ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a Sulu-based Abu Sayyaf Group member in Barangay Cabatangan here on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Col. Paul Andrew Cortez, Zamboanga City police information officer, identified the suspect as Jun Arran Arip, alias “Jun Ayos,” 46. Police arrested Arip on warrants of arrest...
CANDABA, Pampanga – Police arrested two men for allegedly robbing a grocery here on Sunday, Oct. 2. Pampanga acting police director Col. Alvin Consolacion identified the suspects as Renneland Pangilinan and Jonar Sibug. Police received a report that two men were robbing a grocery inside the...
By ARIEL AVENDANO DIPACULAO, Aurora – Three persons were killed in an ambush in Barangay Dibutunan here on Monday, Oct. 3. BULLET holes in the vehicle of the three victims. (Photo via Ariel Avendano) Initial investigation disclosed that the three victims who remained unidentified as of...
SAGUDAY, Quirino – Police arrested a man for 61 counts of rape in Barangay Gamis here on Monday, Oct. 3. The suspect, alias “John,” is the No. 1 most wanted person in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley). Saguday police led by Capt. Alex F. Orbillo, chief of police, together with the First Quirino...
CEBU CITY – Police seized 18 kilos of suspected shabu amounting to P122 million in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Busay here on Monday, Oct. 3. PACKS of suspected shabu valued at P122 million were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Busay, Cebu City on Monday, Oct. 3. (Calvin D. Cordova)...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Lawmen arrested a retired policeman in Tanauan City, Batangas on Sunday, Oct. 2, wanted for the murder of a barangay chairman in Naic, Cavite last February. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the suspect as retired Corporal Bernardo Pangilinan, 63. Pangilinan was...
GLAN, Sarangani – A 30-year-old man hacked his two-year-old son and four-year old niece dead and was gunned down by his cousin to stop his rampage in a remote barangay in Glan, Sarangani on Saturday, Oct. 1. Investigators said the suspect, Dewi Pondong, hacked his son, “Botyok,” and niece...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Suspected marijuana valued at P21.6 million was seized and seven wanted persons were arrested in the anti-crime campaign Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) conducted by the Kalinga Provincial Police Office from Sept. 22 to 30. Three persons...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police arrested a 35-year-old farmer after suspected shabu valued at P13,600 was found in his house in Barangay Cudal here on Saturday, Oct. 1. Col. Charles Domallig, Kalinga police chief, said the suspect, Elpidio Pagtud Linggayo, alias “Elpid,” has been under...
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga – Police arrested five suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Pineda Compound, Barangay Dau, this city, on Saturday, Oct. 1. Suspects were identified as Carla Ramirez, an alias “Elmer,” 37; Jeffrey Comedia, Peter Contreras, and Jonathan Deovera. Seized from...
CAMP Marcelo A. Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – A 28-year-old seaman allegedly stabbed his wife to death in their home in Barangay Centro 2, Sanchez Mira, Cagayan on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Police identified the suspect as Joshua Mark Puzon of Barangay D' Leaño, Claveria. Sanchez Mira police...
An employee of the municipal government of Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya was arrested for illegal possession of firearms on Saturday, Oct. 1. A report from the office of Col. Dante Lubos, officer-in-charge, Nueva Vizcaya Police Provincial Office, identified the suspect as Elmer Peralta, 57, of Barangay...