TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Suspected marijuana valued at P21.6 million was seized and seven wanted persons were arrested in the anti-crime campaign Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) conducted by the Kalinga Provincial Police Office from Sept. 22 to 30. Three persons...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police arrested a 35-year-old farmer after suspected shabu valued at P13,600 was found in his house in Barangay Cudal here on Saturday, Oct. 1. Col. Charles Domallig, Kalinga police chief, said the suspect, Elpidio Pagtud Linggayo, alias “Elpid,” has been under...
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga – Police arrested five suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Pineda Compound, Barangay Dau, this city, on Saturday, Oct. 1. Suspects were identified as Carla Ramirez, an alias “Elmer,” 37; Jeffrey Comedia, Peter Contreras, and Jonathan Deovera. Seized from...
CAMP Marcelo A. Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – A 28-year-old seaman allegedly stabbed his wife to death in their home in Barangay Centro 2, Sanchez Mira, Cagayan on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Police identified the suspect as Joshua Mark Puzon of Barangay D' Leaño, Claveria. Sanchez Mira police...
An employee of the municipal government of Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya was arrested for illegal possession of firearms on Saturday, Oct. 1. A report from the office of Col. Dante Lubos, officer-in-charge, Nueva Vizcaya Police Provincial Office, identified the suspect as Elmer Peralta, 57, of Barangay...
CAMP Francisco S. Macabulos, Tarlac City – Police rescued two women and arrested their alleged pimp in a bar in Barangay San Manuel, Tarlac on Friday, Sept. 30. Lt. Michael Millante, San Manuel police officer-in-charge, identified the suspect as Joren dela Peña, 22. Suspect, who also works as a...
ALCALA, Cagayan – An 80-year-old widow died after she was hit by a car in Zone 4, Barangay Baybayog, here on Friday, Sept. 30. Police identified the victim as “Teresita.” Investigation disclosed that the victim was crossing the national highway when she was struck by the car driven by...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A family of five was injured in a fire that hit a commercial establishment in Barangay Makiling here on Friday, Sept. 30. Police identified the victims as Rolando Oliver, 27, caretaker of the establishment; his wife, Hanna Rose, 27, and their three children. They...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested nine persons in a series of anti-illegal gambling operations in Balamban, Cebu on Wednesday, Sept. 28. The Balamban police led by Lt. Col. Glenn Hife arrested five persons for allegedly playing the illegal numbers game “swertres.” Arrested were Maricris Son...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – A man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl was finally arrested on Thursday, Sept. 29, in Veruela, Agusan del Sur, after hiding for more than two years from the law. In a press statement on Friday, Sept. 30, Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr., Police Regional Office in the Caraga...
ILOILO CITY – Police are eyeing a cyber warrant to obtain messages from Jevron Parohinog, the lone survivor of the shooting incident in Estancia, Iloilo in which three of his businessmen friends were killed on Wednesday, Sept. 14. CRIME scene investigators look for evidence inside the vehicle of...
BACOLOD CITY – A man with pending cases was gunned down while a public school teacher was wounded by a stray bullet in Purok Masagana, Barangay Poblacion 2, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Sept. 29. Police identified the fatality as Jomarie Matarong, 38, of Barangay Maquiling....