3 killed, 1 injured as truck plows into quarantine checkpoint in Maramag, Bukidnon

Froilan Gallardo 03/21/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines—A village official and two barangay health workers were killed while a fourth victim was injured after a truck plowed into a checkpoint in Maramag town, an hour before a strict community quarantine measure…

108 PRO-7 drug enforcement, intel cops take drug test

Alvin Marie A. Timtim 03/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Nearly all of the 110 personnel of the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit and Regional Intelligence Division of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) has underwent a suprise drug testing this morning,…

P3 million illegal drugs in 3 drug raids in Metro Cebu

Benjie Talisic 07/13/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Close to P3 million worth of illegal drugs were seized by the Drug Enforcement Units of two police stations in three separate buy-and-bust operations in Metro Cebuate late night of July 12 and early morning…

3 dead, 2 wounded in shooting incidents in Metro Cebu in 21 hours

Benjie Talisic, Rosalie Abatayo 06/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Three persons are dead and two are wounded in three separate shooting incidents in Cebu, Mandaue and Talisay cities in a span of 21 hours. The first shooting death was believed to be…

Man with ‘I’m an ex-convict’ carton tag salvaged in Sinsin

Benjie Talisic 06/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The bullet-riddled body of a 24-year-old man, who was believed to be a former inmate, was found in the mountain barangay of Sinsin in the southern part of Cebu City on Sunday, June…

One dead, one wounded in Bulacao hostage taking incident

Benjie B. Talisic 06/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An armed man, who held hostage his cousin and his cousin’s friend inside his house, was killed in a shootout with police officers. Benjie Dela Rosa died after he sustained gunshot wounds in…

Cop, who moonlights as drug pusher, nabbed with P170K shabu in Pardo bust

Benjie B. Talisic 06/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — He helps arrest drug pushers when he is on duty as a police officer, especially since he is a member of the Labangon Police Precinct’s Drug Enforcement Unit. But when he goes off…

Pardo cops raid suspected Inayawan drug den, seize P3.4M shabu

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A raid on a suspected drug den in Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City yielded P3.4 million of suspected shabu and led to the arrest of a suspected high level drug pusher. Police Major Regino…

P4.5M shabu seized; 4 persons nabbed in weekend drug busts in Cebu City

Benjie B. Talisic 04/14/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two separate anti-illegal drug operations in a span of eight hours over the weekend in Cebu City yielded P4.5 million of suspected shabu and netted four persons, one of whom was considered by…

Taxi driver nidunggab sa tangkugo sa ex-convict na silingan, nabalhog sa prisohan

Benjie B. Talisic 02/24/2019

SIYUDAD SA SUGBO, Pilipinas — Ang usa ka 68 na anyos na taxi driver nabalhog sa prisohan human kini iyang gidunggab ang usa ka 47 anyos na ex-convict na iyang silingan sa Sitio All Season 3 sa…

Bulacao buy-bust ends 21-year-old woman’s drug peddling days

Benjie B. Talisic 02/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — She started as a drug user, then evolved into a drug courier, and eventually a drug peddler. But the drug peddling days of 21-year-old Gertie Joy Logroño were shortlived after she was caught…

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