Senior Insp. Weather Grapa, Argao police…
A FEMALE resident of Barangay Ermita, Cebu City was shot down by an unidentified assailant at past 9 pm Tuesday. PO3 Winston Ibanez of the Cebu City police’s homicide section said the 43-year-old resident, identified as Evelyn…
THE Cebu City United Vendors Association (CCUVA) and workers of Barangay Ermita staged a protest in front of Cebu City Hall yesterday afternoon to condemn the acts of Mayor Tomas Osmeña. The groups expressed their disapproval over…
A tanod of Barangay Ermita, Cebu City faces a child abuse case at the Regional Trial Court after he was caught with a minor in a downtown lodge. It was the victim’s own brother and uncle that…
