Dumpit to be freed Thursday

Chito O. Aragon 05/18/2016

Dumpit told Cebu Daily News in a phone interview that his bail was already paid by lawyer Ben Militar on Wednesday afternoon. He will be released from the Leyte Regional Penitentiary (LRP) in Abuyog town in Leyte…

The Netherlands jails’ accommodate asylum-seekers as prisoners decline

05/17/2016

Haarlem, the Netherlands — With crime declining in the Netherlands, the country is looking at new ways to fill its prisons. The government has let Belgium and Norway put prisoners in empty cells and now, amid the…

Davide vows to build another jail if reelected

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/05/2016

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III promised to build another jail facility if reelected to a second three-year term in next year’s elections. Davide and Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale visited the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC)…

Biggest shabu haul seized in Bilibid Prison

03/03/2016

Authorities on Thursday seized the largest haul of methamphetamine hydrochloride (“shabu”) inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) during the 21st “Oplan Galugad” operation. “We recovered the shabu at the ceiling outside of the dormitory of Building 5,…

Victims, police happy over Joavan’s conviction

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/26/2016

THE lives of Oscar Abellana  and his son Osbert changed  after they decided to file charges against Joavan Fernandez. In 2009, they stayed in a safe house of the Department of Justice (DOJ) for fear that the…

Handcuffed man escapes from Tuburan hospital

Apple Ta-as, Rene Alima 06/14/2015

A  36-year-old detainee facing drug charges removed his handcuffs and slipped past his two police guards while confined in a government hospital in Tuburan town, northwest Cebu. On Friday morning   it was discovered that Dindo Sato Naingue…

Court suspends prison term for ‘nut rage’ lady

AP 05/23/2015

SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court yesterday suspended the prison term of the former Korean Air executive whose onboard “nut rage” tantrum delayed a flight last year, immediately ending her incarceration. Cho Hyun-ah, who is…

Resu declares measles outbreak at CPDRC; 42 inmates down

Apple Ta-as 06/27/2014

A measles outbreak was declared at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) where 42 inmates were suspected to have suffered from the virus since June 16. Laboratory tests conducted last Friday by the regional health…

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