CEBU CITY – A mother and son were arrested for allegedly selling illegal drugs in Barangay Buhisan here. Scifi Castaño, 29, and his 47-year-old mother Jade were nabbed in a buy-bust operation conducted by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas on Thursday night, August...
CEBU CITY – The anti-crime campaign in Region 7 has been unrelenting, and, as a result, more than 62,000 crime suspects were arrested in the past two years, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported. The PRO-7 said that from June 30, 2022 to July 31, 2024, 62,347 individuals...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Suspected shabu and marijuana worth P2.3 million were seized from nine drug pushers in police buy-bust operations in Central Luzon last week. Lawmen arrested three suspects in Barangay San Juan, this city, on Friday, August 2. They were...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Cotabato, various government agencies, and the National Power Corp. have agreed to strengthen safety protocols to help mitigate the perennial flooding in Central Mindanao. GOV. Emmylou Mendoza meets government agencies at the provincial capitol in...
CEBU CITY – Forty-nine barangays in Central Visayas have been declared as drug-cleared. THE Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC) convenes to discuss the drug situation in various barangays in Central Visayas. (PDEA-7) The 49 barangays earned the drug-cleared status...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-3 has deployed 1,000 policemen to secure the opening of classes for school year 2024-2025 in Central Luzon on Monday, July 29. POLICE secure the opening of classes in Central Luzon on July 29. PRO-3 Director Police...
Following the massive flooding that submerged many parts of the region, President Marcos has directed building more water impounding systems in Central Luzon (Region III) to address its flooding issues. 'CARINA' AFTERMATH — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. conducts an aerial inspection...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Five individuals were killed, three injured, and three missing in Pampanga, Bulacan, Zambales, and Bataan due to typhoon “Carina.” The Police Regional Office-3 identified the fatalities as as Sweet Dimple Magat Pelayo and daughter Diana Joy Pelayo Cerezo,...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-3 continues to conduct disaster response operations in Central Luzon in the aftermath of the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by super typhoon “Carina.” THE PRO-3 rescues people affected by typhoon 'Carina' in...
Recognizing the importance of maintaining a healthy workforce to ensure the continued delivery of education services, Education Secretary Sonny Angara announced on Monday, July 22, that he plans to hire at least one doctor for each office of the Department of Education (DepEd). DepEd Central Office...
DAVAO CITY – The National Power Corp.-Mindanao Generation Office based in Iligan City has admitted that they had indeed discharged huge amounts of water from one of their dams in Bukidnon that may have contributed to the severe flooding in Central Mindanao. FLOOD victims are rescued in Ligawasan...
By KEITH BACONGCO DAVAO CITY – Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza has urged the national government as well as concerned government agencies to assist in addressing the perennial flooding in Central Mindanao. Mendoza suggested to the concerned government agencies to refer to the...
