Jailed ‘drug lord’ probed for threats against police chief, his family

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/02/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A “drug lord”, who is in the Cebu City Jail, is being investigated after he allegedly threatened the  police chief of the Integrity Monitoring and Enhancement Group Visayas Field Unit (IMEG-VFU). Police Major…

CHR-7 probe into Sawang Calero controversy ‘on the rocks’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/20/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The fate of the Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR-7) investigation on the controversy surrounding some cops in Sawang Calero Police Station is now in limbo. Leo Villarino, CHR-7 chief investigator,…

Woman complainant against Sawang Calero cops shot dead in highway

Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie Sararana 04/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities here confirmed that one of the complainants, who accused several cops from Sawang Calero Police Station of rape and extortion, was killed by still unidentified assailants tonight, April 19. Ritchie Nepomuceno, 35,…

Policemen involved in rape, extortion raps to lose allowance from Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/07/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The policemen who are facing raps on extortion, rape, and allegedly running a secret jail in Barangay Sawang Calero in Cebu City will lose their allowances from the city government. Mayor Edgardo Labella…

CHR-7 investigates ‘secret jail’ in Sawang Calero Police Station

Morexette Marie Erram 04/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR-7) has started investigating reports of an alleged “secret jail” inside the Sawang Calero Police Station.  Investigators from CHR-7 visited the Sawang Calero Police Station on Tuesday,…

‘Secret jail’ inside Sawang Calero Police Station?

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – More complainants have come forward to report abuse and mistreatment they suffered at the hands of police officers assigned at Sawang Calero Police Station here. This time, a woman, in her 30s, sought…

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