Taguig police served warrants of arrest on a woman facing multiple counts of illegal recruitment and estafa in Davao City. The Southern Police District (SPD) identified the suspect as alias Zahra, 33, a native of South Cotabato and currently residing in Barangay Lower Bicutan, Taguig. She is...
A 26-year-old bus conductor was arrested early Sunday morning, June 21, in Parañaque City after allegedly attempting to evade police while carrying a firearm. Police Col. Nicolas Pinon, Parañaque City Police chief, identified the suspect as “Rick,” who was apprehended at around 1:30 a.m. on...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong said the drug-cleared status of 20 barangays here has been revoked due to the presence of active drug pushers. Magalong, head of the City Peace and Order Council and City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CPOC-CADAC), said the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay...
Three mining wannabes ended up with steel bars in a detention facility following their arrest for illegal activities while searching for gold in a mountainous area in Santa Cruz town in Occidental Mindoro. Police Brig. Gen. Christopher R. Dela Cruz said police forces were immediate sent in Barangay...
FPJ Panday Bayanihan Party-List Rep. Brian Poe is seeking a congressional probe into the feasibility and implications of adopting the principles stated in the Mombasa Declaration on Advancing Fisheries Transparency to Combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing. Embodied in House...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) relieved Police Major Fortunato Sabio Villafuerte, chief of the Sibulan Municipal Police Station in Negros Oriental, for failure to stop illegal gambling. Villafuerte, who was relieved under the One Strike Policy on illegal...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has given Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte five days to explain recent waste-dumping incidents outside its Region XI office, while separately filing a criminal complaint against the owner of a vehicle allegedly used to dump...
Over P1.6 million worth of shabu and a firearm were seized from four individuals during a buy-bust operation in Rodriguez, Rizal, early Saturday morning, June 13. The Rodriguez Municipal Police Station (MPS) identified the suspects as “Mitch,” 22; “Bunso,” 24; “Jerson,” 26; and...
A 33-year-old former Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) employee and his live-in partner were arrested during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Commonwealth, Quezon City, on Tuesday night, June 9, which resulted in the seizure of P374,000 worth of shabu. The suspects were collared on...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Provincial Police Office (IPPO) is beefing up monitoring of barangay officials allegedly involved in the illegal drugs trade in the province after eight of them were arrested this year. “This year alone, we have arrested three barangay captains, four barangay kagawads,...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed criminal cases against three foreigners and their alleged local cohort for the alleged illegal recruitment of Filipinos who were falsely promised to work as restaurant staff in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The cases were filed last June 5 before the...
Public health groups urged authorities to intensity its crackdown on illegal vape products rather than impose excessive restrictions on regulated alternatives, saying during a Senate hearing that stronger enforcement and balanced regulations are key to combating illicit trade. “In reality your...
