TWO cellular phones worth P130,000 owned by the vice mayor of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental were stolen and recovered from three persons arrested in Himamaylan City Tuesday, August 2, through GPS technology. (Photo courtesy of the Kabankalan City Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – Three persons...
POLICE in Iloilo collected relief goods and cash for earthquake victims in Northern Luzon. (IPPO) ILOILO CITY – Police assigned in Iloilo conducted a donation drive for victims of the magnitude-7 earthquake in Northern Luzon last week. The donation drive led by Police Col. Adrian Accolador,...
AZURIN DAGUPAN CITY – Police in the Ilocos region welcomed Monday, August 1, the appointment of Police Lt. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. as the new Philippine National Police (PNP) chief. Azurin once served as Ilocos region police chief. “The Pangasinan Provincial Police Office is very proud to have...
Another landslide occurred in Taguig City on July 31, nearly two weeks after the first one . According to the Taguig City government, the “minor landslide” happened at about 3:15 p.m. along Veterans Road in Barangay Western Bicutan. The landslide in Taguig on July 31. (Photo from Taguig City...
ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan – A 28-year-old man was arrested for assaulting a policeman conducting a checkpoint in Barangay Alos here Saturday, July 30. Police Staff Sgt. Richard Maure and other policemen were conducting checkpoint at around 6:50 p.m. when they flagged down a black motorcycle...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – A former New People’s Army (NPA) rebel, the main suspect in the killing of the son of the mayor here and a companion, was arrested over the weekend. The Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (COCPO) said in a statement Sunday, July 31, that suspect Edgardo Gaabucayan was...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- Sixty-three police officers assigned to the Police Regional Office-Cordillera and 10 non-uniformed personnel (NUP) were removed from service as part of the ongoing internal cleansing program of the Philippine National Police. Acting PNP chief Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr....
An 18-year-old female student was arrested while a 17-year-old boy was rescued by the police during a buy-bust operation in Taguig on July 29. Southern Police District director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg identified the suspect as Pahayma Lumawan, a student. The suspected shabu confiscated during...
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – A 45-year-old construction worker died when he was struck by a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) here Friday, July 29. Police arrested the driver of the vehicle past midnight Saturday in a town a few kilometers away from the impact site. A report from the office of Police...
CEBU CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P8.5 million from two suspected drug pushers in separate buy-bust operations in Metro Cebu Friday, July 30. Police Brig. Gen. Roque Eduardo Vega, Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) chief, cited police units responsible for the two...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers and seized almost P500,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bukal here Friday, July 29. The suspects were identified as Trisha Gentiles, 38, and Jamie Ciga Escuadra, 60, both of Antipolo City. Local police and...
The killing of the father of Chao Tiao Yumol, the suspected gunman behind the deadly Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) shooting, might have been an “offshoot” or consequence of the first bloodbath that occurred in the university, a ranking police officer disclosed. Police Brig. Gen. Remus...
