Police Files
CCPO CHIEF
Senior Supt. Melvin Buenafe, Cebu City Police Chief, said he would continue to serve Cebu City until he is transferred.
Buenafe said he was grateful for Mayor Michael Rama’s vote of confidence after the m ayor said he wanted Buenafe to stay in his post.
Rama said the absence of vigilante-style killings and profile crimes during his stint was reason enough to ask him to continue.
Chief Supt. Marcelo Garbo, Region 7 police director, said Buenafe has exceeded the two-year mandatory term of duty and has to be replaced as police chief so that he could move on and be promoted to a higher rank./Correspondent Chito O. Aragon
SUICIDE
A 68-year-old man hanged himself after he lost money betting in “hantak” (a coin-toss game) in barangay Mantalongon, Dalaguete town last Sunday.
Lucrecia, Perfecto Mata’s wife, found his lifeless body in their room. . The victim lost P3,000 betting in hantak. /Correspondent Gabriel C. Bonjoc
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