Labella orders investigation of alleged child maltreatment inside Operation Second Chance

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 10/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered an investigation on allegations of child maltreatment inside the city-owned Operation Second Chance in Barangay Kalunasan.  Labella made this pronouncement after the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) reported…

Recover escaped CICL or face sanctions – Labella

Irene R. Sino Cruz 10/08/2019

CEBU CITY—Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella has directed Operation Second Chance officials to recover the remaining escaped child-in-conflict with the law (CICL) or they would face sanctions. “They really have to find ways to recover (the escaped…

3 minors who escaped from Operation Second Chance are found; 8 others still to be rescued

Alven Marie A. Timtim 10/06/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Three of the 11 children in conflict with the law (CILC) who escaped from the Operation Second Chance facility in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City on October 4, 2019  were brought back to the…

‘Rescue’ operation on for 11 minors who escaped from Operation Second Chance

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Eleven children in conflict with the law (CICL), all of whom involved in illegal drugs-related cases, escaped from the Operation Second Chance facility in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City following a mad dash to…

‘Love rivalry’ led to a fight inside Operation Second Chance

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 09/06/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – – A personal grudge between two children in conflict with the law (CICL) led to a physical altercation inside Cebu City Operation Second Chance in Barangay Kalunasan at around 2 p.m. on Thursday,…

Tumulak calls on new admin to fast track waste water treatment facility in Kalunasan

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 07/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak calls on the new administration to review the plans to construct a waste water treatment facility in Barangay Kalunasan where residents suffer from foul smell during heavy rain. This is…

BJMP chief reports drop in ‘contraband’ confiscated from jail facilities in Cebu, CV

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/01/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines -Chief Superintendent Allan Iral, officer-in-charge of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), reported a decline in the number of contraband that were confiscated from jail facilities in Cebu and the rest of…

Sto. Niño image brought to Operation Second Chance

Marc Cosep 01/09/2018

  The image of the Señor Sto. Niño was brought to the juvenile detainees of the Cebu City Operation Second Chance Center in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City today. A solemn Mass was held at the center’s basketball…

OPERATION: SMUGGLE

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/27/2017

Cebu City Jail inmates  smuggle contraband through  Operation Second Chance Center, an adjacent rehabilitation facility for youth offenders If there’s a will, there’s a way. Cebu City Jail inmates have found a clever way to sneak in…

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…

Christmas cheer for detained minors

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/10/2016

It may be more than two weeks away, yet Christmas isn’t too early for 200 children confined at the Operation Second Chance facility in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City. The Operation Second Chance Center, which can be reached…

Sharing the burden on youth offenders

12/04/2014

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology’s (BJMP) plan to pull out its personnel from Cebu City’s Operation Second Chance (OSC) is unfortunate, but it also presents an opportunity for a better setup. The task of rehabilitating…

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