CPDRC to install signal jammers

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/16/2016

NOT even solitary confinement in an isolation cell at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) could stop alleged big-time drug personality Alvaro “Barok” Alvaro from communicating with the world outside. There is always the cellular…

Presidential protection

Editorial 12/11/2016

What to do when the people you’re prosecuting is being protected by the president of the republic? That predicament facing the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is now being shared by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)…

Bato: Duterte only expresses support for accused cops

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Dominic D. Yasay, Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/08/2016

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will not interfere in the investigation and legal proceedings involving the policemen accused of killing Albuera, Leyte, Mayor Albuera, Leyte,Sr., but he will do everything to spare them from being put behind bars, Philippine…

NO JAIL TIME FOR ESPINOSA KILLERS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Joey Gabieta 12/07/2016

Just as the wheels of justice started moving, President Rodrigo Duterte announced that he would not allow the policemen who allegedly killed Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. to go to jail. The statement from the country’s…

Two women charged for alleged extort try

Nestle L. Semilla 12/07/2016

Women post video of spoiled canned meat on Facebook Two women face charges for allegedly trying to extort more than half a million pesos from a food manufacturing company based in Barangay Pakna-an, Mandaue City. Aldara Piñero…

Pa seeks NBI aid in probing daughter’s death

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/28/2016

THE father of the slain 21-year-old student whose remains were found in the mountain village of Guimbacongan in Sibonga town, south Cebu asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate her death. Joselito Jabello went to…

NBI-Bohol seized P5M drugs, arrested 100 suspects in 11 months

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/24/2016

Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation in Bohol (NBI-Bohol) have arrested at least 100 drug suspects and confiscated about P5 million worth of illegal drugs since January 2016. Based on its records, the satellite agency arrested…

EXTORTION RACKET BUSTED

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/21/2016

Taiwanese nationals, allegedly operating an online extortion racket victimizing retired and active government officials in Taiwan, were raided by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI-7) at their hideout base inside a subdivision in Barangay Guadalupe,…

‘Sometimes, rule of law can be stupid proposition’

11/15/2016

For President Rodrigo Duterte, ensuring the safety of Filipinos in a country “rocked with rebellion and extremism” and “flooded with drugs” can be “hell” and nightmarish. “You know countries like the Philippines, you do what is right,…

Aguirre eyes NBI detention for Kerwin

11/15/2016

MANILA — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Monday said alleged drug lord Rolando “Kerwin” Espinosa Jr. might be detained at the National Bureau of Investigation instead of the police headquarters in Camp Crame “to avoid any cover…

Mayor Luigi going after person who posted hoax kidnapping on FB

Norman V. Mendoza 11/14/2016

THE Mandaue City government is going after the person who posted a fake kidnapping incident in Mandaue City on Facebook which went viral. Mandaue City Mayor Gabriel Luis Quisumbing said he referred the fake kidnapping post on…

Cleared

Editorial 11/11/2016

The dismissal of the trafficking charges filed against an American couple who supposedly ran an orphanage without the proper documents may be an eye-opener in terms of how the authorities deal with foreigners who come into contact…

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