Drug surrenderer shot dead in Lapu

Norman V. Mendoza 02/05/2017

A 38-YEAR-OLD drug suspect who surrendered to police during an Oplan TokHang operation died after being shot down several times by unidentified motorcycle-riding assailants in Sitio Pakpakan, Barangay Basak in Lapu-Lapu City last Saturday evening. Arnelo Nacorda,…

Cops’ 2-day tally: 5 dead, 2 nabbed, half a million worth of drugs seized

Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 01/25/2017

FIVE suspected drug pushers were killed and at least P600,000 worth of suspected shabu were confiscated in three separate anti-illegal drug operations in two days in three towns in Cebu province. In Aloguinsan town in midwest Cebu,…

3 nabbed in Mandaue, Lapu drug busts

John Carlo Villaruel, Norman V. Mendoza 01/09/2017

PRO-7’s Oplan Tokhang nets over 100K people THREE suspected drug peddlers were arrested by the police in separate drug operations in Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu cities yesterday afternoon and last Sunday. James Anthony Biran, 19, of Barangay Mantuyong,…

Surrenderer shot dead in Toledo City

Rene F. Alima 12/31/2016

CEBU CITY-A drug user who surrendered to the police during Oplan Tokhang, was killed by one of the two men on board a motorcycle about 10 a.m. on New Year’s Eve in Toledo City, about 56.6 km…

A safer communal New Year’s celebration

Editorial 12/30/2016

As the clock winds down to New Year’s Day at midnight, we hope the local governments of Cebu will follow the directive of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to monitor and crack down…

The rising body count

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/29/2016

(A special CDN series on the Philippine National Police and the war on illegal drugs in Central Visayas) Forty-one-year-old Julian Ramos, a carpenter from Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City, admitted to using shabu (meth amphetamine hydrochloride) since he…

Barangay official killed by alleged drug cohorts

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/28/2016

A barangay councilor of Jubay in Liloan town, Cebu was gunned down by two unknown assailants at past 10 p.m. on Thursday. Erwin Sarmiento was driving his motorcycle along the national highway when he was ambushed by…

Drug use on decline due to random tests

Nestle L. Semilla 10/19/2016

DRUG use among local government employees and officials may be declining with the constant random drug tests being done on them, the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) said. Ivy Durano-Mecca, who heads the CPADAO, said they…

Man killed by gunmen on motorbike

Rene F. Alima 10/16/2016

Alcantara shooting victim was a drug surrenderer; cops looking at crime as drug-related killing A drug surrenderer, who admitted to being a drug user, was shot dead last Saturday by two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle in…

Brgy. secretary, tanod caught using drugs in Pinamungajan cemetery

Rene F. Alima 10/09/2016

THEY were supposed to be the ones helping the police implement Oplan Tokhang (Operation Toktok Hangyo) in their barangay, but two barangay officials of Pinamungajan town in southwestern Cebu ended up in jail after they were caught…

Drug suspect in critical condition

Norman V. Mendoza 09/28/2016

A SUSPECTED drug pusher is in critical condition after being shot by motorcycle riders in Mt. Manunggal Street, Singson Village in Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City at past 9 pm Tuesday. SPO1 Michael Lima-Lima of the Subangdaku police…

Police bring Oplan Tokhang to jail

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/27/2016

The police yesterday brought the Oplan Tokhang to the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) to encourage inmates to stay away from illegal drugs. Although they are behind bars, a number of inmates still use illegal…

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