TAAL, Batangas – A barangay chairman here running for reelection in the barangay elections next month was gunned down in Barangay Poblacion, Zone 10, this town, on Tuesday, September 5. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the victim as Erasmo Divino Hernandez, chairman of Barangay...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has cleared former Lipa City accountant Ma. Belen M. Villanueva of any liability in the P293 million notice of disallowance (ND) it issued in 2017 over the construction of Lipa Public Market Parking Building (LPMPB). The case stemmed from the contract entered into by...
BATANGAS CITY – The suspect in the murder of a man was found dead and a police officer was wounded during a follow-up operation in a hotel in Barangay Santa Rita Karsada here on Saturday night, September 2. Police received information that the suspect, Aristotle de Chavez, of Barangay Pook...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police seized smuggled cigarettes worth P10.5 million and arrested suspected smugglers in a buy-bust operation in Balayan, Batangas, on August 30. Police Regional Office 4-A director Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces identified the suspects as Benigno Alvarez,...
BATANGAS CITY – A man was gunned down inside a nipa hut in Barangay Balagtas here before dawn on Saturday, September 2. Police identified the victim as Sherwin Matanguihan of Barangay Balagtas. Investigation said the victim was resting when the suspect, Aristotle de Chavez of San Pascual,...
BATANGAS CITY – The Office of Civil Defense 4-A received on August 29 500 boxes of absorbent pads from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources 4-A to contain oil slicks in Calatagan, Batangas. OCD 4-A officer-in-charge and Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon Regional...
LIAN, Batangas – The Batangas First District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways has reported that the Nasugbu-Lian-Calatagan Road in Barangay Puting Kahoy here is impassable and closed to traffic due to collapsed pavement and shoulders as a result of heavy...
BATANGAS CITY – A 44-year-old drug pusher was apprehended and suspected shabu worth P614,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Alangilan, this city, on Tuesday, August 29. Police identified the suspect as Edsel Melo, alias “Torne,” a high-value individual (HVI) and a resident of...
Thirteen fishermen were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) when their boat sank off Calatagan, Batangas on Sunday, August 27. Fishing vessel Anita DJ II is seen half-submerged near the shorline of Cape Santiago in Brgy. Bagong Silang, Calatagan, Batangas on Aug. 27, 2023. Authorities...
CAMP MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – Police arrested a 35-year-old man wanted for the murder of a fraternity member in Barangay Santa Rita Karsada, this city, on August 23. The Batangas Police Provincial Office (BPPO) identified the suspect as Felicimo Padilla, a resident of Barangay Santa...
CAMP MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – A 40-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday, August 23, for allegedly raping his daughter in this city last May. Batangas police chief Police Col. Samson Belmonte identified the suspect as “Dulix.” Dulix was arrested for qualified statutory raped based on a...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police arrested two rape suspects on Thursday, August 24, in Quezon and Batangas provinces. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the suspects as Crispin Reyes, 42, a resident of General Nakar, Quezon, and Roberto Palma, 53, of Barangay Santo Niño, Ibaan,...
