A farmer’s son’s journey: From SAF member to CPPO chief

Alven Marie A. Timtim 10/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A former member of the elite police unit, Special Action Force, who has done a yearlong tour of duty outside the country, particularly in Kosovo in southeastern Europe, is now at the helm…

SAF troops in Cebu City to return to HQ COVID-free

Alven Marie Timtim 08/11/2020

(Updated, 1:30 p.m.) CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 151 members of the augmented Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be sent back to the headquarters in Camp Crame on Tuesday afternoon, August…

Augmented SAF personnel in Cebu may be recalled earlier

Alven Marie Timtim 08/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Augmented personnel from the Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) may be leaving Cebu earlier than the scheduled recalling date on August 15, 2020. Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro,…

Augmented police officers to stay in Cebu City

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines–Regardless of the new quarantine status, the additional police officers fielded in Cebu City will stay.  Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), said he asked…

SAF will stay until virus stops spreading – Ferro

Alven Marie A. Timtim 06/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Special Action Force (SAF) team will be staying in Cebu City until the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) here stops spreading. This was the announcement of Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, Police…

SAF troops to secure hotspot brgys in Cebu City

Alven Marie A. Timtim 06/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP), who arrived this noon, June 26, 2020, will be deployed in identified hard lockdown areas. Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, director…

JAILED

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/21/2017

Wearing a blue Lacoste polo shirt, black denim pants and sneakers, road rage shooter David Chua Lim Jr., a scion of one of Cebu’s rich families, was locked behind bars at the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO)…

SAF carnage: Napeñas hits back at P-Noy

Nestle L. Semilla 01/27/2017

President Aquino has “no balls.” This was the stinging rebuke of former Special Action Force (SAF) commander Getulio Napeñas Jr. who was visibly mad at his former commander-in-chief for blaming him for the botched operation in Mamasapano,…

SAF 44: Their sacrifice saved lives

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/25/2017

One question kept haunting Chief Supt. Noli Taliño after the Jan. 25, 2015 covert operation that ended in the massacre of 44 elite Special Action Force (SAF) commandos in Maguindanao: Is one terrorist worth the lives of…

SAF 44 widow wants Medal of Valor for slain husband

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/24/2017

HER request for educational assistance for her nine-year-old son had been approved. Instead of paying an annual tuition fee of P30,000, Michelle Candano pays P12,000 to the school where her son is enrolled — a benefit given…

Doria is Cebu City Police chief

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/22/2016

From an acting capacity, the Philippine National Police has designated Senior Supt. Joel Doria as the director of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO). The Dec. 21 order implemented by Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, director of the…

Oplan: Big-time Tokhang

Nestle L. Semilla, Rene F. Alima 12/16/2016

Government’s antidrug war basically took a more literal twist on Friday when a strong force of about a hundred uniformed armed police and military operatives knocked on the doors of Barangay Tangke, Talisay — a village notorious…

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