Government anti-narcotics authorities arrested on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 26, a suspected drug pusher during a search warrant operation in Abucay, Bataan. In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said suspect shad M. Dela Fuente yielded some P731,200 worth of shabu. Considered...
PADRE GARCIA, Batangas – Police arrested a 29-year-old gardener after he yielded suspected shabu valued at P836,000 and guns during a raid in Barangay Bukal here on Friday, Nov. 18. POLICE inventory pieces of evidence from Marco Amparo after the raid. (Batangas police photo) Batangas Police...
Two drug suspects were arrested after they allegedly yielded around 20 kilos of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride or "shabu" worth P136 million during the conduct of a search warrant operation by anti-narcotics operatives in Muntinlupa City early Friday, Nov. 18, the Philippine Drug...
APARRI, Cagayan -- Seven passengers were rescued from a boat that sank on the Cagayan River in Barangay Macanaya here on Friday, Nov. 11. A report from Col. Julio Gorospe Jr., officer-in-charge, Cagayan Police Provincial Office, identified the rescued as Rey Taguba, Ljay Ocampo, Ebo Persona, Jungie...
The United States has given the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) sets of dive equipment and emergency medical supplies for the latter's search and rescue operations. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) The US Embassy in Manila said the US Embassy Civil Affairs Team (CAT) donated the...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares The ongoing process of selecting the next president of the University of the Philippines has caught the attention of many. There have been observations that the process seems to taking place in full public view, with the six nominees who passed the initial...
CEBU CITY – A barangay councilor was arrested after packs of suspected shabu were seized from his house in Barangay Mainit, Naga City, Cebu Tuesday, Aug. 23. Twelve packs of suspected shabu were recovered from the house of Reynante Chiong when agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard-Western Visayas recently led a search and rescue exercise with other government agencies off the coast of this city. A SEARCH and rescue exercise was held at the Iloilo Strait, the body of water separating Iloilo City and the island province of Guimaras....
UMINGAN, Pangasinan – A barangay councilor here was arrested after authorities found a fragmentation grenade in his house in Barangay Del Rosario here Friday, July 29. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of Pangasinan and the local police implemented a search warrant against the...
DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite – A 17-year-old male died after a suspended steel bridge in Sitio Talisayan, Barangay Sampaloc IV collapsed Tuesday night, July 26. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the victim as John Michael P. Beltran. Photo from Cavite PPO (MANILA BULLETIN)...
ABUCAY, Bataan (PNA) – A woman was killed after a landslide buried their house at the height of heavy rains here Saturday, July 9. Police Major Dennis Bautista Duran, Abucay police chief, identified the victim as Roselyn dela Cruz, 27, a caretaker of a resort here. Duran said rescuers found the...
RESCUERS retrieve Wednesday, July 6, the body of boxer Robert ‘Toto’ Landero on the Tabla River in Barangay Balicotoc, Ilog, Negros Occidental. (Photo courtesy of Cris Gonzales Gelasan) BACOLOD CITY – A 26-year-old boxer drowned while crossing the Tabla River between the boundaries of...
