Detained ‘pedophile’ calls Germany using jail phone

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/01/2017

There is no denying. Suspected pedophile, Thomas Ruhland, who is currently detained at the Cebu provincial jail in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City, was recently able to call a friend in Germany. A service phone available for the…

Jail’s waste facility overworked, not broken

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/19/2017

THE wastewater facility isn’t broken, it’s just not operating to capacity, said the acting warden of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC). Dr. Gil Macato, acting warden, said budget constraints and the overpopulation of inmates…

EMB TO JAILS: Stop dumping wastewater into Langub Creek

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/11/2017

THE Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 7 asked the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) and Cebu City Jail to cease discharging its wastewater into the Langub Creek in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City. EMB-7 also recommended that…

Troubled children pray, seek Sto. Niño’s help

Nestle L. Semilla 01/09/2017

Hoping to be given a second chance at a better life, most of the children in conflict with the law, who are detained at the Cebu City Operation Second Chance in Barangay Kalunasan prayed to Sto. Niño…

93-1: Settling the settlers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/07/2017

(Part 2) In the afternoon of December 7, in front of hundreds of beneficiaries, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for a land swap between the…

Provincial Capitol: Of prison breaks and other problems

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/05/2017

(Conclusion) Known globally as the jail facility that houses the dancing inmates, unknown to the world, the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) has been plagued with various issues: from the escape of inmates, to the…

CPDRC inmates to be shipped to other jails

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/26/2016

STARTING January next year, provincial jail inmates will be transferred by batches to other other detention centers, such as the Abuyog Penal Colony in Leyte and the National Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City to decongest the already…

Creek stench

Editorial 12/16/2016

It was pathetic seeing the officials of both the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) blaming each other for the stench emanating from the Kalunasan Creek which, if left to worsen,…

FINDING THE CULPRIT

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 12/12/2016

Whose poop is it? The question appears to have no answer for now, as Cebu’s biggest jails, the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), began throwing blame at each other on…

Devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe spans generations

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/12/2016

SHE was only five years old when her father first brought her to the Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Barangay Guadalupe to attend the Mass in celebration of the fiesta of the Virgin Mary under that…

Blind asks for accessible relocation area

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/11/2016

THE blind community have lived in Barangay Apas for decades and have flourished for years in their different livelihoods, such as providing massage services. But when the fire razed their houses, they are faced with possible relocation…

PROBE LANGUB STENCH

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 12/11/2016

The unbearable odor coming from Kalunasan creek which passes through Guadalupe cave, a holy place, has raised calls for the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-7)to investigate nearby jails As thousands of devotees of the Patroness of Cebu, the…

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