Saturday, March 22, 2008 (Philippines)

OUTGOING POLICE CHIEF of Lapu-Lapu City Louie Oppus. (Sun.Star/File Photo) DESPITE his accomplishments, Lapu-Lapu City Police Chief Louie Oppus is on the verge of being replaced by the PNP Regional Office. The City Council, however, immediately said they would prefer for Oppus to stay. Asked if the impending transfer was punishment for a recent robbery in the city, a tourism and industrial hub of Metro Cebu, Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 Director Ronald Roderos said he is just following orders from Camp Crame. [full story]