ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – A 73-year-old alleged leader of an armed group yielded a high-powered firearm as he surrendered to authorities in the province of Basilan. Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, said on Saturday, Feb. 4, that Salihin Nulani...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Policemen gunned down a frustrated murder suspect who attacked them while they were serving a warrant of arrest against him in Barangay Congan, Glan, Sarangani on Friday, Feb. 3. Lt. Col. Giovanni Ladeo, Glan police chief, said Master Sgt. Amando Baslan and Corporal...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency has declared 12 police units in Nueva Vizcaya as drug-free workplace. First to be declared drug-free was the provincial police office last November and the most recent was the Solano police station. The other units which obtained the accomplishment was the...
ILOILO CITY – Cops of Western Visayas region received a very satisfactory rating in an online survey for their combined performances last year. Cops at Camp Delgado, the Western Visayas regional headquarters in Iloilo City. (PRO-6) The online survey for two semesters of 2022 was conducted by...
CAMP Gen. Francisco S. Macabulos, Tarlac City – Police arrested a 45-year-old man for online estafa in an entrapment operation in Barangay Estrada, Capas, Tarlac, on Thursday, Feb. 2. Lt. Col. Neil Rainier Mercado, Capas chief of police, said the suspect, of San Agustin, Concepcion, Capas,...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police arrested a 37-year-old vegetable packer and seized suspected shabu worth almost P48,000 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Balili here on Wednesday night, Feb. 1. Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police chief, identified the suspect as Rolando Caranto. Caranto, a...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Police arrested 176 wanted individuals and seized illegal drugs worth almost P246,000 in anti-crime operations in Cagayan Valley or Region 2 from Jan. 22 to 28. Brig. Gen. Percival A. Rumbaoa, Police Regional Office (PRO) 2 director, said 35 persons were apprehended for...
BACOLOD CITY – Two drug pushers were arrested and 26 grams of suspected shabu worth P176,800 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 2, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Jan. 29. TWENTY-six grams of suspected shabu worth P176,800 were seized from two individuals in a...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Marijuana totaling P27.2 million were destroyed and 45 wanted persons were arrested during the Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) conducted by the Benguet Provincial Police Office from Jan. 15 to 31. Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police...
OTTAWA, Canada -- Five Canadian police officers have been charged with offenses related to an Indigenous man's death, which occurred shortly after his arrest in 2017. Prosecutors in British Columbia province announced late Wednesday manslaughter charges against two Royal Canadian Mounted Police...
WASHINGTON, United States -- President Joe Biden on Thursday said he hopes the death of Tyre Nichols after a police beating will spur Congress to enact police reforms, urging Black lawmakers to "keep at it." The Oval Office meeting between Biden and members of the Congressional Black Caucus took...
A husband and wife and their male companion were shot dead by two unidentified gunmen in Pasay City early Thursday morning, Feb. 2. Col. Frolian Uy, city police chief, identified the victims as couple Philip Jay Tan and Lilian Tan of Tabon-Tabon, Bacao, Oriental, Mindoro; and Richard Kevin delos of...
