TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Police arrested 176 wanted individuals and seized illegal drugs worth almost P246,000 in anti-crime operations in Cagayan Valley or Region 2 from Jan. 22 to 28. Brig. Gen. Percival A. Rumbaoa, Police Regional Office (PRO) 2 director, said 35 persons were apprehended for...
The anti-scalawag unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP) has arrested a police officer in Davao City for allegedly killing a colleague having an affair with his wife. In a report on Friday, Feb. 3, Brig. Gen. Warren de Leon, chief of the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG), said...
A 53-year-old barangay tanod and a sugarcane plantation worker were shot dead in separate incidents by unidentified assailants in Batangas province on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Barangay tanod Sorbeto Quinto, a resident of Barangay Wawa, Batangas City, was about to enter his house when the suspect...
POLICE process evidence from a 39-year-old man arrested in a buy-bust operation in Cagayan de Oro City on Jan. 24. (Photo courtesy of Cagayan de Oro City Police Office) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P1,672,350.20 in a week-long ‘’One Time, Big Time’’ (OTBT)...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police arrested 771 individuals in a week-long anti-crime campaign in Central Luzon. Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Cesar Pasiwen said 292 have standing warrants of arrest, 51 of whom are most wanted with cases ranging from murder,...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office 6 arrested 525 persons in a week-long anti-crime campaign in Western Visayas. “Our accomplishments are testament of all our efforts to combat the menace of illegal drugs and other forms of criminality that disrupt the peace and order situation in Western...
A police intelligence officer was shot in Barangay Antipolo del Sur in Lipa City, Batangas, on Sunday night, Jan. 29. Police said the victim had the rank of master sergeant and assigned to the intelligence section of the Lipa City Police Station. Investigation said the victim stopped by the...
GLAN, SARANGANI -- Police filed parricide charges against a 45-year old father who gunned down his seven year-old son for not heeding his plea to behave while playing outside their house in Barangay Pangyan, this town on Monday, Jan. 23. Glan police chief Lt. Col. Giovanni Ladeo said the suspect,...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office 7 reported a significant drop in the crime rate in Central Visayas from Jan. 1 to 25. The PRO-7 said that 208 index crimes were recorded in the first 25 days of the year, 22.96 percent lower compared to 270 in the same period last year. The PRO-7 added that...
The government of Kuwait has expressed condolences and sympathies to the family of Jullebee Cabiles Ranara, the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) who was found dead and burned in a desert in the said Middle Eastern country, as her family awaits the arrival of her remains to the Philippines. Department...
TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat (PNA) – Authorities have launched a manhunt against motorcycle-riding gunmen who shot dead a barangay chairman in Lebak, this province, on Thursday evening, Jan. 26. MAP of Sultan Kudarat with the municipality of Lebak highlighted. Lt. Col. Julius Malcontento, Lebak...
ILOILO CITY -- A soldier wanted for killing a relative was arrested in Jamindan town, Capiz province on Monday, Jan. 23. Authorities identified the suspect as Staff Sergeant Jomarel Verde Vacaro, a member of the Philippine Army’s 12th Infantry Battalion (12 IB). The 35-year-old soldier was...
