Additional personnel sought to beef up APEC security

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/22/2015

The Philippine National Police (PNP) Maritime Unit-7 wants to beef up security for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Cebu after receiving unverified terrorism threats. Chief Insp. Marvin de Paz, PNP Maritime Unit-7 chief said…

Murder suspect, three cohorts killed in Barili town shootout

Apple Ta-as 05/18/2015

Four men were killed in a shootout with police officers in Barili town, southern Cebu. The police’s Regional Intelligence Division team was about to serve an arrest warrant on murder suspect John Labrador when their presence was…

‘CLEAR ROADS FOR APEC’

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/14/2015

DPWH to suspend excavations along APEC route starting June Cebu is 80% ready for APEC meetings, organizers claim Excavations and road projects between APEC meeting venues in Cebu, Mandaue and Mactan will be suspended starting June. This…

PNP on heightened alert in Luzon, Visayas, full alert in Mindanao for Labor Day

04/30/2015

MANILA — The Philippine National Police is on heightened alert in Luzon and Visayas as it gears for protest rallies across the country for the Labor Day celebration on Friday (May 1).  In Mindanao, police units there will be…

3 armed men enter jewelry store on Colon Street, clean out vault

Chito O. Aragon, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/26/2015

5-MINUTE HEIST   Employees of MyGoldStore, a pawnshop in Colon Street, were getting ready to fill  glass display cases with jewelry at 8:30  a.m. yesterday when three armed men entered and wiped out the store. The robbery…

Transport terminals beef up security

Apple Ta-as 03/31/2015

Senior Supt. Mariano Batiancela, acting police chief of Cebu City Police Office led the inspection of terminals and ports  yesterday. He said he is deploying more police personnel as travellers continue to flock to transportation terminals for…

Police: CCTV footage can show e-bingo robbers

Apple Ta-as, Norman V. Mendoza 03/25/2015

The Mandaue City Police Office is still processing the footage of security cameras inside the electronic bingo outlet at the City Times Square in Mandaue City that lost P1.9 million in cash to armed robbers last Monday.…

Security cameras sought for provincial jail, police precincts

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/24/2015

An inmate’s jump off the viewing deck of the quadrangle of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) highlighted the necessity to install security cameras in the area. Cebu Provincial Jail Warden Romeo Manansala said they…

Victim’s family complains of rats in CCMC morgue

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/03/2015

The management of the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) is investigating a family’s complaint that rats in the morgue had eaten the nose of a cadaver of a gunshot victim past midnight yesterday. CCMC director for administration…

Cebuano policeman accused of aiming rifle at Masbate governor during Sinulog grand parade charged

Chito O. Aragon 01/21/2015

A Cebu City policeman who allegedly pointed a rifle at the governor of Masbate and her son who is mayor of a town in the said province in a commotion at the entrance gate of the Cebu…

Cebu jails tighten, no selfies with visitors

Apple Ta-as, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/22/2014

There won’t be any selfies for inmates and their families inside the Cebu City Jail and the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) on Christmas Day or New Year. This after both jail facilities were ordered…

Couple loses P130K to robbers

Apple Ta-as 12/18/2014

A couple in Malabuyoc town, southern Cebu lost more than P130,000 worth of cash and jewelry to five robbers who  include a former neighbor, at dawn yesterday. Businessman Antonio Alloso, 44,  his wife Marimel, 42, and their…

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