CALATAGAN, Batangas – Mayor Peter Oliver Palacio here reported no significant damage from the magnitude-6.3 earthquake that rocked this town on Thursday morning, June 15. Palacio said that the municipal engineering team has been sent to check the municipal hall and other structures here. He...
CITY OF SANTO TOMAS, Batangas – A jeepney driver was shot dead on Maharlika Highway, Barangay Santa Anastacia, this city, on Friday, June 9. Police identified the victim as Ruel Catimbang, 40, a resident of Barangay Bagbag, Tanauan City, Batangas. Investigation said a man onboard a motorcycle...
Clarita Carlos (Facebook) Who needs the cottages on stilts in Maldives when this resort in Calatagan, Batangas has the same attraction? Former national security adviser Professor Clarita Carlos hyped up STILTS Beach Resort in a Facebook post Saturday morning, June 10. "Sadly, we little realize the...
The Villas are a new addition to the resort for those who prefer rooms with a more modern vibe. What used to be a private vacation house enjoyed by the family, Vivere Azure was finally transformed into an intimate resort in 2017. Located along the Verde island passageway in Batangas, and just a...
TANAUAN City, Batangas – A construction worker who was charged with rape by his stepdaughter was apprehended in a police manhunt operation on Thursday morning, June 8, in this city. ARRESTING police read the Miranda doctrine and the constitutional rights following the arrest of a rape suspect...
BAUAN, Batangas – A 26-year-old welder was arrested on Monday, June 5, for allegedly raping his niece four years ago here. Batangas Police Provincial Office head Police Col. Rainerio de Chavez identified the suspect as Brian Roi Hernandez, a resident of San Pascual, Batangas. Hernandez was...
SANTO TOMAS CITY, Batangas – A member of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) was shot dead on Saturday evening, June 3, in Barangay San Miguel, this city. The Batangas Police Provincial Office (BPPO) identified the victim as Leonardo Caronan, 43, assigned to the BJMP in Cabuyao...
MABINI, Batangas – A 43-year-old Chinese diver drowned during a diving lesson in the sea in Barangay Ligaya in this town on Thursday afternoon, May 25. Police identified the victim as On Ki Ng, a resident of Hong Kong. The drowning incident was reported to the police a day later on Friday,...
BATANGAS CITY – A 50-year-old nail technician was apprehended after yielding P340,000 worth of shabu to a police poseur-buyer during a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, May 24, in this city. POLICE conduct an inventory of the confiscated shabu weighing 50 grams from drug suspect Jennifer Lopez...
CAMP GEN. MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – “Let us be humble in serving our people, but be hard in enforcing the law.” POLICE Col. Pedro Soliba (left), outgoing Batangas police provincial director, turns over the symbolic command flag to Col. Reinero de Chavez in a simple ceremony presided...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed a response team to contain the oil spill that was detected in two municipalities in Batangas on Tuesday morning, May 23. (PCG) The oil spill was spotted in Brgy. 4 in Calatagan and in Brgy. Klamias in Mabini, said Capt. Vic Acosta, commander of PCG Station...
SANTO TOMAS CITY, Batangas – Eight passengers and a driver were hurt in a collision involving three vehicles along Maharlika Highway at dawn on Thursday, May 18, in Barangay San Miguel in this city. The police report identified the injured as Emilda Amis, 23; Romnick Robles, 28; Erica Joy...
