CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested 139 individuals for alleged illegal fishing in the sea of the Caraga region from February 24 to 25. Seized from them by the Police Regional Office-13 were unregulated fishnets, fishing gear, and trawlers, 22 motorized fishing boats, and...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Police Regional Office-Cordillera seized suspected shabu and marijuana worth a total of P9.4 million in anti-illegal drug operations from February 18 to 24. Ten suspected drug pushers were arrested and seized from them were 11.04 grams of shabu with a total standard...
Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Monday, Feb. 26, all regional directors to intensify the operation against illegal mining activities in their respective areas of responsibility. Acorda explained that his order is not only aimed at preventing...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) warned gun owners to make sure that their firearm is registered in order to avoid legal problems such as what happened to a 51-year old man who was arrested during an operation in Roxas, Oriental Mindoro. Capt. Clyde Kalyawen, chief of Roxas Municipal Police...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Police Regional Office-Cordillera confiscated illegal drugs worth P28.3 million and arrested 12 drug personalities in anti-illegal drugs operations in the Cordillera from February 11 to 17. The PRO-Cordillera-Regional Operations Division said 141,570 fully grown...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested 14 individuals for illegal gambling during a three-day Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation in the Caraga region from February 15 to 17. Police Regional Office 13-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) is urging the public to stop patronizing illegal online gaming following the government's crackdown on another unlicensed operation in Parañaque City. Alejandro H. Tengco, Pagcor chairman and chief executive officer, said that 12 individuals...
CEBU CITY – Police seized suspected shabu and marijuana worth more than P100 million in a three-day operation in Central Visayas. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) said that 14,796.46 grams of shabu amounting to P110,615,928 and 60 grams of marijuana worth P7,200 were seized from...
A job consultancy company based in Makati City was shut down by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) for alleged involvement in illegally recruiting Filipino workers for factory jobs in Poland. DMW Officer-in-Charge Undersecretary Bernard P. Olalia said the operation on Monday, Feb. 12, against...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested 147 fishermen for illegal fishing in the Caraga region last week. The Police Regional Office 13-Regional Operations Division said that troops seized P112,060 worth of fish and illegal fishing paraphernalia -- unregulated fishnets, fishing...
BAGUIO CITY – Twenty-eight illegal Small Town Lottery (STL) bookies have been convicted for illegal bet collection in the province of Benguet. The Regional Trial Court of Benguet said 27 illegal bet collectors were sentenced from August to December 2023. The 28th was convicted on January 26,...
Presidential Adviser on Poverty Alleviation Larry Gadon came to the defense of President Marcos, saying the latter is not addicted to illegal drugs but is addicted to working and to his love for the Philippines. Photo from Larry Gadon/Facebook Gadon said this after former president Rodrigo Duterte...
