BATANGAS CITY – Two drug pushers, one of them a high-value target, were arrested after selling P88,000 worth of shabu during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Balagtas in this city at dawn on Wednesday, May 17. In his report to Calabarzon police director Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces, Batangas...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – A student died in a motorcycle collision on the Jose P. Laurel Highway on Sunday, May 14, in Barangay Tambo, this city. Police identified the victim as Jonathan Bautista of Barangay Nangkaan, Mataas na Kahoy, Batangas. Investigation said Bautista was driving a motorcycle...
BATANGAS – A 70-year-old widower was arrested in Laurel town in this province on Thursday afternoon, May 11, for allegedly committing three counts of rape. The Batangas police director, Col. Pedro Soliba, identified the accused as alias “Atong,” vendor and a resident of San Nicolas town. The...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Five New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the police on Friday, May 12, in Barangay Bilaran, Nasugbu, Batangas. Police Regional Office 4-A chief Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces, quoting a report from the 2nd Batangas Provincial Mobile Force Company, identified...
Export-oriented locators inside the First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) economic zone in the cities of Santo Tomas and Tanauan in Batangas are hiring over a thousand additional workers. The Lopez-led FPIP posted the employment opportunities during the “Sulong Buhay Job Fair” that FPIP held...
CALACA CITY, Batangas – A 40-year-old farmer allegedly stabbed a 21-year-old to death during a debut party on Sunday afternoon, May 7, in Barangay Cahil, here. Police identified the victim as Carlo Caag, single. Investigation said the victim was standing on the terrace of the debutante's...
FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City – The son of a former soldier from Lipa City, Batangas topped the Philippine Military Academy Mandirigmang may Dangal Simbolo ng Galing at Pagbangon (Madasigon) Class of 2023. PMA Superintendent Lt. Gen. Rowen S. Tolentino, in a media conference on Monday morning,...
TANAUAN CITY, Batangas – Police arrested two rape suspects in this city on May 3, Wednesday. A WARRANT of arrest is served by the police on a rape suspect on May 3 in Tanauan City, Batangas. (Photo via Danny Estacio) In a report to Police Regional Office 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Carlito...
NASUGBU, Batangas – A businesswoman and her live-in partner were gunned down outside the municipal trial court here on Wednesday morning, May 3. Police identified the victims as Rosola Vivas and her live-in partner Clement Jalijali, residents of Paseo de Murcia, Terrazas de Punta Fuego,...
CUENCA, Batangas – Two senior high school students died and another was injured when their motorcycle crashed into a trailer truck in Barangay Dita, this town, on Sunday night, April 30. Police identified the fatalities as Cuenca residents John Paul Mistiola, 19; and Oswill James Magpantay, 16....
SAN LUIS, Batangas – Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan led the groundbreaking and time capsule-laying ceremony of a P5.3-billion Batangas coastal road project on Friday, April 28, in this town. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan led the groundbreaking and time...
ROSARIO, Batangas – A man buying groceries in a store at the public market here was gunned down by two men onboard a motorcycle on Wednesday afternoon, April 26. Police identified the victim as Joel Umali. Umali was shot twice and died on the spot. Witnesses said the motorcycle driver was...
