CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- Sixty-three police officers assigned to the Police Regional Office-Cordillera and 10 non-uniformed personnel (NUP) were removed from service as part of the ongoing internal cleansing program of the Philippine National Police. Acting PNP chief Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr....
An 18-year-old female student was arrested while a 17-year-old boy was rescued by the police during a buy-bust operation in Taguig on July 29. Southern Police District director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg identified the suspect as Pahayma Lumawan, a student. The suspected shabu confiscated during...
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – A 45-year-old construction worker died when he was struck by a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) here Friday, July 29. Police arrested the driver of the vehicle past midnight Saturday in a town a few kilometers away from the impact site. A report from the office of Police...
CEBU CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P8.5 million from two suspected drug pushers in separate buy-bust operations in Metro Cebu Friday, July 30. Police Brig. Gen. Roque Eduardo Vega, Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) chief, cited police units responsible for the two...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers and seized almost P500,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bukal here Friday, July 29. The suspects were identified as Trisha Gentiles, 38, and Jamie Ciga Escuadra, 60, both of Antipolo City. Local police and...
The killing of the father of Chao Tiao Yumol, the suspected gunman behind the deadly Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) shooting, might have been an “offshoot” or consequence of the first bloodbath that occurred in the university, a ranking police officer disclosed. Police Brig. Gen. Remus...
CEBU CITY – Three persons were arrested in a series of raids Tuesday, July 26 targeting individuals engaged in the illegal selling of petroleum products in Metro Cebu. Personnel of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Department of Energy-Central Visayas seized at least P1-million...
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City -- Three gang members involved in gun-for-hire and gun running activities were arrested by the joint operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Calabarzon and local police unit in Barangay Anastacia in Tiaong, Quezon, a police report...
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized P2.1-million worth of suspected shabu from a hog raiser and his alleged drug runner in separate buy-bust operations here Thursday, July 28. A HOG raiser was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City, Thursday, July 28. Seized from his was...
CAMP OLIVAS, San Fernando City, Pampanga – Central Luzon police are preparing security measures to ensure the safety of teachers and students in the resumption of face-to-face classes in public and private schools in August. “We guarantee the public that we are ready to safeguard learners,...
CEBU CITY – A barangay councilor and three others were arrested for playing mahjong in public Tuesday, July 26, in Jagna, Bohol. Arrested were Rowel Baja Ortiz, 49, a barangay councilor of Pagina, Jagna; Michel Salaum Sajulga, 43; Casimiro Sajulga Cagas, 39, and Elaine Estoque Arellano, 51....
INFANTA, Quezon – Police seized P408,000 worth of suspected shabu and arrested two alleged drug pushers in Purok Langka, Barangay Binulasan, here Wednesday, July 27. The suspects were identified as Michelle Tañola, 47, and Edgardo Salvadora, both residents of Sitio Langka, Barangay...
