BATANGAS CITY – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has called on school authorities in affected Batangas town to hold online classes to keep students safely at home amid Taal Volcano’s renewed spewing of volcanic smog or “vog.” In an interview on Thursday,...
SAN JUAN, Batangas – Police arrested a suspected gunrunner in an entrapment operation in Barangay Poblacion, this town, on Wednesday morning, September 20. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Batangas identified the suspect as Pableo Macaraig. Macaraig was apprehended after...
TANAUAN CITY, Batangas – Police arrested two drivers in a buy-bust operation in Soledad Park, Barangay Darasa, this city, on Tuesday, September 19. The suspects were identified as Alex Barnuevo, 40, from Barangay San Francisco, San Pablo City, Laguna, and Pablito Magalasin, 43, from Barangay...
NASUGBU, Batangas – A 30-year-old man was arrested for indiscriminate firing in Barangay Dayap here on Sunday evening, September 17. Police identified the suspect as Julie Samonteza, a resident of Barangay Bunducan, this town. Lawmen arrived after a concerned citizen reported that the...
BATANGAS CITY – Sixty candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30 here are unopposed. The Commission on Elections in this city said 30 candidates are running for barangay chairman and 30 for SK chairman. A total of 3,200 candidates are vying in 105 barangays...
BATANGAS CITY – Candidates signed a covenant to ensure a peaceful barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections next month in the province of Batangas. They signed the agreement following a unity walk initiated by the Batangas Police Provincial Office on Saturday, September 16, at the Batangas City...
SAN JUAN, Batangas – A 35-year-old rider was gunned down in front of a restaurant on the national highway in Barangay Buhay na Sapat, this municipality, on Monday morning, September 11. Police identified the victim Angelito Punzalan, a resident of Barangay Ticalan, this town. Investigation...
BATANGAS CITY – Two barangay tanods or watchmen died and 10 others were injured when their patrol jeep rammed into a tree on Sunday morning, September 10, in Sitio Tanlayag, Barangay San Miguel here. The Batangas Police Provincial Office identified the fatalities as Teodoro Guico, 59, and...
LOBO, Batangas – A 30-year-old Person with Disability drowned in the sea in Barangay Lagadlarin here on Sunday morning, September 10. Police identified the victim as Justine Panopio of Quezon City. Panopio’s body was seen by a concerned citizen floating on the shallow portion of the sea at...
BATANGAS CITY – A 32-year-old man was shot dead while walking on a river dike in Barangay Wawa here on Sunday evening, September 10. Police identified the victim as Raymart Dapula Rebadio, a resident of Barangay Malitam, this town. Initial investigation said Rebadio was walking at about 7:20...
LAUREL, Batangas – Nine buses were damaged in a grenade explosion in a terminal in Barangay Bugaan East here before dawn on Sunday, September 10. Initial investigation said an unidentified man threw the grenade at the Magnificat Transport Terminal Station, resulting in a blast that shattered...
BATANGAS CITY – Two suspects in the killing of a reelectionist barangay chairman in Taal, Batangas were arrested in a follow-up operation hours after the incident on Tuesday, September 5. The Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) headed by Batangas police director Police Col. Samson Belmonte...
