CEBU CITY – Police in Central Visayas will be on heightened alert to ensure peaceful commemoration of the 40th anniversary of EDSA People Revolution on Wednesday, Feb. 25. Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7), said security measures are...
CEBU CITY – More than P5-million worth of illegal drugs and several firearms were seized in a series of police operations that ended on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, in Central Visayas. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that from Feb. 8 to 14, 769.27 grams of shabu worth...
CEBU CITY – Authorities are leaving no stone unturned to ensure the peaceful conduct of major activities in Central Visayas. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) announced that a gun ban will be enforced for the 461st Fiesta Señor, Sinulog Grand Parade, and ASEAN Summit. While the...
CEBU CITY – Increased police visibility and close coordination with local government units led to a peaceful celebration of the New Year in Region 7. Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7), said this as he reported that no major incidents...
CEBU CITY – Fewer fireworks-related injuries were recorded during the holiday season in Central Visayas. What made hospitals across the region busy was road crash injuries. In its monitoring period from Dec. 21 to 6 a.m. on Jan. 1, the Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) logged 347...
CEBU CITY – The celebration of Christmas in Region 7 was generally peaceful, the chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) said. Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of PRO-7, said that they did not receive reports of firecracker-related incidents during Christmas Day....
CEBU CITY – More than P468-million worth of seized illegal drugs were destroyed here on Wednesday, Dec. 17. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) led the destruction through the cremation facility of Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes. The destruction was witnessed by Dangerous...
CEBU CITY – Close to P1 billion shabu was seized in Central Visayas in the first 11 months of the year. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that from January to Nov. 27, 124.2 kilos of shabu amounting to P849,204,889.60 were seized from 7,963 police operations conducted in...
CEBU CITY – More than 11,000 road crashes resulting in numerous deaths were recorded in Central Visayas from January to October this year. The Highway Patrol Group-Central Visayas (HPG-7) reported that 11,313 road accidents were recorded in the first 10 months of the year with 240 fatalities. The...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) has created a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) to look into the devastation left by typhoon "Tino." The SITG Tino, which will be headed by the PRO-7 deputy regional director for pperations, will be a multi-agency body tasked to...
Tourism activities in Cebu are regaining momentum as the province’s operations remain safe and fully operational following last month’s magnitude 6.9 earthquake, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said on Monday, Oct. 27. DOT Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco said inspections confirmed that...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, October 1, said it had deployed multiple emergency medical response teams to Bogo City following the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck northern Cebu on the night of September 30. Acting on the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to ensure...
