Warden told to explain presence of drugs, contraband

Nestle L. Semilla 08/13/2016

CEBU City’s chief jailer should explain the presence of drugs, cash and assorted contraband items that were uncovered in last Saturday’s raid inside the Cebu City Jail. “We will ask the city warden (Supt. Johnson Calub) to…

‘Barok’ keeping in touch with family

Carmel Loise Matus 08/13/2016

SIM card found in his bed; police say he may have ordered hit on Danao City precinct A SIM (subscriber identity module) card was found under the pillow of the bed of suspected drug lord Alvaro “Barok”…

Man with P100-K ‘shabu’ arrested

Norman V. Mendoza 08/13/2016

A MAN was arrested yesterday dawn by Consolacion police after he was caught in possession of alleged shabu. Josephus Tapayan, of Barangay Poblacion, Danao City, northern Cebu, was detained at the Consolacion Police Station for allegedly bringing…

Shabu, over P1 million cash and luxurious items seized in Cebu jails

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/13/2016

Inmates were soundly asleep when a loud thud and banging at the iron gates woke them at 1:25 a.m. Saturday. Clad in full battle gear and carrying high-powered firearms, about 300 policemen raided the male dormitories of…

Davide is ‘acting’ CPDRC warden

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/11/2016

Gov nixes Toral comeback; jail personnel to be probed; visits continue to be suspended Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III will be the jail warden of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) while the investigation against…

Ex-mayor sentenced to 14 years in jail for broadcast journalist’s death

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/10/2016

CEBU CITY—A former municipal mayor bowed his head and closed his eyes while the decision of the court was being read on Wednesday morning. But former Mayor Alfredo Arsenio of Lezo town in Aklan opened his eyes…

CPDRC inmates worry over Toral’s resignation

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/09/2016

INMATES of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) have expressed worry over the resignation of Capitol consultant on jail matters Marco Toral. Lito Granada, the designated “mayor” of the close to 3,000 inmates at the…

Two CPDRC officials to be asked to explain jail incidents at PB

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/06/2016

TOP officials of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) will be asked to explain to the Provincial Board the recent spate of incidents that hit the Cebu provincial jail in the last few months. Capitol…

Davide: How do phones, laptops slip past guards?

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/04/2016

Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III wants both an investigation and an explanation from officials of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) on the continued acquisition of inmates of contraband items like cellphones and laptops. Davide’s…

Prov jail inmates offer P30K reward for escapee’s return

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/27/2016

HE CASUALLY walked out of the gated facility early Monday morning with his own visitor’s ID and joined the flow of visitors who stayed overnight at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) as they were…

CPDRC detainee slips past guard, escapes

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/26/2016

TWENTY-seven-year-old Arnel Mait just looked like other usual visitors when he slipped past the security guard of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) last Monday morning. He had a stamp similar to that being marked…

Arroyo’s freedom a ‘great blow’ to justice system — Solon

07/20/2016

A party-list representative described on Tuesday the granting of the petition of former President and incumbent Pampanga representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to dismiss her plunder case at the Sandiganbayan as a “great blow” to the country’s justice…

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