LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police destroyed marijuana plants worth P2.8 million in Benguet and Kalinga during an eradication operation from December 24 to 30. The Police Regional Office-Cordillera Regional Operations Division said 6,825 fully grown marijuana plants with a standard drug price of...
CEBU CITY – People flying drones during the Sinulog Grand Parade this month have to secure permits, police said Wednesday, January 3. DRONE (Pexels) The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) issued the reminder as authorities started mapping out security measures for the upcoming...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police nabbed 14 wanted persons during the week-long anti-crime campaign in the Cordillera from December 24 to 30. Based on the records from the Police Regional Office-Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division, the Benguet Police Provincial Office nabbed...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Police Regional Office 4-A destroyed firecrackers seized during the holiday season worth P787,252 in this camp on Wednesday, January 3. POLICE Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas, PRO 4-A director, leads the destruction of confiscated illegal firecrackers during the...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-3 reported 185 fireworks-related incidents and three illegal discharge of firearms in Central Luzon from December 16 to January 1. PRO-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jose S. Hidalgo Jr. said this is higher by 109 cases or...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-7 reported on January 2 that the number of fireworks-related injuries in Central Visayas decreased this holiday season. The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) said that the number of firecracker victims dropped by 49 percent. From December 21 to...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) has created three task groups that will plan the security coverage for the upcoming Fiesta Señor and Sinulog Grand Parade. ABERIN (center). (FB) Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of PRO-7, created the Task Group Security,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Fireworks-related injuries in Eastern Visayas tripled this holiday season compared to the same period in 2022. The Department of Health (DOH)-Eastern Visayas said although there has been no mortality, 24 cases were recorded as of Tuesday, January 2, compared to only eight in 2022....
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas was generally peaceful during the New Year. Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, PRO-6 director, said only 15 crime incidents were recorded in the region from December 31 to January 1. Six of these were physical injury, three murder, three homicide, two theft,...
BUTUAN CITY – The New Year celebration in the Caraga region was generally peaceful. However, four fireworks-related injuries were recorded in the cities of Cabadbaran and Butuan and the municipalities of Las Nieves in Agusan del Norte and San Luis in Agusan del Sur. The Police...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 has recorded 75 fireworks-related incidents in Western Visayas as of New Year’s Eve. A STALL selling firecrackers in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “This is still a running number,” said Police Major Mary Grace Borio, PRO-6 spokesperson, on...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Police Regional Office-2 and the Bureau of Fire Protection-2 destroyed 2,485 pieces of seized assorted firecrackers worth about P31,121 on December 30. POLICE Regional Office-2 chief Police Brig. Gen. Christopher Birung (right) visits a stall selling firecrackers on...
