A roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) passenger vessel carrying 82 crew members and passengers caught fire off an anchorage area in Batangas on Friday afternoon, August 26. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Commodore Armand Balilo, spokesperson of the Philippine Coast...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna – The leader of a gun-for-hire group and his companion were arrested following an encounter Tuesday, Aug. 23, in Barangay San Roque, Rosario, Batangas. Police Regional Office 4-A director Police Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. identified the suspect as...
(PHIVOLCS) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has recorded a 4.2-magnitude earthquake in Batangas province Monday evening, Aug. 22. Phivolcs said the quake struck 4 kilometers (km) northeast of Tingloy, Batangas at around 10:59 p.m. The earthquake was felt at...
SARIAYA, Quezon – A man abducted in a gasoline station in Taal, Batangas Wednesday, Aug. 17, was found dead on Eco-Tourism Road in Sitio Pontor, Barangay Bignay 2 here Thursday, Aug. 18. A FORENSICS team secures the area where the body of delivery rider Eugene del Rosario was dumped in...
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...
