An official of Zambales on Tuesday said Filipinos are working in dredging operations in the province. Provincial Consultant on Engineering and Infrastructure Development Domingo Mariano, in a statement, said no Chinese or foreign company is involved in the river restoration program or dredging...
Fishing communities and stakeholders in Zambales on Saturday cited the ongoing river restoration program in the province. A provincial government consultant said the program on the shoreline and the mouth of a major river system is a product of intensive and comprehensive flood control study. “A...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said a magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Zambales at 2:09 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16. Phivolcs said the epicenter was located 10 kilometers northwest of Masinloc, Zambales, at a depth of 30 kilometers. Its instruments measured the quake...
The magnitude 5 earthquake that struck Zambales on Saturday evening, Oct. 11, was possibly caused by the movement along the Manila Trench, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. This means the recent earthquakes in Cebu, La Union, and Davao are not connected, as...
DAGUPAN CITY – Police arrested two suspects in the brutal killing of two women in Palauig, Zambales on Thursday during a hot-pursuit operation in Caloocan City on Saturday. The suspects – Jinky, 30, female, jobless, and Benedict, 34, male, mechanic, residents of Masinloc, Zambales – were...
Police are investigating the possible link between the P802-million suspected “shabu” or crystal meth found inside sacks of chicken feed in Mariveles, Bataan on Thursday, Aug. 14, and the P10-billion drug haul of the Philippine Navy (PN) in Masinloc, Zambales in June. Police Brig. Gen. Ponce...
Two bodies of two women believed to be ‘’salvage’’ or summary execution victims were discovered in a canal in Purok 5, Barangay Salaza, Palauig, Zambales, on Thursday morning, Aug. 14. Police identified the victims as alias Khangkhang, 24, a resident of Purok Relocation, Barangay Taltal,...
IBA, Zambales – A flight instructor and three student pilots were injured in a plane crash here on Friday morning, July 11. Zambales Police Provincial Office Director Police Col. Benjamin Ariola identified the victims as Capt. Jacques Robert V. Papio, flight instructor, and student pilots Angelo...
The record P10-billion crystal meth (shabu) haul seized by the Philippine Navy (PN) off the coast of Zambales last week has Chinese-looking markings and the fishing boat where the illegal drugs were found was boarded by a Chinese-Malaysian suspect. This was the revelation made by Philippine Navy...
(UPDATED) Instead of fish, P10 billion worth of suspected “shabu” was found on a fishing boat inspected by the Philippine Navy (PN) off the coast of Zambales before dawn on Friday, June 20. PN spokesperson Captain John Percie Alcos said personnel of the Northern Luzon Naval Command (NLNC), in...
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Police in Zambales seized P5-million worth of suspected shabu and arrested a high-value individual during a buy-bust operation, the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO-3) said. The Independence Day operation was conducted in Barangay Linasin in San Marcelino town by the Zambales...
The “Chinese Drug Triad’’ is behind the dumping of more than one ton of shabu recently found by local fishermen drifting in the shores of Zambales, Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said. PDEA Director Isagani R. Nerez said the packaging of shabu...
