BAROK ‘AIDE’ SLAIN

Benjie B. Talisic, Nestle L. Semilla, Rene F. Alima 07/15/2017

Just as President Rodrigo Duterte announced that Cebu is a hot spot for illegal drugs, 50 suspected drug personalities were arrested and an alleged trusted aide of a jailed drug lord was killed in simultaneous operations in…

Police arrests 1, rescues 4 minors from Sambag 2 drug den

Benjie B. Talisic 07/09/2017

Fuente Police rescued four minors aged 14 to 17-years-old from a drug den in Sitio Brupa, Barangay Sambag 2, Cebu City early on Saturday morning. Police Chief Inspector Maria Theresa Macatangay said the four were made to…

Lacion bust: 2 boys rescued, 1 nabbed

Rene F. Alima 07/02/2017

Two minors, who are 16 and 17 years old, were rescued by authorities inside a suspected drug den at Barangay Lamac, Consolacion town in northern Cebu on Saturday. PO1 Alfredo Son of the Consolacion Police Station said…

Minors turned over to DSWD; police say parents may face raps

Nestle L. Semilla 06/04/2017

THE minors who were rescued in a raid of a hotel room in Colon Street, Cebu City last Saturday were already turned over to their parents and guardians. Chief Insp. Christopher Navida, Cebu City Police Office City…

American arrested on suspicion of trafficking minors

Intern 05/18/2017

POLICE arrested a 40-year-old American Navy retiree after being found in the company of two female minors at a beach resort in Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, Wednesday evening. A situation where minors in the company of a…

Police arrest US Navy retiree for checking in with minors in Sta. Fe resort

05/18/2017

CEBU CITY–A 40-year-old former American serviceman was was arrested on Wednesday night after checking in with two teenaged sisters at a beach resort in Barangay Talisay, Sta. Fe town on Bantayan Island, northern Cebu. Jason Stone, a…

Minors 12 to 17 will go to jail for drug offenses

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/12/2017

Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III yesterday told law enforcers that they can now arrest and detain minors aged 12 to 17 who violate the laws against illegal drugs. “Kailangan na makulong muna sila while they…

BJMP guards to include minors’ jail in security watch

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/28/2017

DESPITE pulling out from the Operation Second Chance Center (OSCC), the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has assured that they will include the facility in their security watch in order to prevent the smuggling of…

Police arrest suspected drug pusher; 3 minors rescued

Benjie Talisic 04/14/2017

A suspected drug pusher was arrested while three minors were rescued during a buy-bust operation in District 4, Barangay Pupogan, Consolacion town, Cebu on Thursday evening. Chief Insp. Roderick Gonzales, Chief of Consolacion Police Station, said they…

Taliño: Use of minors as couriers alarming

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 03/13/2017

  POLICE regional director Chief Supt. Noli Taliño expressed concern over the arrest of minors who were allegedly used as drug couriers. “Nakakatakot yan. Napakabata pa nila pero ginagamit na (That’s fearsome. They are still very young,…

MINORS IN TROUBLE

Fe Marie Dumaboc, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 03/12/2017

As the police and other law enforcement authorities recalibrated their offensive against illegal drugs, they find themselves facing a troubling aspect of the drug war — dealing with minors caught alongside the adult offenders. Over the weekend,…

3 drug suspects nabbed in Pardo

Intern 02/24/2017

THREE suspected drug pushers were arrested by the elements of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in Barangay Basak Pardo, Cebu City, last Thursday. Jeffrey Pinili, 26; along with his brother Arein Pinili, 27, a…

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