CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police arrested a rape suspect in Barangay Santa Clara, Batangas City on Thursday morning, Nov. 7. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the suspect as Pepito, 32. Pepito was apprehended on warrants of arrest for 12 counts of rape of a minor dated Oct. 18,...
BATANGAS CITY – Two barangay tanods or watchmen were killed and six others were injured after a jeepney crashed into them in Barangay Tulo, this city, on Friday afternoon, Nov. 1. Police identified the fatalities as Jocelyn Claro Macatangay, 49, and Arnold Ebora Calaluan, 49, watchmen of...
BATANGAS CITY – Police rescued four kidnapped Chinese nationals in Barangay Balagtas here on Friday, September 6. The victims were identified as Lan Lai, 32; Wang Qing Feng, 23; Nang Ze Cheng, 31, and Chen Wei Wei. Investigation said the victims were abducted in Pasay City by their...
BATANGAS CITY – A 13-year-old girl died in a fire in Purok 2, Barangay San Carlos, this city, before dawn on Thursday, August 22. Arson investigators said the victim, Meagan May Gabuna, was awakened by thick smoke inside her house at 2:45 a.m. She alerted her and another family staying in the...
BATANGAS CITY – The home of a municipal councilor of Lobo, Batangas in Barangay Malibayo, this city, was fired at by a drunken individual on Sunday night, August 11. Police said Councilor Leslee Manalo Aguilar was inside his house with his family when the suspect, Joven, a resident of Barangay...
BATANGAS CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth P3.4 million and arrested a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation at Batangas Port here on Wednesday, July 17. The suspect was identified as Ron Ron Reyes, 24, of Roxas, Oriental Mindoro. POLICE seized suspected shabu worth P3.4 million...
CAMP MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – Police seized shabu worth P1.2 million and arrested a 45-year-old lady drug pusher in a buy-bust operation here on Thursday night, June 27. The Batangas Police Provincial Office (BPPO) identified the suspect as Bunny, a high-value individual in the city police...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency caught two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Alangilan, this city, on Thursday night, May 23. TWO suspected drug pushers were arrested and shabu worth P340,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation on May...
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has energized a new substation in Batangas City to boost the region's economic development efforts. The P450-million Pallocan West Substation, equipped with smart grid technology, aims to address the increasing power demand in Batangas City and drive the...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – A high-value individual in the illegal drugs trade was arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Dumantay here on April 20. The Police Regional Office 4-A said the Batangas City Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit seized P340,000 worth of suspected...
BATANGAS CITY – A 19-year-old man drowned on a river while being chased by patrolling barangay tanods or watchmen in Barangay Pallocan West here on Thursday, April 18. Police identified the victim as John Louie Aclan, alias “Sampu-Sampo,” 19, who reportedly was suffering from mental...
BATANGAS CITY – A 73-year-old woman died in a fire that gutted her house in Purok 6, Barangay Calicanto, this city, on Thursday morning, February 22. Arson investigators identified the victim as Ludivina Espiritu. The fire started at 6:30 a.m. in Espiritu’s kitchen and also affected her...
