Suspect behind shooting of ex-convict in Mango identified

Paul Lauro 11/12/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police here have already identified suspects in the shooting that killed a 21-year-old ex-convict in uptown Cebu City last Sunday, November 10. Surveillance videos of the shooting, which took place in front of…

Cebu City: Woman shot dead by neighbor inside internet cafe

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 10/30/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A woman was shot dead while playing an online gambling game inside an Internet cafe in Paradise II, Brgy. Kinasang-an, Cebu City on early Wednesday morning, October 30, 2024. Her 22-year-old friend and…

Cebu City shooting: 13-year-old boy shot dead while resting

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 10/29/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 13-year-old boy was shot dead by still unidentified assailants as he was resting at the second floor of a house that was under construction in Sitio Lahing-Lahing 2, Brgy. Mabolo in Cebu…

Garma: ‘Davao template’ on illegal drugs applied in entire PH

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 10/12/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Retired police colonel Royina Garma confirmed that the past administration adopted a so-called “Davao template” in terms of the war against illegal drugs. Garma, during her testimony at the House of Representatives’ quad committee…

Pogos are now relocating to far-flung areas, say Central Visayas cops

Emmariel Ares 10/10/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Operators of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (Pogo) hubs are now moving their headquarters to far-flung areas. Police Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), said…

Chan orders probe on 2 cops who ‘assaulted’ a criminology student

Futch Anthony Inso 10/07/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Two police officers and a police asset are in hot water after they allegedly assaulted a criminology student, whom they considered a suspect in a burglary case. The concerned police officers are assigned…

P11.7M ‘shabu’ seized in week-long operations in Central Visayas

Emmariel Ares 10/02/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Relentless police operations in Central Visayas for one week led to the confiscation of suspected shabu worth over P11,000,000. These police operations were conducted across Central Visayas from September 22- 28, 2024. According…

FB page Cebu Updates draws backlash for misinformation on robbery

Pia Piquero 10/02/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A post in Facebook page Cebu Updates claiming a robbery had occurred at a pawnshop along T. Padilla backfired after it was later known that the incident was just a police drill and…

Cebu City police stages robbery to test response

Emmariel Ares 10/02/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) conducted another city-wide simulation exercise by staging a robbery incident in the downtown area on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. The exercise, which aims to elevate the operational…

2 men brought to police after fighting over spilled softdrinks in Cebu City

Paul Lauro 09/11/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Simply because of spilled softdrinks, two men engaged in a fist fight inside a popular fastfood chain in Colon Street that ended up at the police station on Tuesday, September 11, 2024. Police…

Bohol buy-bust yields P510,000 of ‘shabu’

Emmariel Ares 08/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 23-year-old man, described as a high-value target, was caught with suspected shabu estimated to be worth P510,000 during a buy-bust operation in Brgy. Bool, Tagbilaran City in Bohol province on Wednesday evening,…

Police, military personnel exempted from drug, mental test rules to get gun licenses 

John Eric Mendoza 08/15/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The police and military personnel are now exempted from getting drug tests and psychiatric examinations when getting a license to own firearms. This move was ordered by Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Rommel Marbil…

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