Body cameras, anti-mendicancy law reforms eyed after Vidal probe

Pia Piquero 06/17/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local legislators here have called for the mandatory use of body-worn cameras and an urgent review of the city’s Anti-Mendicancy Ordinance. This, after a committee investigation into the controversial apprehension of 68-year-old harmonica…

FACES OF CEBU: Ireneo Vidal, harmonica player, grandfather

Ian Peter Guanzon 05/24/2026

Ireneo Vidal, 68, did not play his harmonica on Colon Street to beg. He played to earn some money to buy food for his young grandson.…

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