BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and 26 grams of suspected shabu worth P176,800 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 here on Friday, Sept. 23. Police identified the suspect as Noel Dadivas, 23, of Barangay 2 here. Dadivas is a high value...
BACOLOD CITY – Police rearrested two men and seized 675 grams of suspected shabu worth P4.6 million in a buy-bust operation in Purok Riverside, Barangay Bata here on Saturday, Sept. 24. Police identified the suspects as Erwin Belonio, 34, of Barangay Handumanan here, and Anthony Solon, 38, of...
AGUINALDO, Ifugao – The Public Safety Basic Recruit Course Class 2019-02 Gilas Diwa assigned to this province and the Regional Mobile Force Battalion-15 conducted an outreach program to celebrate their third anniversary as law enforcers. They were able to help a school and a family whose...
SAN FABIAN, Pangasinan – A 24-year-old man died after he was allegedly struck in the head with a steel pipe by his stepfather in Barangay Longos Central here on Thursday, Sept. 22. Police said the victim, Gelmar Rebosa, 24, was drunk and had a verbal altercation with the suspect, Teofilo...
ILOILO CITY – The crime rate in Iloilo dropped 12 percent from Jan. 1 to Sept. 21 this year, police declared Thursday, Sept. 22. “We did well. Our strategies are gaining positive results,” said Col. Adrian Acollador, director of Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO). The IPPO Investigation...
CABAGAN, Isabela – A 30-year-old housewife drowned when she plunged into the river from the Cansan Overflow Bridge in Barangay Cansan here on Wednesday, Sept. 21. CANSAN overflow bridge The Isabela Police Provincial Office identified the victim as Marilyn Masiddo, 30, of San Rafael Alto, Sto....
CALAUAN, Laguna – A father and son wanted for murder and attempted murder in Leyte were arrested in Barangay Dayap here, police reported Thursday, Sept. 22. Col. Randy Glenn Silvio, Laguna police director, identified the suspects as Felimon Palconit, 69, and his son, Richard, 34, fish...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police arrested 560 individuals in the simultaneous One-Time, Big-Time (OTBT) operation against illegal gambling in Eastern Visayas from Sept. 12 to 18. Brig. Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, Police Regional Office 8 director, said P77,420.75 in bet money was seized in 195 operations...
By LIEZLE BASA-INIGO TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Authorities arrested a barangay councilor or kagawad after a search of his home in Zone 2, Molave St., Barangay Capatan, here yielded illegal drugs on Tuesday, Sept. 20. The suspect, Marlon Corpuz, 49, a high-value target-elected official and...
By CALVIN D. CORDOVA CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu valued at more P14 million was seized in separate buy-bust operations here on Tuesday night, Sept. 20. In Barangay Sawang Calero, police seized packs of shabu worth P7.6 million from John Mark Cuizon, 26. Police Major Francis Renz Talosig, chief of...
By LIEZLE BASA-INIGO PIDDIG, Ilocos Norte – Police arrested 23-year-old woman here for sharing the alleged sex video of a 19-year-old neighbor through social media here. The Ilocos Norte Police Provincial Office said the suspect was arrested on a warrant of arrest for violation of Section...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – A 19-year-old criminology student of the University of Mindanao (UM) died after reportedly undergoing hazing in Buhangin District here, authorities said Tuesday, Sept. 20. In a statement, the Police Regional Office in Davao Region (PRO-11) said the hazing on Sept. 18 resulted...
