Police bust tanod, partner with P60K illegal drugs

Benjie Talisic 08/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police arrested a 70-year-old barangay tanod (village watchman) and his “business partner” in possession of P60,000 worth of illegal drugs in a buy-and-bust operation conducted a few minutes past 8 p.m. on Wednesday…

Police starts ‘rugby tokhang’ in Cebu City

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/03/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Sellers and suppliers of the solvent, rugby, better stop their trade or risk being imprisoned. On Friday, August 2, the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) had initiated the crackdown of the selling of rugby, a…

Police nabs mother of seven children for peddling drugs

Benjie Talisic 07/31/2019

TALISAY CITY, Cebu—Police arrested a single mother of seven children for peddling drugs around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31, in Barangay Lawaan 3. Operatives from the Provincial Intelligence Branch and Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit of Cebu…

Man loses life for P1, 360 worth of illegal drugs

Benjie Talisic 07/26/2019

SAN FERNANDO, Cebu—Keinlee Artista, 24, died after exchanging fire with police in a buy-and-bust operation around 9 p.m. on July 25 in Barangay San Isidro, San Fernando town, located 38.2 kilometers from Cebu City. Artista, also a…

Illegal drugs worth P78.2 million seized in buy-and-bust operation in Mandaue City

Benjie Talisic 07/24/2019

MANDUE CITY, Cebu―It was a buy-and-bust operation turned armed encounter that resulted to the deaths of three individuals. The operation yielded 11.5 kilograms of shabu (methamphetamine) with a Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) value of P78.2 million. For…

Rama on Duterte’s Sona: Wise decision not to mention narco-politicians

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines―Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael “Mike” Rama said President Rodrigo Duterte was wise to exclude the topic of narco-politicians in his State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday afternoon, July 22. Rama said the…

2 dead, 1 wounded in Mandaue City drug-related shootout

Brian Ochoa and Gerard Francisco 07/23/2019

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—Two were killed and another one was wounded in a buy-and-bust operation along Zuellig Avenue at the North Reclamation Area in Mandaue City on Tuesday afternoon, July 23, 2019. According to Police Colonel Jonathan Abella,…

Cebu execs expect Duterte’s SONA to tackle infra, West Philippine Sea, drugs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Rosalie Abatayo 07/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — What does President Rodrigo Duterte have in store for Cebu and the rest of the Visayas and Mindanao? This is one of the questions that Cebuano officials wish to find answers to as…

CHR laments PNP’s alleged failure to give records on war on drugs deaths

07/19/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) lamented on Friday the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) alleged failure to provide records of all cases regarding deaths from the government’s war on drugs. “For the record, as early…

Police arrest unemployed man with 340K worth of illegal drugs

Benjie Talisic 07/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—An unemployed man was collared by police past 10 p.m. on Thursday night, July 18, after he was found in possession of 50 grams of shabu (methamphetamine) in Barangay Suba. Chris John Daymiel, 23, was…

Duterte mocks ‘ice-eating’ Iceland over UN council vote

Philippine Daily Inquirer 07/13/2019

  MANILA—President Duterte took a swipe at Iceland on Friday for spearheading a UN resolution to investigate his bloody war on drugs, saying it was a nation made entirely of ice, with no understanding of his country’s…

Police seize 800K illegal drugs from minor

Benjie Talisic 07/12/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Illegal drugs with an estimated Dangerous Drugs Board value of more than P800, 000 was seized by police from a minor during a buy-and-bust operation in Barangay Duljo Fatima around 11 p.m. on Thursday, July…

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