The rising body count

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/29/2016

(A special CDN series on the Philippine National Police and the war on illegal drugs in Central Visayas) Forty-one-year-old Julian Ramos, a carpenter from Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City, admitted to using shabu (meth amphetamine hydrochloride) since he…

House visits to Grabcar, Uber operators

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/14/2016

The regional Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB-7) will do their own version of “Oplan TokHang (toktok hangyo or knock and plead) to operators and drivers of Grabcar or Uber. Regional LTFRB Director Ahmed Cuizon said…

Drug use on decline due to random tests

Nestle L. Semilla 10/19/2016

DRUG use among local government employees and officials may be declining with the constant random drug tests being done on them, the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Office (CPADAO) said. Ivy Durano-Mecca, who heads the CPADAO, said they…

Brgy. secretary, tanod caught using drugs in Pinamungajan cemetery

Rene F. Alima 10/09/2016

THEY were supposed to be the ones helping the police implement Oplan Tokhang (Operation Toktok Hangyo) in their barangay, but two barangay officials of Pinamungajan town in southwestern Cebu ended up in jail after they were caught…

A different kind of Tokhang

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 09/26/2016

When Fe Barino and the family-owned business Duros Development Corporation donated a 1,000-square-meter lot in Barangay Yati, Liloan for religious and civic programs of the family-run foundation and Love of God charismatic community, little did she know…

Another drug suspect killed in police operation

Rene F. Alima 09/24/2016

Another drug suspect was felled by police bullets during a buy bust operation in Barangay Dumlog, Toledo City on Friday afternoon. The suspect, identified as Ronnie Cabarles, 30, and a resident of the same village, never made…

Police add hearse and ‘Pokemon’ strategies to stop illegal drugs

Dominic Yasay 08/29/2016

To ramp up their campaign against illegal drugs, police authorities are now exploring new strategies to convince drug personalities to quit their illegal activities and submit to authorities. The Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 has ordered all…

Barangay execs pledge aid in war on drugs

07/25/2016

ABOUT 40 barangay officials of Cebu City signed a covenant with the Police Regional Office (PRO-7) to signify their support in the campaign against illegal drugs yesterday. City Councilor and Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) president Philip…

Back to square one for Oplan TokHang

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/20/2016

IT’S back to square one for the police precincts implementing “Oplan TokHang” (Toktok Hangyo) in Central Visayas as they were ordered to repeat the processing of self-confessed drug users and pushers. Senior Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas, Police…

Mandaue City employee caught in ‘pot session’

Julit C. Jainar 07/13/2016

A job order employee of Mandaue City Hall and his female companion were arrested on Tuesday noon at his residence during the Oplan Tokhang (toktok hangyo) conducted by the operatives of Centro Police Station 1. According to…

40 persons surrender to Liloan police

Norman V. Mendoza 07/01/2016

FORTY persons linked to illegal drug activities surrendered to Lilo-an police and Barangay Poblacion officials Friday morning. Poblacion barangay councilman Vicente Bugtai, who chairs the barangay’s anti-drug abuse council, said this is part of the so-called Oplan…

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