Police arrest suspected drug pusher, P1.3M worth if drugs seized

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/12/2017

  The Cebu City police arrested a suspected drug pusher in a drug bust in Barangay Suba, Cebu City past 11 p.m. on Tuesday. Seized from Sofronio Navarro, 45, were 110 grams of shabu valued at P1.3…

Four of five Compostela jail escapees rearrested

Rene Alima 04/08/2017

FOUR of the five escapees from the Compostela police detention cell were arrested by the joint manhunt operation team of Compostela and Liloan Police Stations. Escapee Joel Cuyos, 33, of Barangay Yati, Liloan town, surrendered to Liloan…

X-rays and HIV tests for Cebu City jail inmates

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/07/2017

BEFORE inmates are committed inside the Cebu City Jail, they should undergo an x-ray and HIV test. This was among the suggestions agreed upon during the visit of Councilors Mary Ann de los Santos and Dave Tumulak,…

Five prisoners escape Compostela jail; guard on duty under investigation

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Fe Marie Dumaboc 04/07/2017

Five inmates who escaped from the Compostela Police Station holding cell early yesterday morning are now the subject of a manhunt. Giovanni Tapayan, 40; Joel Cuyos, 33; Rubin Catipay, 19; and Nelson Agbay from Compostela; and Joseph…

Davide to ease Cordova jail congestion

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Norman V. Mendoza 04/06/2017

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III yesterday addressed the jail congestion problem in Cordova town on Mactan Island that was believed to have caused a riot among detainees last week by ordering the transfer of some inmates to…

CPDRC, TOO

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle L. Semilla 04/05/2017

HIV-POSITIVE INMATES  Five HIV cases reported at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, as Cebu City officials call to ‘isolate’ 136 HIV-positive inmates at the Cebu City Jail   Just as local government, health and jail…

More jail problems

Editorial 04/05/2017

Reports about the rising HIV cases among inmates in the Cebu City Jail due to frequent sharing of needles used for injecting nubain is yet another headache for Cebu City officials who already have more than their…

HOOKED ON DRUGS

Nestle L. Semilla 04/04/2017

Cebu City officials are now tracing what caused the alarming number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases inside the Cebu City Jail, even as they are inclined to believe that needle-sharing among users of nubain, a restricted…

PB approves P4.5M budget to build 19 new cells in CPDRC

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/04/2017

THE Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) will soon provide breathing spaces for its prisoners with the construction of 19 additional cells and the renovation of its infirmary after the Cebu Provincial Board (PB) approved a…

Jail guards relieved; infected inmates moved at Cebu City Jail

Nestle L. Semilla 04/03/2017

ABOUT 30 jail guards were relieved while several inmates afflicted with communicable diseases like tuberculosis (TB) were transferred to other cells at the Cebu City Jail. City Jail Warden Arnel Peralta said the relief of the jail…

ATM skimming suspects transferred to city jail

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/24/2017

THE three Romanian nationals who were tagged in a series of unauthorized automated teller machine (ATM) withdrawals in Cebu were transferred from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) stockade to the Cebu City Jail yesterday. Judge Soliver…

Shabu courier arrested inside Lapu-Lapu City Jail

Norman V. Mendoza 03/22/2017

ABOUT a week after Danao City police intelligence reports pointed to the Lapu-Lapu City Jail as a major source of the city’s illegal drug supply, a search on one of the jail’s visitors on Wednesday yielded a…

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