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...
BALAYAN, Batangas – A municipal government employee was shot dead in Barangay District 5 here on Friday night, November 10. Police identified the victim as Melchor Sale, 53, single, resident of Barangay Carenahan, this town. Investigation said the victim was driving his motorcycle when he...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police rescued a Chinese allegedly kidnapped in Pasay City over a P10-million debt in Barangay Ilijan, Batangas City, on Friday morning, November 10. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the victim as Liu Xin, 28, single, from Liaoning, China. Investigation...
BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – Police recovered a sports utility vehicle allegedly connected to the disappearance of Miss Grand Philippines 2023 candidate Catherine Camilon in Batangas City. CAMILON (FB) In a presser here on Friday, Philippine National Police spokesperson Police Col. Jean...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) announced Tuesday night, November 7, that the chemical spill incident in Barangay San Miguel, Bauan, Batangas that began over the weekend is under control. PHILIPPINE Coast Guard personnel inspect the shoreline of Barangay San Miguel in Bauan, Batangas after a...
BAUAN, Batangas – A chemical spill hit Barangay San Miguel here on Saturday, November 4, prompting the evacuation of 248 families, police said Monday, November 6. Police said a land-based inspection revealed that the incident occurred during the loading of Solvent Naptha L at Tank No. 5...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The reward for information about the disappearance of Batangas beauty queen Catherine Camilon has reached P250,000. Another P150,000 was raised by the business sector in Batangas and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, the Police Regional Office 4-A headed...
BATANGAS CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Southern Tagalog temporarily suspended on All Souls’ Day the search for a 26-year-old man who jumped off a ship on the sea of Calatagan, Batangas, on Monday, October 31. The PCG-Southern Tagalog said the search for Iloilo City resident Ralph...
A Philippine Coast Guard personnel searches for a cargo passenger of MV Maligaya who fell overboard at the vicinity waters of Calatagan, Batangas on Oct. 31, 2023. (Courtesy of PCG) A 26-year-old man fell overboard from a cargo-passenger vessel in Batangas on Tuesday, Oct. 31, triggering search and...