CAMP Miguel Malvar, Batangas City – Police Col. Geovanny Emerick Sibalo was named as new Batangas Provincial Police Office chief. Sibalo assumed the position in a turnover ceremony on Monday, June 23, in this camp. He replaced Police Col. Jacinto Malinao. Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, Police...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) confirmed on Friday, June 20, that it has mobilized its technical divers for a possible search and retrieval operation at Taal Lake in Batangas, where the remains of the 34 missing “sabungeros” or cockfighters are allegedly buried. PCG Commandant, Admiral...
The body of a suspected “salvage” or summary execution victim was found in Malvar, Batangas on June 3. Police said the victim was a male Caucasian, 5’9” in height, bald, with moustache and large build, and wearing a dark blue Fred Perry polo shirt, cream linen pants, and dark blue Lacoste...
CALATAGAN, Batangas – This town mourned the murder of three goat dealers whose bodies were buried in a shallow grave in Barangay Nabundas, Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur, last May. The municipal government, through Sangguniang Bayan Resolution No. 91, Series of 2025, declared...
Aboitiz Land Inc. and Aboitiz Foundation Inc. have formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the TESDA - Batangas Provincial Office and Regional Training Calabarzon, local government of San Juan, Batangas, and Cebu General Services Inc., a partner who will assist with implementation...
MABINI, Batangas – A 23-year-old foreign national was arrested for allegedly raping a 25-year-old transwoman in a resort in Barangay Ligaya here on Sunday afternoon, May 25. Police identified the suspect as Chinese national Ehrron, a resident of Taysan, Batangas. Investigation said that the...
A whale shark (butanding) died after being stranded in shallow waters in Balayan, Batangas despite rescue efforts mounted by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and local officials on Sunday, May 25. A report from the Coast Guard District Southern Tagalog said a concerned citizen alerted authorities...
CAMP GENERAL MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – Police from Alitagtag, Batangas apprehended a man wanted for rape in Barangay Patola, Talugtug, Nueva Ecija on Thursday, May 22. The suspect was identified as Edgardo, the fourth most wanted person on the regional level in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas,...
CUENCA, Batangas – Police are hunting a barangay chairman and two barangay tanods or watchmen for allegedly killing a Siberian Husky in the barangay dog pound in Barangay Bungahan here on Saturday night, May 17. Police identified the suspects as Elmer, 50, barangay chairman, and barangay tanods...
BAUAN, Batangas – A 56-year-old man died while recovering his belongings during a fire in Barangay Cupang, this town, on Saturday morning, May 17. Police identified the victim as Edison Bautista Magnaye, married. Magnaye collapsed during the fire and was taken a hospital where was declared dead...
Senator Loren Legarda on Wednesday, May 14 welcomed the political shift happening in Batangas’ first district where her son, Leandro Legarda-Leviste won in a landslide victory. Legarda-Leviste made a historic win against Rep. Eric Buhain, an incumbent congressman whose family has held the...
Leandro Legarda Leviste registered a historic landslide victory as Batangas first district representative in the 2025 elections. Leviste was accompanied by his mother, Sen. Loren Legarda, during his official proclamation as congressman-elect on Tuesday morning, May 13, at the Batangas Provincial...
