BuCor reports transfer of 48 inmates from NBP to Leyte Regional Prison

Faith Argosino 01/21/2024

MANILA, Philippines — In line with the government’s efforts to decongest jails, 48 inmates, or persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City have been transferred to Leyte Regional Prison in Abuyog,…

Police eye ex-convict husband’s links to drugs as possible motive for lawyer’s killing

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/18/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Danao City Police are now looking into the possible connection of the death of Lawyer Baby Maria Concepcion Landero-Ole on December 17, 2020, to that of her husband, Wanito, a former…

Woman nabbed in Mandaue buy-bust with P1.3M shabu

Norman V. Mendoza 03/14/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A 25-year-old woman was arrested with 200 grams of suspected shabu worth P1.3 million during a buy-bust operation along M.L. Quezon Street in Barangay Casuntingan, Mandaue City past 2 a.m. today, March 14,…

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…

4 COPS AND A BARANGAY CAPTAIN

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/15/2016

A trusted aide of slain drug lord Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz has spilled the beans on their alleged drug protectors in Cebu City. Joselito “Otik” Arellano, who was arrested by Cebu City policemen early Thursday morning, identified a…

Feet of clay, offensive wordplay

Stephen D. Capillas 10/06/2016

Columnist Jessica Zafra’s “Obituary to the Formerly Brilliant” written in reference to her former mentor, current Philippine ambassador to the United Nations Teddy Boy Locsin, was a sad yet telling reminder to all and sundry that anyone,…

Police validating information on new drug trafficking modus

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/23/2016

POLICE Regional Office (PRO-7) Chief Noli Taliño said they are validating information that new players and modes of exchange have been used by drug syndicates to prevent them from getting caught. “All information we received should be…

Some joke

Editorial 08/31/2016

To be exact, President Rodrigo Duterte didn’t say outright that the country was leaving the United Nations (UN) immediately or in the near future. He was said to have been ticked off by an American reporter who…

Drastic measures

Ricky Poca 07/11/2016

Last week President Rodrigo Duterte made good on his promise to name the five police officials allegedly acting as protectors of drug lords. Named were retired PNP officials Marcelo Garbo and Vic Loot (now Daanbantayan mayor) and…

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