The embassy of the Czech Republic in the Philippines has completed an electrification project for a tribal community in Botolan, Zambales. A photovoltaic electrification project in the mountainous area of Sitio Nacolcol was launched as the embassy partnered with Project Liwanag to carry out its...
CAMP GENERAL FRANCISCO S. MACABULOS, Tarlac City -- A 62-year-old former rebel operating in the mountainous area of Tarlac, Zambales and Sierra Madre voluntarily surrendered to authorities, a police report said on Friday, Dec. 16. Police Lieutenant Colonel Dennis C Wenceslao, Force Commander of 1st...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is rushing works on the Capas-Botolan Road project in a bid to strengthen the road network in Central Luzon DPWH Tarlac Second District Engineering Office chief Edward Ricardo Ramos explained that at present, there is no direct east-west road...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in coordination with Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla, extended assistance over the weekend to residents in Mindanao who were affected by floods brought by severe storm "Paeng." DSWD staff and representatives from Padilla's Senate office...
SUBIC, Zambales – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 3 (Central Luzon) dismantled another makeshift drug den and arrested three persons in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Matangib, Barangay Cawag here before dawn Monday, Aug. 22. PDEA identified the suspects as Arlene...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A 64-year-old man facing charges of six counts of rape was arrested by authorities in Masinloc, Zambales on Thursday, August 11. According to reports from the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3), elements of Masinloc Police together with the...
AUTHORITIES inventory pieces of evidence seized in a drug den raid in Zambales Saturday, July 23. SUBIC, Zambales – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Zambales and the local police arrested three persons in a drug den raid in Purok 5, Barangay Matain, here Saturday, July 23....
A 4.6-magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Luzon at around 4:36 p.m., Friday, July 15, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs traced the epicenter of the earthquake at 7 kilometers (km) southwest of Masinloc, Zambales, and at a depth of 40 km. It was felt...
A cargo ship carrying 24 crew members ran aground in Masinloc, Zambales on Saturday, July 2, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported. (Screenshot from Philippine Coast Guard video) A report from the PCG said cargo ship LCT Aviva 80 was traversing Bajo de Masinloc when it suddenly encountered...
FIREARMS, food and medical supplies, and subversive documents owned by the communist movement were found in Barangay Palis, Botolan, Zambales Sunday, June 26. (3rd Mechanized Battalion photo) CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – An arms cache of the New People’s Army (NPA) was unearthed in Sitio...
A DRUG den in Zambales was dismantled by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Sunday, June 26. (PDEA photo) SUBIC, Zambales – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Zambales dismantled a drug den in Purok 3, Tala Extension, Barangay Matain here and arrested three alleged drug...
Outgoing Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Delfin Lorenzana said over the weekend that the recently activated Naval Operating Base (NOB) in Subic will serve as the main naval support and logistics hub of the Philippine Navy (PN) as it continues to improve its fleet. Naval Operating Base...
