The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded a minor explosive eruption at the summit crater of Kanlaon Volcano on Friday evening, Oct. 24. Based on a time-lapse footage from 8:05 p.m. to 8:08 p.m., the eruption produced a plume that rose about 2,000 meters above the...
GONZAGA, Cagayan – The military recovered New People’s Army Improvised Explosive Devices in Sitio Tagkar, Barangay Isca, this town, on Wednesday, Dec. 18. AUTHORITIES discovered IEDs in Cagayan. The 95th Infantry Battalion led by Lt. Col. Vladimir Gracilla received information from...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A man was killed in a suspected improvised explosive device explosion inside a beach resort in Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur at dawn on Tuesday, September 17. A MOTORCYCLE damaged by the explosion. (PNP) Police are identifying the mangled victim whose body was...
Four persons were killed and 50 were injured in an explosion in Marawi City on Sunday morning, December 3. AN explosion hit a Mass in Marawi City on December 3, killing four persons and injuring 50 others. (FB) Three of the fatalities were female and one was male. Fourty-two of the injured were...
CALAUAG, Quezon – Five New People’s Army Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) were recovered in Barangay Kigtan here on Monday, July 17. Quezon police director Police Col. Ledon Monte told Police Regional Office 4-A chief Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces that a resident informed authorities about...
BAGUIO CITY – Fifty police officers from the Police Regional Office-Cordillera recently completed a Police Explosive Reconnaissance Course (PERC). Graduates received certificates of completion from Police Col. Francisco Bulwayan Jr., Baguio City Police Office chief, in the closing ceremony at...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police recovered a military explosive in a junk shop in Pagadian City on Monday, Feb. 20. The Bomb Squad swooped down on the junk shop owned by Necario Alcano after receiving reports that an explosive was in the area. The explosive later identified as a CTG 60mm was...
A man was arrested after operatives of the Northern Police District (NPD) found and confiscated a gun and a grenade in his house in Caloocan City Sunday morning, June 12. The NPD identified the suspect as Salmero Cartago, 43, a resident of Barangay 73, Samson Road, Caloocan City. Members of the...
The "explosive" tandem of presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will campaign together more often from now on. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio (Lakas-CMD Media)...
A seafarer posing as a cop was arrested by police after robbing three people in Taguig City on Thursday, Feb. 17. Southern Police District director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg said the suspect, identified as Jayson Landrito, 23, of Barangay Palingon, Taguig, was also found in possession of a...
Anti-narcotics authorities arrested on Saturday, Feb. 5, two drug suspected drug peddlers and seized some P340,000 worth of shabu and chemicals that are being used to make explosives during an operation in Balud, Masbate. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Masbate Provincial Office said...
