A Philippine Navy (PN) sailor previously assigned to the BRP Sierra Madre outpost in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is facing an investigation over alleged illegal drug use, a military spokesperson said Friday, Aug. 7. PN spokesperson Capt. Marissa Martinez clarified...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police commanders down to the precinct and station levels to intensify community intelligence efforts to dismantle illegal gambling operations and hubs across the country. Aside from popular card and...
Two men allegedly linked to a series of robberies and hold-up incidents were shot and wounded by two other suspects during an alleged dispute over illegal drug proceeds in Makati City on Saturday, Aug. 1. Police said the incident happened around 1 a.m. on Hiwaga Street in Barangay Olympia....
BATANGAS CITY – Batangas police seized 193 loose firearms during operations in the province from May to July. Police Col. Oliver Ebora, Batangas police chief, presented these to Police Brig. Gen. Dominic Baccay, Police Regional Office 4-A director, during his visit Monday, Aug. 3. Baccay cited...
Police arrested a total of 473 people for illegal fishing and illegal logging as authorities intensified the campaign in implementing environmental laws in Western Visayas. Police Brig. Gen. Randulf T. Tuaño, director of the Police Regional Office 6, said the operations conducted in July also led...
Bulacan police intercepted nearly P1.34 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested two drug suspects in an anti-drug operation in Barangay Pulong Sampalok, Doña Remedios Trinidad (DRT), Thursday night, July 30. Col. Jay B. Baybayan, acting Bulacan police director, said the buy-bust was...
CEBU CITY – More than P600-million worth of illegal drugs, mostly shabu, seized from various operations in Central Visayas were destroyed on Tuesday, July 28. In terms of value and quantity, it was the biggest illegal destruction that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas...
Two men who allegedly posed as police officers and threatened two women with guns were arrested in Quezon City early Friday morning, July 24. The suspects, identified only as “Jon,” 26, of Marikina City, and “Rey,” 26, of Barangay Parang, Marikina City, were arrested by personnel of the...
A 40-year-old man was arrested in Mexico, Pampanga, on Monday night, July 20, after allegedly duping 1,700 overseas jobseekers by claiming that only a “few slots” remained for jobs abroad. Operatives of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Project 4 Station served a warrant for syndicated...
An individual using the alias "Rizal" was among the 13 arrested after authorities seized over P4.5 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in San Mateo, Rizal, on July 22, police said. The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said the operation was conducted at the house...
Two men arrested for illegal gambling are facing more charges after police found an unlicensed firearm and shabu in their possession in Muntinlupa City on July 23. Muntinlupa police were conducting anti-criminality operations when they saw the suspects playing "cara y cruz" at the corner of...
Content creator Boss Toyo has apologized after drawing criticism over social media posts that many netizens viewed as casting doubt on veteran journalist Kara David 's "I-Witness" documentary about an illegal dumpsite in an Aeta ancestral domain in Subic, Zambales. The controversy began after...
