CALATAGAN, Batangas – A 43-year-old man was shot dead by two motorcycle-riding gunmen in Barangay Balibago here on Tuesday morning. Police said the victim Michael driving a motorcycle on the national highway when the suspects appeared and shot him in the back. The victim crashed into a road...
CALATAGAN, Batangas – This town mourned the murder of three goat dealers whose bodies were buried in a shallow grave in Barangay Nabundas, Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur, last May. The municipal government, through Sangguniang Bayan Resolution No. 91, Series of 2025, declared...
CALATAGAN, Batangas – A 43-year-old Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) drowned while swimming in a beach resort in Barangay Bagong Silang, this town, on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 23. Police identified the victim as Diosdado Catanay. Investigation said the victim and friends were swimming in the...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police seized smuggled cigarettes worth P2.2 million and arrested a suspected smuggler in a buy-bust operation on Tuesday afternoon, October 15, in Barangay Biga, Calatagan, Batangas. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the suspect as alias Alwin, 48, a resident...
CALATAGAN, Batangas – Eight crew were rescued from a passenger vessel that ran aground near Calatagan Port in Barangay Poblacion 4 here on Friday, January 5. M/V Group Seven (Photo via Danny Estacio) Philippine Coast Guard Sub-Station Calatagan reported that M/V Group Seven, with a...
BATANGAS CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Southern Tagalog temporarily suspended on All Souls’ Day the search for a 26-year-old man who jumped off a ship on the sea of Calatagan, Batangas, on Monday, October 31. The PCG-Southern Tagalog said the search for Iloilo City resident Ralph...
Leading digital solutions platform Globe and global cybersecurity leader Palo Alto Networks recently handed over 1,000 Cyberlite Activity Workbooks to the Enrique Zobel Foundation (EZF) under the telco's Digital Thumbprint Program (DTP) which aims to increase students' knowledge of digital...
CALATAGAN, Batangas – Eleven poultry farm workers, including six women, in this town were hospitalized after eating fried chicken on Thursday, September 21. Police said the victims were workers of Tierra del Sur Poultry Farm in Barangay Biga. Investigation said that the victims ordered fried...
BATANGAS CITY – The Office of Civil Defense 4-A received on August 29 500 boxes of absorbent pads from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources 4-A to contain oil slicks in Calatagan, Batangas. OCD 4-A officer-in-charge and Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon Regional...
CALATAGAN, Batangas – A 42-year-old Norwegian went missing while swimming in a resort in Barangay Santa Ana here on Tuesday afternoon, July 25. Police identified him as Gorgan Hagesater of Barangay Santolan, Pasig City. Hagesater and companion Christian Atle Hanse, 43, decided to go swimming amid...
CALATAGAN, Batangas – Mayor Peter Oliver Palacio here reported no significant damage from the magnitude-6.3 earthquake that rocked this town on Thursday morning, June 15. Palacio said that the municipal engineering team has been sent to check the municipal hall and other structures here. He...
A 40-year-old farmer was hacked to death by his younger brother during a drinking session on Sunday night, Nov. 27, in Barangay Paraiso, Calatagan, Batangas. Police identified the victim as Edecon Obrador. Investigation said Edecon and the suspect, Herman, 32, were having a drinking spree at 9:15...
