Confiscation, surrender of loose firearms seen to help minimize crime rate

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 07/02/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Police Regional Office Central Visayas (PRO-7) director Police Brigadier General Ronnie Montejo believes the seizure of loose firearms will be a huge help in minimizing criminality in the region, especially as the 2022…

Ferro: COVID-19 should be a concern of every Filipino

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, the director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas, everyone should help in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). During the “graduation” ceremony of policemen…

Rebel pa, 2 sons nabbed for killing Ayungon cops in July 2019

Alven Marie A. Timtim 02/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A father and his two sons, who are accused of being among the group of New People’s Army rebels who ambushed and killed for policemen in Ayungon town in Negros Oriental last July…

Police officers spend time away from family to keep public safe on Christmas

Alven Marie A. Timtim 12/24/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — Police Lieutenant Eddie Ric Yarag smoothened his uniform as he prepared to line up for a special ceremony. It is Tuesday, December 24, the day before Christmas. But Yarag, 42, is not at…

PRO official calls on Jaime Jayson to surrender

Nestle L. Semilla 12/27/2016

Police Regional Office Central Visayas (PRO 7) deputy regional director for operations Senior Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas called on Jaime Jayson, one of the suspects in the killing of Catmon Police Station chief Sen. Insp. Alejandro Nuñez,…

THOSE MYSTERIOUS ‘NUBAIN’

Dominic D. Yasay 10/16/2016

WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? Were those really Nubain, the restricted injectable painkiller that was reported to have replaced shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) as a drug of choice among junkies? There were 799 ampules containing yellow-colored liquid chemical…

Back to square one for Oplan TokHang

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/20/2016

IT’S back to square one for the police precincts implementing “Oplan TokHang” (Toktok Hangyo) in Central Visayas as they were ordered to repeat the processing of self-confessed drug users and pushers. Senior Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas, Police…

Comendador: Resist bribery

Apple Ta-as 05/23/2016

Chief Supt. Patrocinio Comendador, regional director of the Police Regional Office Central Visayas (PRO-7), challenged his men to have the moral courage to resist bribery. Comendador was at the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) to award policemen…

PRO-7 poll-related incident committee to tackle Dumanjug shooting incident

Michaela Jaycel L. Dolores 05/12/2016

The Police Regional Office Central Visayas (PRO-7) election-related incident validation committee will meet today to discuss the recent Dumanjug town shooting incident. Senior Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas, PRO-7 deputy regional director for operations, in an interview Thursday…

CPPO to seek military’s help

Apple Ta-as 04/13/2016

The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) will ask the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Police Regional Office Central Visayas (PRO-7) to send personnel who can help monitor and secure the  more than 1,000 voting…

Comendador to implement Oplan Lambat-Sibat in Central Visayas

Apple Ta-as 04/06/2016

Chief Supt. Patrocinio Commendador, regional director of the Police Regional Office Central Visayas (PRO-7), plans to fully implement the Philippine National Police’s program “Oplan Lambat-Sibat” in Central Visayas. “We are now discussing and launching the ‘Oplan Lambat-Sibat’…

New PRO-7 chief: Return a homecoming, a challenge

Apple Ta-as 04/04/2016

Chief Supt. Patrocinio Comendador, who assumed yesterday as the top official of the Police Regional Office Central Visayas  (PRO-7), said he sees his return to Cebu as a big challenge and a homecoming. Comendador said during the…

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