Ombudsman suspends SWAT team members over Iloilo radio station assault

Inquirer.net 08/27/2017

Iloilo City—The Ombudsman has suspended nine members of an elite police team for assaulting a radio station here four years ago. In a nine-page joint resolution, the Ombudsman suspended for three months without pay members of the…

Hotels, inns urged to help prevent crimes

Miguel Ernest E. Ermac 08/25/2017

Cebu City police have tapped the owners of hotels and pension houses in Cebu City in preventing illegal drug trades and crimes. In a seminar on Friday, August 25, the Fuente Police Station, Cebu City Special Weapons…

Pajac residents “threatened” by group of men  

08/10/2017

  AT LEAST 20 families from a barangay in Lapu-lapu City complained of harassment and verbal threats by a group of men who are forcing them to move out of their homes. The residents of Barangay Pajac,…

NOT TAKING CHANCES

Rosalie Abatayo 07/28/2017

There is no intel report yet of an impending security threat to the upcoming Cobra IronMan 70.3 race here on August 6, the police said yesterday. That doesn’t mean, however, that they will let their guards down…

Patalinghug Avenue cordoned amid bomb scare

Norman Mendoza 07/04/2017

Traffic was heavy along Maximo Patalinghug Avenue in Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City after a SWAT team cordoned the area to verify reports that a bomb was inserted in an old cassette player that was supposedly left in…

Ex-SWAT cop’s arrest shows ‘cleansing of ranks’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/30/2017

LAST Thursday’s arrest of a former SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) team member on illegal drug charges should remind law enforcers anew that no one is above the law. “The arrest (of Ronjie Nadorra) means that our…

Death and betrayal

Editorial 04/25/2017

One feels both grief and outrage over the death of PO2 Rey Anthony Nazareno, a member of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) who got killed during the April 11 encounter between government troops and Abu Sayyaf…

Abandoned bag causes panic in Guadalupe

Benjie Talisic 04/14/2017

An abandoned bag left at the corner of Good Shepherd Road in Banawa, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City caused panic among passers-by mid afternoon on Good Friday. The Cebu City Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team responded to…

Influx of passengers expected at bus terminal starting today

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/22/2016

Bus passengers should brace themselves for the long queue at the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT) starting today. According to CSBT manager Joey Herrera, the usual number of passengers over a normal weekend is 29,000, but on…

Barangay Luz residents raise alarm over an unattended luggage

Lesley Cara Delos Santos 12/13/2016

A luggage that was left for hours in front of a vendor’s stall in Cabantan Street, Barangay Luz in Cebu City threw the residents into a panic on Tuesday morning. A brown leather luggage bag was left…

L-300 Vans for SWAT, bullet proof vests, bomb suits next

Inna Mejia 12/08/2016

TWO Mitsubishi L-300 vans are just the start of the equipment support that the Cebu City government will give the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit of the Cebu City Police Office. “This is a continued support…

CCPO: No police unit for Dumpit yet

Dominic D. Yasay 11/03/2016

A week after his return to Cebu, controversial policeman SPO1 Adonis Dumpit has not been reassigned yet to any police unit, but the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) is looking at installing him in a police station…

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