CEBU CITY – Voter’s registration for this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections ended on Tuesday, Jan. 31, with the Commission on Elections recording close to 200,000 new voters in Central Visayas. The Comelec-7 said it recorded 175,980 new registrants since the registration...
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...
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...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested four wanted persons in Central Visayas in separate operations on Friday, Jan. 27. The suspects were identified as Justine Villamor, Archie Catipay, Melvin Pacaldo Madrid, and Teodolo Centinales Pogoy. Villamor, who is facing frustrated murder charges, was arrested...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office 7 reported a significant drop in the crime rate in Central Visayas from Jan. 1 to 25. The PRO-7 said that 208 index crimes were recorded in the first 25 days of the year, 22.96 percent lower compared to 270 in the same period last year. The PRO-7 added that...
CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) suspended a total of 605 driver’s licenses last year due to various traffic violations. Data from the LTO-7 Traffic Adjudication Section of the Operations Division showed that most driver’s licenses were apprehended in...
BEARIS (center). (FB) CEBU CITY – Close to P30-million worth of suspected shabu was seized less than a month after a new director of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) was installed. From Dec. 19 to Jan. 9, a total of 280 anti-illegal drug operations were conducted in Central...
CEBU CITY -- The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) suspended the accreditation of a driving school in Danao City, northern Cebu for alleged fraudulent issuance of Theoretical Driving Certificates (TDC) certificates. LTO-7 Regional Director Victor Emmanuel Caindec signed the...
CEBU CITY -- Police checkpoints will be intensified as part of the enforcement of gun ban in Central Visayas. The gun ban took effect on Thursday, Jan. 5, and will last until Jan. 20, said Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, director of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7). The gun ban is part...
CEBU CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P7.5 million in a Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) in Central Visayas from 12:01 a.m. Monday, Jan. 2, to 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3. Ninety-five buy-bust operations were conducted and 104 persons were arrested by...
CEBU CITY – At least 37 firecracker-related incidents were recorded in Central Visayas from Dec. 2 to New Year’s Day. Data from the Department of Health-Central Visayas showed that two persons were wounded by stray bullets in Cebu province and Lapu-Lapu City. Most of the firecracker-related...
CEBU CITY – Celebrate the New Year with utmost care. BEARIS (FB) The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) issued this reminder to the public as it geared up for zero firecracker-related incidents during the New Year revelry. Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, director of PRO-7, said some 2,022...
