Chan, Radaza accuse each other of harassment

Futch Anthony Inso 05/05/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – Pajo barangay captain and Lapu-Lapu City mayoralty candidate Junard “Ahong” Chan has ones again accused the Radazas of deploying people in the Olango Island to harass his leaders and supporters. Chan alleged that…

Police, soldiers to secure San Fernando’s hinterland barangays on election day

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/05/2019

SAN FERNANDO, Cebu — The police in San Fernando town in southern Cebu will put up an advanced command post in Barangay Magsico starting on May 10 to cover the security needs of the town’s hinterland barangays…

PRO-7 sets up Remac, central communication center, for upcoming election

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio, Denice Jann Reyes 05/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Eleven days before the May 13 national and local elections, the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), has set up the Regional Election Monitoring and Action Center (Remac) at the Camp Sergio…

Obon reports drop in Lapu’s crime rate

Futch Anthony Inso 04/30/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines –  Police Colonel Limuel Obon, chief of the Lapu-Lapu Police Office (LLCPO), does not see the need to place the city under the Election Watchlist Areas (EWAS) orange category in the May 13 election.…

Lapu-Lapu police to recommend a downgrade of city’s EWA status

Rosalie O. Abatayo 03/12/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The local police will be recommending that the election watchlist area (EWA) status of this city be downgraded to the yellow category from the present orange category. Senior Superintendent Limuel Obon,  Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LLCPO) director, said…

More barangays may be included in EWAs

Intern 05/02/2018

THIRTEEN more barangays in the province of Cebu are now being recommended by the Philippine National Police (PNP) for inclusion in the Election Watchlist Areas (EWAs) of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ahead of the May 14…

Diamante wins by 46 votes in Tuburan

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/10/2016

Tuburan town Mayor Democrito Diamante won a third term by a mere 46 votes in one of the most hotly contested mayoral races in Cebu. The municipal Board of Canvassers completed the canvass of votes on Tuesday…

Councilor of Dumanjug town in Cebu survives shooting

Apple Ta-as, Jhunnex Napallacan 05/09/2016

Police in Dumanjug, Cebu have launched an investigation into the shooting incident on Sunday night directed against a councilor of the town. Senior Insp. Rogelio Amoroso, the town’s police chief, said Councilor Ely Amadora was on board…

Tuburan security forces beefed up amid conflicting accounts

Jhunnex Napallacan, Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/06/2016

Tuburan ambush suspect Ludivico Oroquero talks to his wife Imelda at the Tiburan police station. Amid conflicting accounts on the whereabouts of the suspect of an ambush-slay of a Liberal Party (LP) campaigner in the northwestern town…

Cebu officials confident of peaceful elections

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/30/2016

LOCAL officials in election hotspots in the province are confident in the police’s ability to ensure peaceful and orderly elections on May 9. Medellin Mayor Ricardo Ramirez said he is sure the elections in his town will…

8 HOTSPOTS

Apple Ta-as, Carmel Loise Matus 04/28/2016

The Commission on Election has named a city and seven towns in Cebu province in the final list of 22 election watchlist areas (Ewas) in Central Visayas. The eight election hotspots in Cebu included three in the…

Additional security for election hotspots

Carmel Loise Matus 03/22/2016

ADDITIONAL security personnel will be deployed on election day in seven areas identified by the regional Commission on Elections (Comelec 7) office as Election Watchlist Areas (EWAS). Regional Comelec Director Nick Jose Mendros said these areas were…

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