COTABATO CITY (PNA) – An unidentified gunman shot and wounded a municipal election officer of the Maguindanao town of Datu Odin Sinsuat while he was buying bananas in a roadside fruit stall here at past noon on Friday, Nov. 4. The victim, Raufen Mangelen, was on his way home from Friday prayers...
GATTARAN, Cagayan – A 39-year-old man was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 3, for allegedly raping his 17-year-old daughter for 12 years here. The suspect was arrested after the victim, accompanied by her grandmother and relatives, filed a complaint before the police. According to the victim, her...
BAGUIO CITY – Police here arrested 72 wanted persons in a two-week long Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) from Oct. 17 to 31. City police chief Col. Francisco Bulwayan Jr. said six street-level individuals and three high-value individuals (HVI) were arrested while...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Police said they have arrested the suspect in the rape and murder of an 18-year-old Ateneo de Naga University senior high school student in Camarines Sur. Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-5, said that the Camarines Sur Provincial...
TUBA, Benguet – The two women found dead on the side of a cliff in Sitio Inonas, Barangay Taloy Sur here on Monday, Oct. 31, are the daughter and niece of an active police officer. Staff Sgt. Albert Peralta Quiros of the Pozorrubio Municipal Police Station in Pangasinan identified the...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police caught 26 wanted persons and destroyed marijuana totaling P6.7 million in a two-week Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) from Oct. 15 to 31 in Benguet. Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police chief, said 14 loose firearms were voluntarily...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police arrested three men wanted for rape in the Calabarzon or the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area on All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1. Police Regional Office 4-A director Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. identified the suspects as Randolph Villanueva...
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – A man was arrested in Barangay San Antonio here after allegedly firing a gun on All Saints' Day. Biñan City Police Station (CPS) identified the suspect as Esmeraldo Moreno. Investigation said a concerned citizen sought help from the authorities after Moreno fired...
CEBU CITY – A barangay tanod (watchman) died after he was allegedly stabbed by two minors with a cockfighting gaff or "tari" before dawn on Monday, Oct. 31, in Barangay Tagaguimit, City of Naga, Cebu. Police identified the fatality as Danilo Alerta Sr., 57. Lt. Col. Junnel Caadlawon, chief of the...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police said a 41-year-old man was killed at the house of his girlfriend on Wednesday night, Oct. 26, in Barangay Market View here. Investigators identified the victim as Dennis Delfin Ortega, alias “Pasak,” a resident of Barangay 8, this city. Police said Ortega was...
BUGALLON, Pangasinan – A police intelligence operative was gunned down in Barangay Salasa here on Thursday, Oct. 27. Col. Jeff Fanged, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office officer-in-charge, identified the victim as Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Ignacio, assigned to the local police. Police said Ignacio was...
DATU MONTAWAL, Maguindanao (PNA) – The local government has offered a P300,000 bounty for anyone who could provide information that would help identify the killers of a municipal councilor here. In a statement on Wednesday, Oct. 26, Mayor Otho Montawal said he hopes the reward money would help...
