Police have arrested three people who were tagged as responsible in the ambush that led to the death of two anti-illegal drug operatives in Mabalacat City, Pampanga. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the three suspects were collared in a follow-up...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Army said it will pursue the killers of the two soldiers who were ambushed on Thursday, Nov. 24, in Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. The Philippine Army’s 302nd Infantry Brigade (IBde) condemned the killing of Sgt. Regie Glindro, 39, of Capiz...
LEMERY, Batangas -- A 59-year-old barangay captain and an ex-officio member of Sangguniang Bayan was ambushed while on board his Sports Utility Vehicle by unidentified riding-in tandem assailants on Tuesday afternoon, Nov.22 in this town. The victim, Enrico Renwick Razon, Barangay Chairman of...
DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao del Norte (PNA) – Two men were killed in an ambush on Monday morning, Nov. 21, on a busy section of the national highway here, police said. Lt. Col. Nelson Madiwo, municipal police chief, said the fatalities were on board a green Toyota Vios when they were ambushed...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – The mayor here condemned the series of shootings in this city, the latest of which was the ambush of an Army colonel’s vehicle on Sinsuat Ave. on Saturday night, Nov. 12, that left one soldier dead. “We strongly condemn the most recent shooting incident and all the other...
The family of slain hard-hitting journalist, Pervical Mabasa, alias Percy Lapid, appealed to the public to not to be distracted by media statements by Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Bantag, who was tagged as the alleged mastermind in the killing. In a Facebook post, Roy...
TANAUAN CITY, Batangas -- A cockpit arena operator was killed in an ambush perpetrated by unidentified assailants in Barangay Natatas in this city on Thursday evening, Nov. 11. The victim, identified as Joselito de Chavez, 47, a resident of San Jose town, was driving his pick-up vehicle in Barangay...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Police have filed murder charges against 10 armed men linked to the Aug. 30 ambush of a Maguindanao del Sur municipal police chief and his driver. THE remains of Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur police chief Lt. Reynaldo Samson (right) arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International...
Gen. Rodolfo Azurin. Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Tuesday, Nov. 8, a manhunt against those responsible for the killing of a police major in Cagayan. Azurin said he had already instructed the local police to conduct an in-depth investigation and follow-up operations...
MATALAM, North Cotabato (PNA) – A police manhunt is under way against a group behind the ambush-slay of a former barangay chairman and his worker in Barangay Kidama here Sunday, August 14. Police Lt. Col. Jingle Parallag, town police chief, identified Monday, August 15, the victims as Felipe Sara...
Suspected communist rebels killed a rookie policeman when they ambushed a group of policemen conducting relief distribution in Gandara town of Samar on Saturday, July 16. Police Brig. Gen. Bernie Banac, director of the Police Regional Office 8, said the policemen were conducting humanitarian...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Police and military forces are jointly hunting down two men who ambushed and killed a former field commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao, Wednesday, July 6. Police Lt. Billy Fontanilla, Datu Hoffer police chief, identified the...