Minglanilla cops facing probe for ‘Tokhang arrests’

Nestle L. Semilla 12/27/2016

MINGLANILLA police officers will be investigated after a complaint will be filed by a director of a national government office accusing them of forcing people arrested in an anti-illegal gambling raid to sign a paper claiming they…

A different kind of surrender

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/27/2016

PART 2 (A four-part series on why there is hope for drug users and pusher) Rene Francisco, 57, was an addict whose addiction to drugs and alcohol started in high school, back in Ozamiz City. Sent to…

65 Cebu barangays claim to be ‘drug-free’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/15/2016

More barangays in Cebu have recently claimed to be “drug-free.” Senior Supt. Eric Noble, director of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO), told reporters on Thursday that 65 more barangays in Cebu also claimed to be free…

Few drug surrenderers avail of brgy-based treatment-CPADAO

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/13/2016

Despite the rising number of drug surrenderers in Cebu, the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) laments a significantly low turnout of surrenderers who actually commit to a community-based treatment program. CPADAO head Ivy Durano-Meca cites the…

CPADAO: Agencies should work together

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/12/2016

A CEBU provincial official is calling for coordination of concerned agencies in addressing the issue of minor drug surrenderers. Carmen Durano-Meca, Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) director, said yesterday that it would be difficult for them…

Mandaue drug surrenderers get free groceries

Norman V. Mendoza 12/06/2016

ASIDE from livelihood, why not entice drug suspects to surrender with free groceries? The Mandaue City Police Office recorded 50 drug surrenderers in the past three weeks since they launched their “Grocery for Surrenderers.” Senior Supt. Roberto…

‘Self-sufficient’ rehab center in upland Cebu City

Dominic D. Yasay 12/03/2016

A 50-hectare government-owned drug rehabilitation center that will provide livelihood programs for drug surrenderers will be constructed in an upland barangay in Cebu City in the first quarter of 2017. According to Presidential Assistant for the Visayas…

Palma renews his call: Help drug surrenderers

Morexette Erram 11/20/2016

Thousands join, celebrate Solemnity of Christ the King The faithful are encouraged to help drug surrenderers to get back to their normal lives in society. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma made this call to the thousands of faithful,…

DSWD aid for kin of jailed drug surrenderers unused

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/11/2016

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) is asking its central office to redefine or revise its guidelines in extending assistance to affected families whose kin are drug surrenderers who are in jail.…

Bogo City gives 240 drug surrenderers a chance to become ‘Drug Warriors’

Dominic D. Yasay 10/09/2016

BOGO City recruited yesterday 240 drug surrenderers to become part of the more than 500 “Drug Warriors” of the city, who would help eradicate illegal drugs in this northern city of Cebu province. Bogo City Vice Mayor…

Lapu absorbs hired drug surrenderers

Norman V. Mendoza 09/28/2016

SEVENTEEN drug surrenderers who were hired by the Lapu-Lapu City government to work at the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Lapu-Lapu City will be absorbed by the city government as job order employees. In a press conference…

3 drug suspects dead in Metro Cebu

Norman V. Mendoza, Rene F. Alima 09/03/2016

Three drug suspects were killed in two separate incidents in Cebu in the last two days. The first incident happened around 8 p.m. last Friday in Barangay Yati, Liloan town, northern Cebu where two drug surrenderers were…

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