LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Police arrested 56 individuals in the anti-criminality campaign in this province from October 15 to 21. PANGASINAN police contact details. (FB) Ten anti-drug operations were conducted where 12 persons were arrested 34.91 grams of suspected shabu were seized. Five...
Twenty-one drug peddlers, five wanted persons, and an election ban on firearms violator were arrested by the Bulacan Police in different operations conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 10 and 11. The recovered pieces of evidence (Photo from the official Facebook page of Bulacan...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has teamed up with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Open Ownership (OO) for the potential use of beneficial ownership data in curbing corruption in the government procurement process. The SEC and UNODC recently organized a focus...
Crime rate in the country from Jan. 1 to Sept. 15, this year has declined by 11,975 incidents compared to the same period last year, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the figure represents a 7.874 percent drop in the crime rate, which he attributed...
Sen. Grace Poe believes that current problems being encountered in the online SIM registration process can be solved with better implementation than hitting pause on it temporarily. This is in response to the suggestion of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission's (PAOCC) to temporarily...
CEBU CITY – Five alleged members of the Salisi Gang were arrested after they victimized at least three people inside a mall at the South Road Properties here. Police identified the suspects as Jessica Santos Sarco, 35; Mark Anthony Balan, 30; Mark Anthony Aragosa, 26; Jerico Sarco, 24, and...
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – A Laguna Provincial Jail guard was gunned down by an inmate on Wednesday morning, August 2. Police identified the victim as Jonathan Buenviaje, 50. Investigation said the victim was working at Dormitory 1 when the suspect, Romnick Estadilla, 32, approached him from behind...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A woman was stabbed to death by her lover during a heated argument in their house in Barangay Saimsim here on Tuesday afternoon, August 1. Police identified the victim as Andrea Salve Escalante. Escalante died upon reaching the J.P. Rizal Hospital here due to stab wounds in...
TACLOBAN CITY – A businesswoman was gunned down in her house in Barangay District 1, Ormoc City, on Tuesday, August 1. Police identified the victim as Emily Porcadilla, 55, alias “Emyat,” an “ukay-ukay” (used clothes) trader. Initial investigation said the victim was in her room when...
Senator Nancy Binay on Tuesday, August 1 pressed the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to require the personal appearance of applicants at consular offices as a non-negotiable prerequisite for some categories of electronic visas or e-visas....
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – Police arrested a father here on Monday, July 31, for allegedly raping his daughter for seven years, particularly during her birth anniversary, starting in 2016. Police Lt. Col. Bonna Obmerga, city police chief, said the victim, accompanied by her mother, has filed a...
MATALAM, North Cotabato (PNA) – A former barangay chairman who was known for his Bangsamoro peace-building activities was killed with his son in an ambush here on Sunday night, July 30. Police Lt. Col. Arniel Melocotones, town police chief, identified the victims as Anwar Ebrahim Salem, 52, and...
