GENERAL LUNA, Quezon – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers and shabu worth P2 million were seized in a buy-bust operation before dawn on Sunday, Jan. 29, in Sitio Malalim, Barangay San Jose, here. The General Luna Municipal Police Station identified the suspects as Melody Revilloza,...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte ordered on Saturday, Jan. 28, the strict implementation of security protocols in all public schools in the city following the stabbing incidents inside the Culiat High School on Friday, Jan. 20 “Kailangan nating paigtingin ang seguridad sa ating mga paaralan upang...
LUCENA CITY – Nearly P1 million worth of fishing gear, tools, illegally caught fishes, and 77 bottles of 'bigas-bigas' used in dynamite fishing were seized by authorities during a raid in seawater off Barangay Barra on Friday, Jan. 27, in this city. Joint elements of the Bureau of Fisheries and...
Two residents were hurt in a fire that affected at least 30 informal settler families (ISFs) on Gumamela Street in Barangay Roxas, Quezon City on Saturday, Jan. 28. Senior Fire Officer 4 Rolando Valena of the Quezon Fire District (QCFD) said a 63-year-old man sustained minor contusions on both arms...
A soldier was wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Sitio Mabato, Barangay Pansoy, San Andres, Quezon on Friday, Jan. 27. Police identified the wounded as Private First Class Johnson Carlos. The 85th Infantry Battalion, 405th Maneuver Company, and Regional Mobile Force Battalion...
Members of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested the suspect behind the bomb scare that disrupted classes in a school in Cubao, Quezon City on Thursday, Jan. 26. Lt. Col. Joseph Almaquer, QCPD Cubao Station chief, identified the suspect as Elfrank Emil Anthony Kadusale, 22, a resident of...
ATIMONAN, Quezon – A bedridden elderly woman died in a fire that razed her house in Barangay Tagbakin here on Thursday night, Jan. 26. Police identified the victim as Wendilena Imperial Fabros, widower. She was alone at home when the fire broke out around 8:50 p.m. The Atimonan Bureau of...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte vowed to go after people who spread information or pranks about bomb threats after several schools in the city were hit by such scares that caused disruption of classes. “Our schools are supposed to be a safe place for our students, and we will not take these pranks...
GUMACA, Quezon -- This town became the second to be declared insurgency-free in Quezon following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between local government units, Quezon Police Provincial Office, stakeholders, and the Philippine Army. Mayor Webster Letargo (4th right) with the...
The Quezon City Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability Department (CCESD) led on Thursday, Jan. 26, the “Trash to Cashback” program pop-up event in a covered court in Barangay Tatalon where residents turned over their recyclable materials or wastes. The program is in line with the...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) seized P758,710 worth of illegal drugs from 23 drug suspects in a series of buy-bust operations conducted on Wednesday, Jan. 25. According to QCPD Batasan Police Station (PS 6), an informant reported an illegal drug peddling activity at 9:30 p.m. along IBP...
Another school in Quezon City suspended classes after receiving a bomb threat early Thursday morning, Jan. 26. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Cubao Station (PS 7) said that at around 4:30 a.m., teacher Marlon Trinidad, 27, saw on the Facebook page of Ponciano Bernardo High School a post by...