CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – A 43-year-old broker was arrested for the fatal shooting of a 55-year-old businesswoman in Malvar, Batangas on Thursday, Oct. 13. THE crime scene in Malvar, Batangas. (PRO 4-A FB photo) The Police Regional Office 4-A said the victim, Eufemia Buno, was inside a...
ROSARIO, Batangas – The military clashed with the New People’s Army (NPA) on Wednesday, Oct. 5, in Barangay Calantas here. A team from the 85th Infantry Battalion led by Corporal Jacky Gabayno was patrolling a forested area when they chanced upon 15 NPA rebels at 9:20 a.m. A firefight erupted...
BATANGAS -- The Cuenca police are getting into the bottom of a kidnapping incident on Sept. 26 involving a married man who was arrested in 2015 on drug offense but was released on bail. The Cuenca police identified the victim as Remdzen Sison, married and a resident of Barangay Poblacion 1, in...
ROSARIO, Batangas – Gunmen onboard a motorcycle shot dead a 50-year-old barangay councilor of Barangay Salao here on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Police said the victim, Ismael Rosales, was having a conversation with a relative in front of a store in Barangay Salao at around 7 a.m. when two men...
We visited Lucky Me!’s plant in Batangas and here’s what we discovered Filipinos are big fans of noodle dishes. Our passion for it can be seen throughout history, with each household having unique takes on how they want their pancits and other noodle soups made. And if there is a sudden craving...
BATANGAS -- A village councilman was arrested for possessing guns, bullets and hand grenade in Barangay Ticub in Laurel town on Friday morning, Sept. 16. Batangas Police Provincial Office director Colonel Pedro Soliba identified the suspect as Rennel Canta, 44, a kagawad of Brgy. Ticub. He was...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto is pushing for the restoration of cancer control and cancer assistance funds in the proposed 2023 budget in the form of a P1-billion item. Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto (Facebook) "I propose a P1 billion fund for cancer...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) discovered over P1.8 billion worth of local and imported sugar and other items during an inspection in a warehouse in Nasugbu town of Batangas. The BOC has intensified the inspections and operations against smuggling and hoarding of sugar amid reports of...
CAMP BRIG. GEN. VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Calaca electorate successfully ratified the conversion of its town into a component city through a plebiscite held on Saturday, Sept. 3. Jeweleane M. Vidal, chairperson of the Municipal Plebiscite Board of Canvassers of Calaca, formally proclaimed the...
CAMP BRIG. GEN. VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Charges have been filed against seven men allegedly involved in the abduction and murder of former delivery rider Eugene del Rosario on Aug. 16 in Taal, Batangas. The Taal police led by Police Major Dante Lalap Majadas, family, and witnesses referred the...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) responded to the distressed passengers of a roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel that caught fire in the anchorage area of Batangas port on Friday afternoon, Aug. 26. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) The organization said that it has dispatched three ambulance units and one mobile...
Search and rescue (SAR) personnel were working round-the-clock to find two passengers who remained unaccounted for after a roll-on/roll-off passenger ship caught fire off an anchorage area in Batangas on Friday afternoon, August 26. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Joint teams from the...
