PRO 7 CEBU CITY – Five persons were arrested in recent anti-illegal gambling operations in various areas in Cebu province as the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) continued to run after those involved in the illegal numbers game locally known as “swertres.” Arrested in Barangay...
CEBU CITY -- A barangay captain and three others were arrested as police raided an illegal cockfight locally known as ‘tigbakay’ in Catmon town, northern Cebu. Marlon Rule, 47, barangay captain of Panalipan, Catmon, was among those caught when operatives of the Criminal Investigation and...
Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives have arrested a Japanese fugitive wanted by authorities in his country for alleged involvement in illegal recruitment and falsification of official documents. Bureau of Immigration Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said 50-year-old Amano Mototaka was...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- Five members of the Philippine National Police were awarded in recognition of their exemplary performance in the campaign against illegal drugs in the Cordillera region. Photo via Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN Brig. Gen. Patrick Joseph Allan, deputy regional director for...
CEBU CITY – Intelligence monitoring will be intensified in the province of Bohol to prevent the proliferation of illegal drugs. AUMENTADO (FB) Gov. Aris Aumentado said there is a need to enforce stricter measures against illegal drugs after suspected shabu valued at P8.5 million was seized from a...
The Caloocan City government was recognized by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for its exemplary performance in combating illegal drugs and its rehabilitation efforts for the victims. The DILG handed the Regional Anti-Drug Abuse Council “Glass Marker” award to...
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading a joint resolution seeking to extend the Congressional Oversight Committee of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002 for another 10 years. Illegal drugs seized by authorities. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA...
An inter-agency project “worth emulating” was how Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers described Governor Gwendolyn Garcia’s initiative to put up anti-illegal drugs offices in Cebu’s 22 major seaports. (From left) Surigao del Norte Rep.Robert Ace Barbers and Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia...
CEBU CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth at least P8 million from six persons arrested in buy-bust operations in Central Visayas on Sunday, Jan. 29. In Mandaue City, police recovered at least 600 grams of shabu valued at P4,080,000 from Jeremie Ragasajo Sun, 40. The Intelligence Unit and...
ILOILO CITY – Col. Joeresthy Coronica, newly appointed chief of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), on Monday, Jan. 30, warned policemen here with ties to the illegal drugs trade. COL. Joeresthy Coronica, newly appointed chief of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), addresses local police...
LUCENA CITY – Nearly P1 million worth of fishing gear, tools, illegally caught fishes, and 77 bottles of 'bigas-bigas' used in dynamite fishing were seized by authorities during a raid in seawater off Barangay Barra on Friday, Jan. 27, in this city. Joint elements of the Bureau of Fisheries and...
CEBU CITY – Shabu and dried marijuana leaves worth more than P3 million were seized in separate police operations on Friday, Jan. 27. In Toledo City, a 45-year-old man identified as Edgar Mahinay Ypon yielded 142 grams of shabu worth P965,000 as police arrested him in a buy-bust operation. Police...
