The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, August 16, has started printing the official ballots for the plebiscite in Calaca, Batangas. The official ballots and accountable forms for the Plebiscite to ratify the conversion of the Municipality of Calaca, Batangas into a component city, is...
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna – A 30-year-old man allegedly shot his 33-year-old live-in partner dead during an argument Sunday, August 14, in Barangay Lalayat, San Jose, Batangas. The San Jose Municipal Police Station identified the victim as Rona May Corañez. Police said that...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna – A former vice mayor was shot dead Thursday, August 11, in Sitio Cupang, Barangay Tayuman, Lobo, Batangas. Police Capt. Roy Cuevas, Lobo police chief, identified the victim as Romeo Sulit, 61, vice mayor of Lobo from 1998 to 2010. He was the secretary...
TANAUAN CITY, Batangas – A cockpit operator survived an assassination attempt in Barangay Darasa here when he wounded his assailant Wednesday, August 10. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the victim as Mark Colin Enriquez Reno. Police said that the victim was driving his Toyota...
SAN JUAN, Batangas -- A police officer was ambushed by a motorcycle-riding tandem suspects while on his way to Batangas Police Provincial Office on Sunday afternoon, August 7, at Barangay Calicanto in this town. The BPPO reported that the victim was Police Executive Master Sergeant Romel Mapa...
Neil Magpantay is a rice farmer who earns additional income from selling coco bonsai. Neil Magpantay, 44, spends his days working on his uncle’s rice farm in San Juan, Batangas. The farm makes its harvest every three months, meaning Neil only earns every quarter. He said he is able to make do and...
Sing Philippines Youth choir reunites for an outreach music camp IN UNISON Sing Philippines Youth Choir reunites for an outreach music camp and performance After two and a half years of not being able to physically sing together, the Sing Philippines Youth Choir (SPYC) Tour Group was finally...
An armed encounter occurred between Philippine Army (PA) troopers and suspected members of the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in Lobo, Batangas on Monday, July 25. (Photo courtesy of 95th Infantry Battalion) The 2nd Infantry “Jungle” Division (2ID) said...
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna – A cockfight aficionado was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen at the Mabini Cockpit Arena in Mabini, Batangas Thursday, July 21. The Police Regional Office (PRO) 4-A identified the victim as Virgilio Francisco. Investigation showed that...
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna – Police seized a cache of high-powered firearms allegedly owned by a member of a gun-for-hire gang during a raid of his house in Sitio Marecacawan, Barangay Quipot, San Juan, Batangas Saturday, July 16. Police Brig. Gen. Antonio Yarra, Police Regional...
Police seized a cache of firearms and explosive devices in a raid on the safehouse of a member of a criminal group in San Juan, Batangas. Police Col. Glicerio Cansilao, director of the Batangas Police Provincial Office, said 37-year old suspect Jay-ar Bas was not around during the raid but his men...
Cleanfuel, the purveyor of 'Quality Fuel for Less,' has opened its newest branch in Southern Luzon with the addition of Cleanfuel Bauan station. Strategically located in Palico-Balayan Batangas Road, Barangay Balayong, the latest Cleanfuel fuel station aims to serve the residents and business...