A 66-year-old woman has died after drowning at the sea at Sitio Sangutan, Brgy. Daan Lungsod, Medellin, Cebu on Saturday afternoon, June 18, 2022.Master Sergeant Rondino Toledo Pablo, team leader of Medellin Police Station identified the woman as Perla Causapin Arreglado, a native of Sitio Sangutan, Brgy. Daan Lungsod, Medellin, Cebu.Queddeng told SunStar Cebu that […]
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Slain cop’s family to receive financial aid
THE Municipal Government of Consolacion is set to give cash assistance amounting to P100,000 to the bereaved family of Police SSgt. Careby-Clyde Alinsug, who was slain in an anti-narcotics operation on June 5, 2022.This after the Municipal Council adopted on Friday, June 17 the resolution of Councilor Marilou Casul to give monetary aid to the […]
‘Prince’ nabbed for robbing gas station
LOCAL police in Toledo City arrested a “Prince” who was allegedly involved in a dawn robbery of a roadside gas station in Barangay Poblacion on Friday, June 1, 2022.The “prince” in question was identified as Prince Queenry Labapis Yu, 18, a trisikad driver living in same barangay.Staff Sgt. Alfredo de Gracia Jr., an investigator for […]
Cabaero: Getting correct spelling of SUV driver’s name
Getting the name of the sports utility vehicle (SUV) driver who ran over a security guard and getting the correct spelling of his name was as circuitous as the police action on the incident.San Vicente or Sanvicente? Arrest or cannot arrest yet?It took several days after the incident for the police to reveal the identity […]
2 men killed in road accidents in Badian town, Carcar City
TWO men met their untimely end in separate road accidents that occurred in two areas in southern Cebu on Thursday, June 16, 2022.In Carcar City, a 56-year-old man was killed after a motorcycle hit him while he was riding his bike at Barangay Poblacion 3 at around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday.PO1 Jerome Palao of the […]
Drug seller killed in buy-bust at Cebu City Chinese cemetery
ONE of two members of a suspected drug syndicate operating in Central Visayas was killed after he attempted to fight off police officers who were conducting a buy-bust at the old Cebu Chinese Cemetery in Barangay Carreta, Cebu City on Friday dawn, June 17, 2022.Mark Ronald Matig-a, also known as Onad, died after sustaining gunshot […]
Daylong police ops net P15M shabu
A TOTAL of P15 million worth of illegal drugs has been seized by the Police Regional Office (PRO) in Central Visayas.The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) seized over P10 million worth of illegal drugs, mostly shabu, outperforming other units under the PRO 7.The anti-narcotics operations started at dawn Saturday, June 11, 2022 and ended at […]
PRO-Central Visayas to continue apprehending face mask violators
AFTER the controversial Executive Order (EO) No. 16 issued by Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia making the wearing of face masks non-mandatory in open spaces in the province, the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Central Visayas issued an order asking local police and the public to follow the directives set by the Department of the Interior and Local […]
PRO 7, CPPO chiefs clash over face mask rule
TWO high-ranking police officials in Central Visayas have opposing views on the executive order issued by Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia that makes the wearing of face masks in open and well-ventilated spaces in Cebu Province optional.Brigadier Gen. Roque Eduardo Vega, chief of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO 7), issued a statement on Saturday, […]
Violence vs. women, children cases in CV drop
CASES of violence against women and children (VAWC) in Central Visayas have declined for the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year.Data from the Regional Women and Children’s Protection Desk noted a decline of 64.44 percent in the total number of VAWC cases, with 629 cases for the first three months […]
‘Pusher’ dies after attempting to shoot at police in San Remigio
A SUSPECTED pusher died after he attempted to engage the police operatives during a drug bust in Purok Tambis, Barangay Poblacion in San Remigio, northern Cebu past 5 p.m. Saturday, May 21, 2022.The fatality was identified as Alden Lindayaw, 42. He was brought to a hospital in Bogo City where he was declared dead on […]
105 cops from Central Visayas dismissed for criminal, administrative violations
AROUND 105 policemen assigned in Central Visayas were dismissed from the service after they were proven guilty of criminal and administrative charges.Some of those dismissed from the service were involved in various cases including illegal drug use, violence against women and children, among others, said Brigadier Gen. Elizalde Quiboyen, chief of the Regional Internal Affairs […]
Cebu logs few crime incidents from March 25 to May 10
POLICE recorded only 150 crime incidents in Cebu Province from March 25 to May 10, 2022.This was a 76.5 percent decrease from 639 cases recorded in the same period in 2019 and 73.3 percent decrease from 563 cases in 2016.Local candidates’ campaign period started last March 25 and it ended on May 7. The Election […]
Cebu police douse talk of coup d’etat
POLICE in Cebu Province have expressed their support for presumptive president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.Police Colonel Engelbert Soriano, director of the Cebu Police Provincial Office, said they would follow whatever orders their new commander-in-chief, who is the president, would give them, especially in the promotion of peace and order, as he had been given the […]
Bullying drives teenager to stab his mentally disabled mom to death
BULLYING by his friends and classmates drove a 19-year-old teenager to kill his mentally disabled mother inside their house in Sitio Dumlog, Barangay Simala, Sibonga town, southern Cebu on Tuesday night, May 4, 2022.Police arrested Angelo Bacaltos, 19, after he admitted to stabbing his mother, Julieta, 51, to death inside their house.Master Staff Sgt. Gerardo […]
2K police, military personnel in CV to be deployed for May 9 polls
MORE than 2,000 police and military personnel will be assigned in various areas in Central Visayas to provide security to voters during the national and local 2022 polls on Monday, May 9, 2022.Local police, military personnel and even personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) were given a proper “send-off ceremony” by their commanding officers […]
EXPLAINER: Chuck Barandog’s clash with Tomas Osmeña in 2019 for alleged election harassment and killings, including murder of 2 tanods and an ex-cop, is recalled after May 1 ambush on the police officer and his wife.
CHUCK Barandog was a police major when he led the Cebu City Mobile Force in the run-up to the 2019 elections. Then mayor Tomas Osmeña, who was running for reelection against Edgardo Labella, blamed Barandog and then city police chief Royina Garma for a number of checkpoints that were set up near homes of BOPK […]
Controversial cop Barandog, wife wounded in Sunday ambush
A POLICE official who had been accused by former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña of harassing his supporters in 2019 was wounded in an ambush on Sunday, May 1, 2022.Police Lt. Col. Chuck Barandog was critically wounded after he was ambushed by two motorcycle-riding men at the corner of Pope John Paul II Ave. and […]
2,000 police officers in Central Visayas cast vote during local absentee voting
NEARLY 2,000 police officers assigned in Central Visayas were able to cast their vote during the first of the three-day local absentee voting which started on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.Of the police officers from Central Visayas, 250 are assigned at the Cebu City Police Office, said Lt.Col. Wilbert Parilla, CCPO deputy director for operations.Parilla told […]
Maundy Thursday taxi robbery suspect arrested, hurt in police operation
LOCAL police have arrested and wounded a 35-year-old man who allegedly robbed and stabbed a taxi driver in Cebu City on Maundy Thursday, April 14, 2022.Suspect Aldwin Codera sustained a gunshot wound after he reportedly fought off the police officers pursuing him in Barangay Lahug on Friday afternoon, April 22.Codera was pinpointed by police as […]