A 68-YEAR-OLD Filipino was among 11 people who died at a mass shooting inside a dance studio in Monterey Park in Los Angeles, California at the weekend, according to the Philippine consulate general. It issued the statement after verifying the facts with US police, Filipino-Amercian organizations and media. Most of the victims were seniors. Of […]
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Editorial: Inviting the police to school
Memories never truly fade. Some memories seep into nightmares and keep the nights sleepless. The worst of these nightmares walk among the living. The proposed “Anti-Violence and School Safety Ordinance” filed by Cebu City Councilor Jose Lorenzo Abellanosa evinces deep reserves of trust in the police that, the honorable solon may have overlooked, is not […]
EXPLAINER: Abellanosa ordinance on ‘anti-violence and school safety’ draws activist flak. Protesters see it as attempt to muzzle academic freedom. Police had admitted they don’t have enough people for Cebu City schools.
A PUBLIC hearing by the Cebu City Council Wednesday, January 18, 2023 on the proposed ordinance titled “Anti-Violence and School Safety Ordinance” drew opposition from the student council and a faculty organization of University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu. The ordinance, filed by Councilor Jose Lorenzo Abellanosa, mainly requires schools “to submit its calendar of […]
Police told to stop ‘victim blaming’
SYMPATHIZERS of two activists who were abducted last Jan. 10, 2023 by supposed government agents are calling on the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) to refrain from redirecting the blame on the victims. In a statement, Karapatan-Central Visayas spokesperson Dennis Abarrientos condemned the police for putting the blame on activists Armand Jake Dayoha and […]
24 senior cops have yet to heed call to resign
TWENTY-FOUR third-level cops have yet to quit their jobs after about 97% of top-level police officers did so to cleanse their ranks of a “deep infection” of the illegal drug trade, the national police chief said on Monday. At a press briefing streamed live on Facebook, national police chief Rodolfo S. Azurin said he would […]
Misfit cops will face raps after retirement — DILG
TOP PHILIPPINE police officials involved in the illegal drug trade may face prosecution even after retirement, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Sunday. “Even if a police official is allowed to retire for the time being, the monitoring and investigation must continue, to gather evidence that may lead to eventual […]
Mambaling police expect 2M people to witness Sinulog grand parade
AROUND two million people, including local and foreign tourists, are expected to watch the Sinulog grand parade at the South Road Properties (SRP) on Sunday, January 15, 2023. This was said by Major Jonathan Bethoven Taneo, chief of Mambaling Police Station, as the situation has slowly gone back to normal after being hit by the […]
More senior cops from Visayas heed DILG call to resign
TWO generals and 19 colonels from the Police Regional Office in Eastern Visayas have quit their jobs after a call to cleanse their ranks of “a deep infection” of the illegal drug trade, according to a police director. Police Regional Office 8 Director Rommel Francisco Marbil told the ABS-CBN News Channel on Wednesday those who […]
More than 500 top Pinoy cops quit amid call to cleanse ranks
MORE than 500 top Philippine police officials have quit, heeding a call to cleanse their ranks of the “deep infection” of the illegal drug trade. About 60% of these third-level officers have filed their resignation and more from the provinces are expected to follow, police spokesman Colonel Jean S. Fajardo told a news briefing on […]
30 police generals, colonels resign in Central Visayas
TWO police brigadier generals and 28 full-fledged police colonels of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) National Support Unit tendered their courtesy resignation on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. The move came after the call of Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. for all full-fledged police colonels and generals in […]
Mambaling police nab ‘notorious’ motorcycle thief
A “NOTORIOUS” motorcycle thief landed in jail after he was arrested by members of the Mambaling Police Station on Thursday, January 5, 2023. The suspect was identified as 29-year-old Crismar Alducente Otero, a resident of Purok 8, Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City. “Daghan na ang nangari diri sa among station nga nag-inform nato nga sila nabiktima […]
Philippine police chief quits amid call to rid ranks of drug scalawags
By John Victor D. Ordoñez, Reporter THE PHILIPPINES’ national police chief on Thursday quit his job after a call for hundreds of high-ranking police officers to resign and help cleanse their ranks of the “deep infection” of the illegal drug trade. Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. submitted his resignation letter to […]
Cops in drug trade an ‘open secret’ — Barbers
THE INVOLVEMENT of some law enforcers in the illegal drug trade has been an “open secret,” said Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace S. Barbers as he expressed support to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) chief’s strategy of asking top-ranking police officers to file a courtesy resignation while an investigation is carried […]
Top Philippine cops urged to quit to cleanse their ranks of illegal drugs
By John Victor D. Ordoñez and Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, Reporters THE PHILIPPINES Interior Secretary on Wednesday called on hundreds of high-ranking police officers to quit to help cleanse their ranks of the “deep infection” of the illegal drug trade. “It is coming out that there are generals and colonels involved in illegal drug activities,” […]
Vendors of firecrackers, pyrotechnics compliant, say police, fire execs
FIRECRACKER and pyrotechnics sellers in Lapu-Lapu City have so far been compliant with the guidelines set by local authorities. This was what Lt. Col. Wilfredo Alarcon, deputy director for operations of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO), said following their surprise joint inspection with officials of the Bureau of Fire Protection in Barangay Babag 2 […]
Editorial: Christmas Day tragedy in Naga
Heronia Mata, a teacher, could have thought that she was safe inside the Naga City police’s Women and Children’s Protection Desk (WCPD) in southern Cebu while narrating the alleged abuse she had received from her husband, police officer Fernando Mata. It was not the case though. The 35-year-old police officer was reportedly drunk when he […]
Cop killed wife inside WCPD
A 39-YEAR-OLD woman was shot dead by her husband inside the Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD) Office in the City of Naga, Cebu Sunday, December 25, 2022. The victim was identified as Heronia Mata, 39, a resident of Sitio Tabtoy, Barangay Tuyan, City of Naga. Authorities identified the suspect as Police Staff Sergeant Fernando […]
2 hurt in Lahug road accident
TWO people were hurt, one of them in critical condition, in a road accident on Salinas Drive, Barangay Lahug, Cebu City on Saturday, December 24, 2022. Police Senior Master Sergeant Edgardo Becoy of Mabolo Police Station 4 identified the victims as Razan Balodo, 42, from Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City, and Karen May Napala, 34, who […]
Cop, 2 civilians hurt in crossfire between rival youth groups
A POLICE officer and two civilians got wounded after they were caught in the crossfire between two rival youth groups in Barangay Parian, Cebu City at dawn Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. The victims were identified as Executive Master Sergeant Vincent Aguanta, who is assigned at the Consolacion Police Station; and Donna Blair Saavedra Banzon and […]
Promodiser stabbed by own kin who suspected him of being police asset
A PROMODISER ended up in the hospital after he was stabbed in the early hours of Sunday morning, December 18, 2022, in Sitio Sampig, Barangay Mantalongon in the southern town of Dalaguete, Cebu. The victim was identified as 30-year-old Raymond Selvano Glipa. Police arrested his relatives, 49-year-old Alejandro Besin Glipa and 25-year-old Jimmy Aventorado. The […]