Barok has Aussie suspect as cellmate

06/30/2016

Suspected drug dealer Alvaro “Barok” Alvaro has a new cellmate at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC). Australian Peter James Robinson, who faces qualified trafficking charges for allegedly molesting school girls and boys, was transferred…

Barok to eat jail food

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Edison Delos Angeles 06/24/2016

HE had wanted something else for dinner, preferably better food than the one given to ordinary prisoners. But this extraordinary prisoner wasn’t about to get any special treatment from his jailers. Last Thursday, hours after he was…

Suspected drug dealer anxious over safety, son

Chito O. Aragon, Julit C. Jainar 06/09/2016

IN turning himself over to the Mandaue City police, 29-year-old suspected drug dealer Pablito Loberanis admitted that he was scared by President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of all-out war against drug syndicates. “Nahadlok na ko sa patakaran karon…

Davide vows to build another jail if reelected

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/05/2016

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III promised to build another jail facility if reelected to a second three-year term in next year’s elections. Davide and Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale visited the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC)…

Man yields P3.8M ‘shabu’ in Lapu-Lapu

Nestle L. Semilla 03/19/2016

SEVERAL packs of suspected shabu with an estimated value of P3.8 million were seized from a man in a buy-bust operation in Lapu-Lapu City. Randy Aton was arrested in his house in Sitio Ka Isko, Barangay Mactan…

New building eyed for Cebu City jail

Apple Ta-as 02/13/2016

TO ADDRESS the perennial problem of congestion in the Cebu City jail in Barangay Kalunasan, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology  (BJMP) will build a high rise building for the inmates. The Cebu City jail, which…

No drugs, no surprise

Editorial 02/10/2016

There’s no surprise about last Monday’s so-called “Oplan Greyhound” done in the jails of the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu because it was only a matter of time before jail authorities launched one of these little…

HOLIDAY BEHIND BARS

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/20/2015

Inmates reunite with kin, celebrate Christmas at CPDRC Corazon Molina, 49, and Michael Carungay, 37, have been living together for more than 20 years. About 11 of those years were spent inside the dank confines of the…

Jail escapee caught aboard plane in Mactan

Norman V. Mendoza 12/18/2015

He almost got away. A jail escapee from Masbate province was arrested  aboard a plane that was set to depart for El Nido, Palawan last Wednesday. Edgar Estonilo Jr., 47, was spotted  at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport…

Capitol to open a slot for prison psychologist

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/15/2015

THE Cebu Provincial Board (PB) approved a resolution in their session yesterday supporting the appointment of a psychologist at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC). Last July, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said he wanted…

Easing prison congestion

06/15/2015

The mass hysteria that befell mostly female inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) again highlighted the fetid, dismal conditions of the provincial jail and how  overpopulation has contributed to that facility’s decay, despite…

Six more female inmates go berserk inside jail

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/08/2015

Six more female inmates were reported to have “gone berserk” inside their cells at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center at 5 p.m. today. This brings to eight the number of female inmates that exhibited “violent…

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