BATANGAS CITY -- A 44-year-old butcher wanted in Batangas province for rape and two counts of rape through sexual assault was arrested by the joint elements of national and local police operatives on Thursday, Feb. 16 in Barangay Reformista in Limay Bataan. Batangas Police provincial director Pedro...
BATANGAS CITY – Police arrested a 38-year-old welder and seized P238,000 shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bolbok here on Thursday, Feb. 16. Batangas police director Col. Pedro Soliba said that suspect ‘’Rey’’ was apprehended after he sold 35 grams of suspected shabu to police...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has committed to help some 12,000 sugarcane farm workers from Nasugbu, Batangas who were affected by the closure of Central Azucarera Don Pedro Inc. (CADPI). Sugarcane, House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Wikipedia, Speaker’s office) Before this, Romualdez met with and...
Police arrested a member of a gun-for-hire group wanted for murder in Batangas in Kabacan, North Cotabato. Col. Pedro Soliba, Batangas police chief, in a report to Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Police Regional Office 4-A director, identified the suspect as Rafael Bancoro, 50, a native of San...
SAN JUAN, Batangas -- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported its discovery of an oil spill in the surrounding waters off Subukin Port in Barangay Subukin in this town. The oil spill which was believed to have come from a tugboat that submerged on Wednesday, Feb 8, within the vicinity of the...
BALAYAN, Batangas – A barangay councilor and his wife died after the tricycle they were riding on was hit by an ambulance at the national highway in Brgy. Sambat in this town on Monday afternoon, Feb 6. The victims were identified as Crispin Comia, 60, barangay kagawad of Brgy. Tactac of...
Thanks to siblings' birthdates and lucky picked numbers, a construction worker from Davao City and a hog raiser from Batangas won the multimillion-peso lotto jackpot prizes of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). (COURTESY OF MB VISUAL CONTENT GROUP) A 35-year-old laborer, who works...
A 53-year-old barangay tanod and a sugarcane plantation worker were shot dead in separate incidents by unidentified assailants in Batangas province on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Barangay tanod Sorbeto Quinto, a resident of Barangay Wawa, Batangas City, was about to enter his house when the suspect...
A police intelligence officer was shot in Barangay Antipolo del Sur in Lipa City, Batangas, on Sunday night, Jan. 29. Police said the victim had the rank of master sergeant and assigned to the intelligence section of the Lipa City Police Station. Investigation said the victim stopped by the...
BATANGAS -- A 57-year-old laborer was arrested for a rape complaint lodged by a minor victim during a joint police operations on Wednesday morning, Jan. 25 in San Pascual town. Col. Pedro Soliba, Batangas Police Provincial director, identified the suspect as Francisco Rosales, a resident of the...
The US has inaugurated a hearing test facility in Batangas province as part of its multi-million program to help children with vision and heating disabilities. Ryan Washburn, director of US Agency for International Development (USAID), and Batangas Gov. Hermilando Mandanas led on Jan. 13 the...
CAMP. GEN. MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – Police apprehended 43 wanted persons and seized almost ₱612,000 worth of illegal drugs in a week-long anti-crime operation in Batangas. Col. Pedro D. Soliba, Batangas police director, said 102 drug suspects were arrested in 90 operations from...
