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...
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...
