Manila, Oct. 28 -- A PHP500,000 reward is being offered for information that would lead to the arrest of people behind the killing of a police officer in Cebu City, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Tuesday.

At a press briefing held at Camp Crame, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) spokesperson Major Helen Dela Cruz said Captain Joel Hernan Deiparine, assistant chief of the Intelligence Section of the CIDG Regional Field Unit 7, was killed while his companion, Executive Master Sergeant Artchel Tero, sustained minor injuries during a surveillance operation against alleged gun-for-hire suspects at Sitio Balaw in Brgy. Sudlon 2 in Cebu City.

Dela Cruz said the two officers were riding a motorcycle when they spotte...