Osmeña considers Kalunasan as new city jail site

Inna Mejia 11/17/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the city government has yet to find a suitable site for a new jail facility. The mayor said this after Councilor Joel Garganera questioned his plan of converting the Inayawan landfill…

A stupid proposition

Editorial 11/17/2016

The Cebu City police’s order to its personnel to arrest five drug suspects a day isn’t news when considering President Rodrigo Duterte’s standing order for the police to be relentless in its war on drugs to the…

City Hall vows to act on severe jail congestion

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/15/2016

THE head of the Cebu City Council committee on public order and safety is checking on reports that all 11 police precincts in the city are now severely overcrowded with the police crackdown on illegal drugs resulting…

Macato: No riot in provincial jail

Nestle L. Semilla 11/11/2016

No riot inside the provincial jail yesterday but only heated exchange of words between inmates. About 10 visitors were refused entry to the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City, after the…

Inmates altercation leads to CPDRC lockdown, jail visitation suspended

Nestle L. Semilla 11/11/2016

The Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) has been placed on lockdown and suspended family visitation for inmates on Friday after two groups of inmates allegedly had an altercation in the morning. Dr. Gil Macato, acting…

Cop in Espinosa raid who called Soco refuses to turn over phone

Inquirer.net 11/11/2016

The cop, who called the scene of the crime operatives (Soco) even before Albuera, Leyte, Mayor Rolando Espinosa was killed, has refused to surrender his cellular phone to his superiors. Supt. Santi Noel Matira, a member of…

‘PREMEDITATED’

Inquirer.net, Robert Dejon 11/10/2016

The likelihood that the killing of Albuera, Leyte, Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. was a case of a rubout grew stronger yesterday, even as names of prominent personalities tagged as drug protectors of the Espinosas also emerged, including…

CPDRC needs physician for infirmary

Nestle L. Semilla 11/10/2016

The newly designated assistant jail warden of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) said the Provincial Health Office (PHO) is now looking for a physician to man the infirmary inside the facility. Dr. Gil Macato,…

Espinosa family cries rubout, mayor killed to ‘silence’ him

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/06/2016

The older brother of slain Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. yesterday called on witnesses to come out and shed light on what they believed was a case of a rubout. Ramon Espinosa, the eldest of seven siblings,…

Statement killing

11/06/2016

Whatever one says about the recent killing of Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa, the fact is that it effectively serves as a warning to every jailed drug lord, dealer and runner that they aren’t safe even behind the…

Police chief saddened by death, says all efforts gone to waste

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Robert Dejon 11/05/2016

BAYBAY, Leyte — Letting out a deep sigh, Albuera police chief Jovie Espenido expressed dismay over the death of Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. inside the provincial jail in Baybay City. Espenido admitted that Espinosa’s death may weaken…

Man who disturbed churchgoers nabbed

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/31/2016

A MAN believed to be drunk was arrested by police on Monday morning for allegedly causing a commotion in a parish in the mountain village of Sudlon I in Cebu City. Yuri Abella, in his 40s, was…

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