BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangub here on Thursday, Oct. 6. Major Joery Puerto, head of the Police Station 8, said the suspect, Ma. Glosita Guilaran, 52, of Barangay Tangub, is a street-level individual and yielded 27 grams of...
ILOILO CITY – An inmate stabbed his tormentor to death at the Iloilo District Jail (IDJ) in Pototan, Iloilo on Friday, Oct. 7. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-6 identified the victim as Melvin Gemio, 39. Atty. Anthony Dogelio, BJMP-6 spokesperson, said that the suspect, Elbert...
TACLOBAN CITY – A former vice mayor of Calbiga, Samar was gunned down on the national highway in Barangay Timbanagan, Calbiga on Friday, Oct. 7. POLICE interview witnesses after former Calbiga, Samar Vice Mayor Miguel Abaigar was shot dead on the national highway in Barangay Timbangan,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police on Wednesday, Oct. 5, filed murder and frustrated murder charges against three suspected New People's Army (NPA) for killing a barangay chairman and wounding his son in Pambujan, Northern Samar. Col. Alfredo Tadefa, Northern Samar police chief, identified the suspects as...
A Chinese woman has been rescued by the authorities in Batangas after she was allegedly abducted by her foreign kidnappers, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed Friday, Oct. 7. (Photo from PNP-PIO) PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said the 28-year-old victim was found by elements of...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – Police arrested a 30-year-old construction worker on Wednesday, Oct. 5, for allegedly killing a private high school teacher in Claveria, Masbate on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Police identified the suspect as Alvin Yanzon. Initial investigation showed that the victim, Jessabel Mangubat,...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police here arrested two policemen assigned to the Davao City Police Office and their two civilian cohorts for allegedly robbing a businessman in this city on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, Police Regional Office-12 director, identified the suspects as...
For Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, the moral damage and criminal effects inflicted by Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) do not justify its economic benefits to the country. Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO) READ:...
BACOLOD CITY – A satellite installer died while his companion was wounded in a shooting incident at the boundaries of Barangays Ilaya and Calampisawan in Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Oct. 2. A POLICEMAN checks the area at the boundaries of Barangays Ilaya and Calampisawan in...
CANDABA, Pampanga – Police arrested two men for allegedly robbing a grocery here on Sunday, Oct. 2. Pampanga acting police director Col. Alvin Consolacion identified the suspects as Renneland Pangilinan and Jonar Sibug. Police received a report that two men were robbing a grocery inside the...
SAGUDAY, Quirino – Police arrested a man for 61 counts of rape in Barangay Gamis here on Monday, Oct. 3. The suspect, alias “John,” is the No. 1 most wanted person in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley). Saguday police led by Capt. Alex F. Orbillo, chief of police, together with the First Quirino...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Lawmen arrested a retired policeman in Tanauan City, Batangas on Sunday, Oct. 2, wanted for the murder of a barangay chairman in Naic, Cavite last February. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the suspect as retired Corporal Bernardo Pangilinan, 63. Pangilinan was...
