ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was arrested for attempted extortion in Makato town, Aklan province. The 3rd Infantry Division (ID) of the Philippine Army identified the suspect as “Prince Egudas.” He was arrested by the 3rd ID Civil-Military Operations Battalion and the Aklan...
CAVITE – Authorities arrested a Romanian and three Pakistanis after being caught disrespecting the Philippine flag in Ternate on June 26. A statement released by Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) on Thursday, June 29, identified the Romanian as Loan Oprescu, 36, and the Pakistanis as...
BAGUIO CITY – A taxi driver listed as a high-value drug personality was arrested by the Baguio City police and personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) during a buy-bust operation at his rented house in Middle Quezon Hill here on Tuesday, June 27. The suspect was identified...
BAGUIO CITY – A 42-year-old man who pretended to be a policeman and demanded money from a driver was arrested by alert police on Upper Session Road here on June 27. The suspect was identified as Jerry Fines Farnacio, 42, single, barker, and resident of Barangay Sanitary Camp, Brookside...
ARAYAT, Pampanga – Police arrested a 43-year-old man wanted for murder and listed as one of the most wanted persons in Camarines Sur here on Wednesday, June 28. Police Regional Office-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jose S. Hidalgo Jr. identified the suspect as Leo Villamor. Villamor was...
CAMP OLA, Albay – Former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Board Member Sandra Cam surrendered to the Masbate City police after a court issued a warrant of arrest against her on Monday, June 26. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 spokesperson, said Cam, 63, a...
DAVAO CITY – Police reported the arrest of two drug pushers and the seizure of 1.140-kilograms of shabu with an estimated value of P18.2 million around 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 25, in a joint checkpoint of the police and Task Force Davao in Barangay Sirawan, Toril District, here. In a text...
CAVITE – A security guard was arrested for allegedly stealing computers from an offshore business process outsourcing and contact center company in Bacoor City on Sunday, June 25. The Cavite Police Provincial Office identified the suspect as Darwin B. Onabia, 27 years old. Initial...
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga – Police arrested four suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation here on Friday, June 23. Pampanga police chief Col. Levi Hope B. Basilio identified the suspects as alias “Tisoy,” 33, a street-level individual; alias “Lasing,” 29; alias “Taktak,” 39, and...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Police Regional Office 4-A reported on Sunday, June 25, the arrest of 1,828 wanted persons in the Region 4-A or the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) area from April 23 to June 22. PRO 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces of those...
CAMP GENERAL PACIANO RIZAL, Laguna – Police apprehended a teacher for rape in Rizal, this province, on Friday, June 23. POLICE read the Miranda Rights of a teacher arrested for rape in Rizal, Laguna on Friday, June 23. (Laguna PPO-PIO photo via Danny Estacio) Police Col. Randy Glenn Silvio, Laguna...
ALIAGA, Nueva Ecija – The leader and four members of a group of assassins were arrested in a checkpoint in Barangay Santo Rosario here early Sunday morning, June 25. Police Col. Richard Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, identified the suspects as alias “Ronnie,” 41, leader of the Hernandez...