A member of the Alex Rivera Criminal Group was arrested by police for theft and possession of a hand grenade on Friday, Nov. 11, in Barangay Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City. The Pasig City Police Station (CPS), headed by Chief-of-Police Col. Celerino Sacro Jr., identified the suspect as alias "JR," 22....
Turkey has pledged support to the modernization program of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Photo by PNP This was relayed by Capt. Yavuz Mercan, Turkish military attache to the Philippines, when he visited the PNP National Headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City last week, the PNP revealed...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- A British university student who was arrested for throwing eggs at King Charles III on Thursday said he had been banned from carrying eggs in public as part of his bail conditions. Patrick Thelwell, 23, was released from custody after Wednesday's incident in York, northern...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) on Thursday, Nov. 10, launched the ‘’Bisdak Cop Riders” – a team of motorcycle-riding policemen tasked to curb street crimes in the region. MEMBERS of the Police Regional Office-7 ‘Bisdak Cop Riders’ demonstrate how to...
BACOLOD CITY – Four persons, including two teenagers, were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 2 here on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Two suspects were identified as Reeben Omega, 20, and Joemarie Magbanua, 22, both residents of Barangay 2. Police withheld the names of the two other suspects...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Two-hundred nineteen recruits were sworn in as members of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-3 (Central Luzon) on Wednesday, Nov. 9. They took their oath before PRO-3 director Brig. Gen. Cesar Pasiwen following their presentation by Brig. Gen....
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P1.15 million from two high-value drug peddlers in an anti-drug operation here on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Suspects John Rex Palacios Valentino and Sam Llauderes Deanrick Saenz were arrested in Arevalo District. The 36-year-old Valentino and...
A 26-year-old man was caught in possession of alleged shabu and a knife after police accosted him for trying to open a parked vehicle in Las Pinas City on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Col. Jaime Santos, city police chief, said the suspect identified as Eduardo Volante was arrested around 1:45 p.m. on...
CAMP Francisco S. Macabulos, Tarlac City – The Tarlac police said they arrested 82 law violators in one week from Oct. 31 to Nov. 6. Forty-one of them have standing warrants of arrest, 14 were nabbed for illegal drugs, 10 for illegal gambling, and 17 during police response. Suspects face...
Four member of the notorious Sputnik criminal group operating in the southern part of Metro Manila were arrested by the police following a buy-bust operation held in Barangay Poblacion, Makati City. The suspects were identified as Celso Purificacion Jr., 22; Reniel Ortiz, 24; Jay Cris Canelas, 34;...
CEBU CITY – Security measures are in place for the Bar examination at the University of San Carlos and University of Cebu here on Nov. 9, 13, 16, and 20. Brig. Gen. Roderick Alba, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, said the Cebu City police are ready to secure the exam...
BAGUIO CITY – Police arrested three foreign nationals after a search of their house in Barangay Victoria here recently yielded packs of suspected marijuana valued at P11,400. Suspects were identified as Ephraim Samuel, 23; Jeremiah Ishaya, 21, and Amelia Paixao, 22. Brig. Gen. Mafelino...
