CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – An undetermined number of New People’s Army rebels was wounded in an encounter with the Army in Barangay Matamis, Rosario, Batangas on Saturday morning, December 16. The Army was conducting an operation in the forested area of the barangay when they encountered the...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police arrested a drug pusher and seized suspected shabu worth P1 million and a firearm in a buy-bust operation in Barangay dela Paz, Batangas City on Wednesday night, December 13. Police identified the suspect as Jay, considered as a high-value individual by the...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – A man was shot dead in an altercation during a drinking spree before dawn on Thursday, December 14, in Barangay Balintawak, this city. Police identified the victim as Lorenzo del Rosario. Investigation said Del Rosario was having a drinking spree in front of his house when...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police arrested two notorious carnappers in Mercedes Homes Subdivision, Barangay San Isidro Norte, City of Santo Tomas, Batangas, on Friday, December 8. POLICE recover license plates from two suspected carnappers in an operation on Friday, Dec. 8, in Mercedes Homes...
NASUGBU, Batangas – A construction worker died after his body was split in half by the bucket tooth of a backhoe at Nasacosta Resort in Sitio Aplaya, Barangay Natipuan, this town, on Friday morning, December 8. Police said the victim, Ricardo Domanais, a resident of Barangay Natipuan, was...
MABINI, Batangas – Two Koreans allegedly suffocated to death in the sauna room of a resort in Barangay Mainit here before dawn on Thursday, December 7. Police identified the fatalities as Sun Tae Kim, 67, and Yun Seok Seo, 63. A fellow Korean, Hak Neung Kim, 59, also suffocated and was taken...
TALISAY, Batangas – An outgoing Sangguniang Kabataan chairman from San Juan City was arrested for allegedly molesting a newly elected SK councilor in a resort here on Thursday morning, November 30. Police said the victim, Joyce, was inside her room looking for a car key, when the suspect,...
SAN JUAN, Batangas – A nine-year-old girl drowned in a beach here on Sunday, November 26. Police identified the victim as Criza Gonzalez, an elementary pupil and resident of Barangay Calit-calit, this town. Gonzalez went missing while she was swimming with her grandmother Nilda at about 4:30...
Over 21 million students have enrolled for the school year 2023-2024 with Region 4-A having the highest with over three million. INSIDE one of the newly built classrooms donated by SM Prime Holding Inc. (SMPHI), through SM Foundation, in Batangas. The school year was also met with challenges...
TAAL, Batangas – An outgoing barangay chairman was arrested for shooting his drinking buddy in a drinking spree in Barangay Bolbok here on Sunday afternoon, November 12. Police identified the suspect as Barangay Bolbok Chairman Herman. Investigation said the suspect and the victim, Franco...
TANAUAN CITY, Batangas – A 31-year-old lineman died after he was electrocuted and fell off a ladder while laying wires in Barangay Poblacion 5, this city, on Saturday morning, November 11. Police identified the victim as Christian Fajardo, a resident of Barangay Banay-banay, Lipa City, Batangas....
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police arrested three rape suspects in Laguna and Batangas on Friday, November 10. Suspects were identified as Vilmar, John, and Richard. Vilmar was arrested in Barangay Kay-Anlog, Calamba City, Laguna, through an arrest warrant for two counts qualified statutory...
