The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has appealed to Filipinos to be more discerning in applying for a job abroad in order to prevent them from falling prey to illegal recruiters. OFWs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo...
Eight Filipino who ended up in stressful situations after being victimized by human traffickers in Myanmar have been rescued and returned home on Monday, Feb. 13. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Filipinos arrived in the Philippines at 5:25 a.m. at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)...
LAGUNA – Authorities collared 13 individuals for illegal cockfighting in the city of San Pablo on Sunday, Feb. 12. The illegal gambling operation was conducted by San Pablo City Police Station (CPS) and Regional Special Operation Unit 4A (RSOU 4A). PIO Laguna PPO / MANILA BULLETIN In a statement,...
KALAYAAN, Laguna – Three persons were arrested for alleged illegal logging in Barangay San Antonio, this municipality, last week. Confiscated from the suspects were P842,000 worth of lumber. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Community Environment and Natural Resources...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-7 has enlisted at enlisted 600 former drug users to help in the battle against illegal drugs in Central Visayas. Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of PRO-7 director Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, said these Anti-Illegal Drug Advocates (AIDA) members...
LAGUNA – Authorities arrested seven alleged members of the Cuento Criminal Gang in five separate operations against loose firearms on Feb. 4 and 5 in the municipality of Santa Maria here. In a statement, Laguna Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspects as alias Rogelio, alias Edick,...
Three wanted persons were arrested in separate operations conducted by members of the Las Piñas and Pasay City police on Wednesday, Feb. 8. In Las Piñas, two wanted persons identified as Edward Fernandez,39, and Marvin Irinco,28, were arrested by members of the Warrant and Subpoena Section...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A total of 494 individuals were apprehended and over P2.3 million worth of illegal drugs were seized during a weeklong anti-criminality campaign in Central Luzon. Central Luzon police made 494 arrests, including 124 for illegal gambling, 171 for...
Police confiscated over P400,000 worth of alleged illegal drugs and arrested four drug peddlers in two separate buy-bust operations held in the province of Bulacan on Sunday, Feb. 5. In a report submitted by Col. Relly B. Arnedo, Bulacan police director, to Central Luzon police regional director...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged the local government units (LGUs) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) to grant persons who were addicted to illegal drugs but already wants to reform their lives easy access to the government’s rehabilitation and...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will launch a deeper probe into the illegal drug trade in jail facilities after receiving information of similar incidents in Northern Mindanao. ABALOS (FB) In a media conference here on Monday, Feb. 6, DILG...
Two men involved in a vehicular accident were arrested by members of the Las Piñas City police for illegal possession of firearm and drugs early morning of Sunday, Feb. 5. Col. Jaime Santos, city police chief, identified the suspects as Jefferson Garin, 32; and Raymund Mangubat, 39. Santos said...