P12M in drugs seized from alleged suppliers in Carcar

Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 12/30/2016

The alleged illegal drugs suppliers of Carcar City and its neighboring towns were arrested by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 7 in a buy-bust operation. The suspects, Ramilo Dayon, Shiebert Lapinid and Strawberry Fernandez…

Is there peace and order?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/27/2016

(A special CDN series on the Philippine National Police and the war on illegal drugs in Central Visayas) For eight years, Liza Saballa has been working in Hong Kong as an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) to provide…

A different kind of surrender

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/26/2016

(A four-part series on why there is hope for drug users and pushers) Fe Mantuhac Barino, 59, could not remember a time when her life was not affected by illegal drugs. The chief executive officer of Duros…

2 Tokhang surrenderers nabbed in Cordova

Nestle L. Semilla 12/25/2016

Two alleged drug peddlers who had earlier surrendered to the authorities were arrested during a buy bust operation in Barangay Buagsong, Cordova town on Mactan Island, Cebu. Crispel Hilbero,23, and Telesporo Baro,32, were detained at Cordova police…

Indigent families, drug surrenderers get bundles of joy

Norman V. Mendoza 12/22/2016

More than 200 indigent families and drug surrenderers received bundles of joy containing five kilos of rice, sardines and noodles during the outreach program jointly organized by the Mandaue City Police Office and Feed My Lamb Ministry…

Still productive

Editorial 12/21/2016

The arrests of Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz’s trusted aide Joselito Arellano, the two other men accused of selling two large packs of shabu worth P29 million wrapped in a paper bag, and two women selling shabu in Barangay…

Holiday message to cops: ‘Shape up or ship out’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 12/19/2016

WITH some police precincts still falling below expectations in the Duterte administration’s campaign against illegal drugs, Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) director Senior Supt. Eric Noble warned station chiefs to “shape up” during the holidays. According to…

Taptap officials working on papers to make village city’s 1st drug-free barangay

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/19/2016

CEBU CITY–The mountain village of Taptap can be the first “drug-free” barangay in Cebu City. Senior Supt. Joel Doria, director of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), said village officials of Taptap are processing the requirements so…

Provincial police precincts told to intensify war on drugs

Nestle L. Semilla 12/19/2016

The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) challenged police precincts in the province to intensify their campaign against illegal drugs. In a press conference Monday afternoon, Senior Supt. Eric Noble, provincial police chief, said there are still 10…

Alcoy police launch buy bust ops

Lesley Cara Delos Santos 12/19/2016

A buy-bust operation was conducted by the Alcoy Police Office in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-7), at around 2 p.m., Sunday. The operation in Barangay Daanlungson resulted to the arrest of 36 year old…

Oplan: Big-time Tokhang

Nestle L. Semilla, Rene F. Alima 12/16/2016

Government’s antidrug war basically took a more literal twist on Friday when a strong force of about a hundred uniformed armed police and military operatives knocked on the doors of Barangay Tangke, Talisay — a village notorious…

Camotes Island now ‘free of drugs’

Nestle L. Semilla 12/16/2016

THE whole of Camotes Island is now drug free. That’s according to Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) director Senior Supt. Eric Noble who said that the four towns of Camotes were the first municipalities to be declared…

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