COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Two activists who helped lead mass demonstrations that toppled Sri Lanka's president were arrested Wednesday, police said, as parliament extended tough emergency laws imposed to restore order. Anti-government protesters (R) speaks with the members of Sri Lankan security forces...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested 12 persons and seized suspected shabu valued at P68,000 in a drug den raid in Barangay Tisa here Wednesday, July 27. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA 7) arrested Arnel Pacaña, a 49-year-old aircon technician and the alleged maintainer of...
ILOILO CITY – Police nabbed two brothers facing murder charges in Lambunao, Iloilo. The suspects were identified as 31-year-old Virgilio Lastimoso Larroza and 44-year-old Bernaldo Lastimoso Larroza Jr., both residents of Barangay Jayubo, Lambunao. They were arrested separately in their homes...
CEBU CITY – A 27-year-old man was arrested after a pack of suspected shabu was discovered in his possession at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) Monday, July 25. The suspect, Vincent Obong, was supposed to board a Leyte-bound aircraft when airport personnel caught him at Terminal...
BACOLOD CITY – Two suspected drug pushers were arrested and 280.56 grams of suspected shabu valued at P1,907,808 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bagacay, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental Monday, July 25. SUSPECTED shabu worth P2 million were seized from two men in a buy-bust...
KAMPO HENERAL PACIANO RIZAL, Sta. Cruz, Laguna – A 29-year-old fruit vendor considered as a high-value individual in the illegal drugs trade was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Concepcion, San Pablo City, this province, Monday, July 25. Police Col. Cecilio R. Ison Jr., Laguna police...
PIAT, Cagayan – Police arrested two suspected members of the New People's Army (NPA) for extorting goods and cash from a businesswoman here Saturday, July 23. The suspects were identified as “Benigno,” 18, and “Mario,” 21, residents of Barangay Minanga, this town. Investigation showed...
CAMP Francisco S. Macabulos, Tarlac City – A dream vacation in Boracay turned out to be a nightmare for this group of individuals. Fourteen persons were allegedly scammed by a travel agency based in this city out of a vacation in the idyllic getaway. Two employees of the travel agency...
CAMP SATURNINO DUMLAO, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya – Police arrested Thursday, July 21 in Aritao, this province, a 53-year-old man who posed as a National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agent for a homicide case in Nueva Ecija a year ago. TABILA mugshot. Police Col. Ranser Evasco, Nueva Vizcaya...
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized more than one kilo of suspected shabu valued at P7.1 million from two women in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Guinhalaran, Silay City, Negros Occidental Friday, July 22. MORE than one kilo of suspected shabu worth P7.1 million were seized from two women in a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The police and military arrested Thursday, July 21, in Sacol Island here a member of the Abu Sayyaf Group wanted for murder after six years in hiding. ABU Sayyaf Group member Janib Taib Ilun, wanted for murder, was arrested inside his home in Sacol Island, Zamboanga City...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized P1.19-million worth of suspected shabu from two alleged drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Antonio, Molo district here before dawn Friday, July 22. TWO suspected drug pushers – Jejomar Benosa Pineda and Michael Jaynos Capero (seated) – were...
