BACOLOD CITY – A 36-year old man was arrested after yielding 27 grams of shabu during a buy-bust operation at Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 here on Thursday, Nov. 24. The City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) identified the subject as Jonathan Estolano of Barangay 2 here. Lt. Joven Mogato, CDEU head, said...
CEBU CITY -- Six alleged gamblers were arrested in Cebu as police authorities kept their relentless campaign against illegal gambling in Central Visayas. Arrested in San Fernando town, southern Cebu were Reynaldo Villasurda 57; Lowela Campaña 41; and Timoteo Baruman, 46. In Tabogon, northern Cebu,...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. urged the local government units (LGUs) on Thursday, Nov. 24, to organize their respective anti-illegal drug initiatives ahead of the grand launch of the Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan (BIDA) Program....
Highly suspicious, if not illegal. Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza Senior Deputy Minority Leader and Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza had this to say about the multi-billion peso fund transfers between the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Ten drug personalities were arrested during the Police Regional Office-Cordillera’s anti-illegal drugs operation conducted from Nov. 13 to Nov. 19. Based on the records from the PROCOR's Regional Operations Division (ROD) for the week, Benguet Police Provincial Office...
ROSALES, Pangasinan – A 25-year-old Sangguniang Kabataan chairman here involved in the illegal drugs trade surrendered to the police on Wednesday, Nov. 16. “Antonio” surrendered through the Kasimbayanan or Kapulisan, Simbahan, at Pamayanan program of the Philippine National Police with the...
The United States will be providing the Philippines $7.5 million in assistance to help the country in countering illegal, unregulated, unreported and unsustainable fishing. This came as US Vice President Kamala Harris visited the fishing village of Tagburos in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, where she...
IMUS CITY, Cavite – Authorities here arrested 45 individuals allegedly involved in illegal gambling, particularly pigeon racing, on Saturday, Nov. 19. The Cavite Police Provincial Office said the Imus City Police Station (CPS) received a report from a concerned citizen about illegal pigeon...
BACOLOD CITY -- A drug detainee surrendered to the authorities in Zamboanga del Norte on Saturday, Nov. 19, three days after he escaped from the custodial facility of Bacong Municipal Police Station in Negros Oriental on Wednesday. Lt. Col. Marcial Yanguas, officer-in-charge of Negros Oriental...
The Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office 2 (Cagayan Valley) is investigating the illegal sale of hybrid rice seeds that are part of the government’s seed distribution program. DA-RFO 2 Executive Director Narciso A. Edillo said they are coordinating with the National Bureau of...
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga – Six individuals, four of them females, were arrested inside a makeshift drug den in Barangay Dau at about 5:14 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18. Photo via Liezle Inigo Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region III (PDEA-3) who conducted the buy-bust operation...
BACOLOD CITY – A drug detainee escaped from the custodial facility of Bacong Municipal Police Station on Wednesday, Nov. 16. John Mike Olitres alias ‘Tata Vendetta’ is now the subject of massive manhunt operation by the Negros Oriental police. In a video on Facebook, Maj. Fortunato...
