CCPO reminds cops: Don’t resort to violence

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Police officers here were reminded not to resort to violence and use their service firearms unless threats to their lives are present and imminent. Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Parilla, deputy director for operations of the…

Cop being investigated for alleged abuse of minor

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A cop was temporarily relieved from his post as he is being investigated for alleged abuse for forcing a 15-year-old boy in Barangay Tisa to do push-ups for not wearing a face mask…

IBM quits facial recognition, joins call for police reforms

Associated Press 06/10/2020

IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business, saying it’s concerned about how the technology can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling. Ongoing protests responding to the death of George Floyd have sparked a broader reckoning…

Garma will still pursue cyberlibel case against Basillote’s wife

Zena V. Magto 05/15/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — She may have taken a pause because of the busy midterm elections, but the cyberlibel case against the common-law wife of Eddie Basillote is far from being forgotten. In a press briefing on…

CHR-7: CCTV footage of police mauling suspect shows abuse of human rights

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The video of drug suspect Eddie Basillote being allegedly mauled by police operatives during a drug operation in Barangay Talamban in Cebu City on April 18, 2019 can be considered as evidence of possible abuse…

Two cops insist Cedeño killing was legit

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/30/2016

THE two policemen who were accused of deliberately killing a 22-year-old drug suspect maintained their innocence even as they reacted differently to the murder complaint filed against them by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) before the…

NBI TO FILE MURDER RAPS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/20/2015

Child witness identifies cops, but not Tiu;  Why do Fuente police shave heads of girls? By next week, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will be ready to file murder charges against several policemen for the death…

Relieve all Fuente police, says city mayor

Chito O. Aragon, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/24/2015

WITH allegations of police brutality directed at the Fuente precinct, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he wants the personnel , including their chief, transferred. At least 15 police officers were on duty on Easter Sunday, when…

Chastity and the invisible night

Raymund Fernandez 04/22/2015

There are subtle intricacies in the design of old Philippine colonial houses. Whatever it was called, balay nga bato, balay nga tisa, or dakung balay, it was always a house of shadows and secret doorways. The posts…

Hustisya alang kang Chastity

Lloyd Suarez 04/22/2015

Ugkaton karong adlawa ni Dr. Rene Cam, medico legal officer  sa National  Bureau of Investigation (NBI) ang  patay’ng  lawas sa 11 anyos  nga batang babaye nga giingong  manglimosay sa Mango Avenue nga si Chastity Mirabiles. Kinsa  man…

4 cops accused of mauling man in downtown bar

Chito O. Aragon 04/10/2015

Four policemen assigned at the Carbon Police Station in Cebu City were accused of mauling a 30-year-old man  during a commotion in a downtown videoke bar at Friday dawn. Von Rovi Alfeche and his parents showed up…

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