DOH: 1 million sets of PPEs worth P1.8 billion purchased

Darryl John Esguerra 03/30/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday said it has obtained one million sets of personal protective equipment (PPEs) amounting to P1.8 billion for health workers in the frontline of the battle against the…

P1.4T worth of projects to be passed on to Duterte successor

Ronnel W. Domingo 01/17/2020

President Duterte will leave to his successor “an impressive P1.4 trillion worth of projects ready to be implemented” compared to just P50 billion at the end of Benigno Aquino III’s term, according to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez…

Hot contraband

Futch Anthony Inso 01/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines–Agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-7 arrested 10 persons and seized around P7 million worth of butane canisters, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanks and LPG canister refilling machines from an illegal refilling…

SM2SM Run: P600K worth of cash prizes at stake for runners

Marc Cosep 12/13/2019

SM2SM Run is back and runners are in for a sweet treat, with bigger raffle prizes during the run. Over P600,000 worth of cash prize for winners, 10 units of Samsung Note 10, gift certificates for an…

Police seize P2M worth of drugs in Talisay City buy bust

Alven Marie A. Timtim 10/14/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—The Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB) of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) seized at least P2 million worth of illegal drugs in a  buy-and-bust operation in Barangay Lawaan 2, Talisay City, Cebu at around 3…

Ex-convict, cohort jailed for possession of P1.8M worth of shabu

Benjie Talisic 12/28/2018

CEBU CITY, Philippines – He never learned his lesson. A man who has been jailed twice for frustrated murder and illegal drugs possession cases was again arrested by the police early on Friday morning (December 28) for…

Pedicab driver caught with P272K worth of shabu

Benjie Talisic 12/17/2018

CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES –A pedicab driver who admitted to pedlling drugs for lack of education, was arrested by Mambaling police past 4 p.m. today with suspected shabu (crystal meth) worth P272,000 in his possession. Jonathan “Atan” Benting,…

Liza Soberano just ended decades’ worth of ‘ipis’ phobia among Pinoys

Inquirer.net 11/06/2018

In the Philippines, an “ipis” or a cockroach is one of the most hated household pests (aside from a family member that our mothers would refer to as “damuho”) and one’s initial reaction to seeing an ipis…

Mandaue reclamation checkpoints net 20 persons, P20K worth of drugs

Norman V. Mendoza 10/22/2018

Police checkpoints conducted over the weekend in Mandaue City, particularly in the reclamation area which is covered by the Centro Police Station, had led to the arrest of 20 persons and the confiscation of P20,000 worth of…

Paknaan fire burns 2.5M worth of properties

Norman Mendoza 10/12/2018

At least P2.5 million worth of properties were turned to ashes by the late night fire which hit a warehouse complex in Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City on Thursday. SFO1 Edson Dapal of the Mandaue City Fire Station…

HOW MUCH IS A LIFE WORTH?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol and Benjie B. Talisic 10/05/2018

MALUBOG KILLINGS Families of the five slain men cry for justice, all of whom suspected their kin were victims of extrajudicial killing For six hours daily, Christopher Tangag worked at a calll center firm in Cebu City…

Man arrested with P3M worth of illegal gun parts

Gerard Vincent Francisco USJ-R Intern 09/28/2018

Police arrested on Friday, a machine operator who was tagged as one of the biggest manufacturers of illegal gun parts in Danao City, north Cebu. Seized from the house of Glen Avila Capoy, 44, in Barangay Sandayong…

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