BATANGAS CITY – Five vehicles, including a pickup, a car, two tricycles, and a motorcycle, were engulfed by a fire that broke out in a "sari-sari" or variety store on Friday evening, July 7, in Purok 5, Barangay Pinamucan Proper in this city. Report of the Batangas City police indicated that...
CITY OF SANTO TOMAS, Batangas – A five-month-old fetus was found in Barangay San Joaquin here on Tuesday, July 4. Police received a call from the Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) desk of the barangay informing them that a male fetus was found inside a green eco-bag. Women and...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel involved in the raid of a private resort and encounter in the province of Batangas surrendered to the police on Sunday, July 3. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the surrenderer as Gilbert Torres Moreto, alias “JM,” “KK,”...
SANTO TOMAS CITY, Batangas – A 40-year-old man allegedly killed his 29-year-old sister after he was roused from sleep when she turned on the television in their house in Purok 6, Barangay San Miguel, here, on Saturday night, July 1. Police identified the suspect as Allan Catapang....
Leading mobility company Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) has partnered with leading logistics provider Lalamove through its auto brand, Lalamove Automotive, with the introduction of the commercial vehicle Toyota Lite Ace as a transport partner. *Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP), Toyota Financial...
BATANGAS CITY - Police Col. Samson Belmonte assumed as new Batangas Police Provincial Office (PPO) chief in a turnover ceremony on Tuesday, June 27, in Camp Gen. Miguel Malvar here. POLICE Col. Samson Belmonte (right) accepts the Batangas police command banner from Police Col. Mariano Rodriguez,...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit Occidental Mindoro at 12:03 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) advised. Magnitude = 4 .2 | Depth = 003 km | Location = 13 .51°N , 120 .79°E - 010 km N 40° E of Abra De Ilog (Occidental Mindoro ) ...
SAN PASCUAL, Batangas – A man died and eight were injured in a collision between an ambulance and a car on New Diversion Road, Barangay Bayanan, here on Wednesday night, June 21. Police identified the fatality as Raymund Barrion. Initial investigation said Barrion’s Mitsubishi Lancer with...
MABINI, Batangas – The mayor of this town and his two siblings were arrested after unlicensed firearms were seized from them during a raid by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-National Capital Region in their houses here on Saturday, June 17. The raids...
NASUGBU, Batangas – Two Turkish nationals were rescued after their yacht caught fire and exploded on Limbones Island in Barangay Papaya here on Friday, June 16. The victims were identified as Erdinc Turerer, 62, single, architect, of Sitio Baras, San Isidro, Leyte, and Ergel Abdulla, 40,...
No person died and only minimal damage on infrastructure was reported in the aftermath of a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck Batangas and sent many people in different areas in Luzon trembling, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported Friday, June 16. *Office of Civil Defense (OCD) personnel...
CITY OF SANTO TOMAS, Batangas – A senior citizen died after he was hit and ran over by a trailer truck on Wednesday, June 14, on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay San Miguel here. The victim was identified as Ernesto Abansado, 68, construction worker and a resident of Barangay San Vicente here....
