Police elevates cases against Castro at DOJ, Supreme Court

Apple Ta-as 03/10/2016

THE police aren’t letting up on their efforts to prosecute Asst. Cebu City Prosecutor Mary Ann Castro. Senior Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas, deputy regional director for operations of Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), said they…

Police maintain claim on Lapu drug group

Apple Ta-as, Norman V. Mendoza 02/23/2016

THE Police Regional Office (PRO-7)insisted that the  group led by Joel Oyao Amistad who was killed in a shootout with police last Sunday is allegedly engaged in illegal drugs in Lapu-Lapu City. “We are not generalizing all…

Bets, supporters urged to tape gun muzzles

Apple Ta-as 02/18/2016

For a fair and safe election, police are urging political candidates and supporters to surrender their firearms  for muzzle taping. “It should be a gesture on their part that they want a fair election, not just the…

Police to set up more checkpoints

Apple Ta-as 01/10/2016

POLICE in Central Visayas will set up more checkpoints to be able to strictly enforce the gun ban for the coming elections, which started yesterday. “This is to perform our mandate for a fair election so that…

P200K worth of seized firecrackers destroyed

Apple Ta-as, Rene F. Alima 12/31/2015

Police yesterday soaked  assorted firecrackers in drums of water  in a ceremony destroying seized goods  worth more than P200,000 at the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 headquarters. The firecrackers were seized from street vendors in simultaneous crackdowns…

New PRO-7 chief ‘ready to do more’

Apple Ta-as 12/10/2015

He knows a daunting task awaits him, but Chief Supt. Manuel Gaerlan said he is up to the challenge. Gaerlan yesterday assumed the post of  acting chief of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7). He…

Bañas exits PRO-7

Apple Ta-as 12/09/2015

“It was challenging and exciting.” This was how Chief Supt. Prudencio Bañas described his stint as chief of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7). After a year and a half, Bañas will be relinquishing his…

IEC organizers want APEC-type security plan

Apple Ta-as 11/25/2015

ORGANIZERS of next year’s International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) held a closed-door meeting with top police officials yesterday to discuss security plans for the event that will  draw more than 10,000 foreign and local delegates in January. Chief…

Wounded Catmon cops receive Medal of Valor

Apple Ta-as 11/09/2015

THE two police officers who were wounded in a shootout in barangay Binongkalan, Catmon town, northern Cebu last Wednesday were awarded the Medalya ng Sugatang Magiting or Medal of Valor yesterday. Chief Supt. Prudencio “Tom” Bañas, Police…

Fire, shooting alarms on All Saints’ Day

11/03/2015

Fire and shooting incidents marred the observance of All Saints’ Day in Cebu. Except for these, Senior Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas, chief of staff of Police Regional Office (PRO-7), said the observance of the All Saints’ Day…

Business, government gear up for APEC meet

Melissa Q. Cabahug 07/16/2015

Business groups, regional agencies, and the cities of Mandaue, Cebu and Lapu-Lapu, under the lead of the Cebu provincial government, have stepped up preparations for the hosting of APEC meetings from August 22 to October 14 here.…

Tiu asks hearing officer to inhibit from case

Apple Ta-as 06/16/2015

THE controversial police official who is facing an administrative case for allegedly maltreating street children that he rounded up is asking the hearing officer, Chief Insp. Jose Gesto, to inhibit from the case. Chief Insp. Wildemar Tiu,…

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