Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste on Tuesday, April 14, turned over 4,000 sacks of rice to the City of Manila as a gesture of gratitude for the city’s hospitality toward Batangas farmers who have been camping at Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila, for over a week. The turnover ceremony was...
Police apprehended three suspects in the murder of a 39-year-old virtual assistant in Batangas province. Police Col. Meliton Salvadora, Batangas police director, identified the suspects as Ed, 45; Jazz, 48, and Ceto, 48, residents of Barangay Maugat West, Padre Garcia, Batangas. Jazz was arrested...
Patrick James Balubar and Tristan Gad formed a deadly 1-2 punch and Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas smothered two-time champion Diliman College, 96-76, to book its semis ticket in the PG Flex-UCAL Season 8 Basketball Tournament on Thursday, April 9, at the Paco Arena in Manila. The...
Manuel V. Pangilinan-led Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is not giving up on Batangas’ two electric cooperatives (ECs) as it firms up its plans to infuse investments into the province. As the company revisits its potential partnership with Batangas II Electric Cooperative Inc. (Batelec II), as well...
CALATAGAN, Batangas – A pawnshop here was robbed of an estimated P4-million worth of jewelry. An employee discovered the robbery on Monday morning, April 6, when she reported for work. She noticed dirt on a table and the cemented floor was dug up and the vault forcibly opened. Pawned jewelry with...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police Regional Office 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Hansel M. Marantan has ordered a thorough investigation on the administrative complaint filed by a policewoman before the National Police Commission against the Batangas police chief on Tuesday, April 7. Marantan...
MABINI, Batangas – A 48-year-old dive master drowned while on a diving session on Maundy Thursday in Barangay Bagalangit here. Police identified the victim as Palmon of Barangay San Teodoro, this town. Investigation said the victim and other dive masters were on a diving session when the victim...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – The Lipa-Mataas na Kahoy bypass road here was inaugurated on Thursday, March 26. The inauguration was led by Executive Secretary Ralph Recto, Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon, Department of Education Secretary Sonny Angara, Department of Social...
SAN JUAN, Batangas - A 60-year-old restaurant and bar owner was shot to death on Monday evening, March 23, in Barangay Laiya Ibabao, this town. Police identified the victim as Dionisio de Castro of Sitio Hulo lI, Barangay Laiya Aplaya, here. The victim was inside Danaya Bar and Restaurant when two...
CALATAGAN, Batangas – Thirty-two persons were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) from a fishing banca that sunk in the sea of Barangay Punta here on Thursday afternoon, March 19. Coast Guard Sub-Station (CGSS) Balayan said FBCA Prince encountered distress due to water ingress after being...
BATANGAS CITY – A 47-year-old man was stabbed to death by his minor son after he was caught sniffing suspected shabu on Monday afternoon, March 16 in Barangay Santa Clara, this city. Police said the victim caught the suspect sniffing shabu, triggering a heated altercation where the suspect...
Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno on Friday led the inspection of a shipment containing P235-million worth of smuggled cigarettes from the United Arab Emirates bound for the Port of Batangas. In a statement, the BOC chief reported that the shipment containing 637 master cases of...
