TUBA, Benguet – The two women found dead on the side of a cliff in Sitio Inonas, Barangay Taloy Sur here on Monday, Oct. 31, are the daughter and niece of an active police officer. Staff Sgt. Albert Peralta Quiros of the Pozorrubio Municipal Police Station in Pangasinan identified the...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police caught 26 wanted persons and destroyed marijuana totaling P6.7 million in a two-week Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) from Oct. 15 to 31 in Benguet. Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police chief, said 14 loose firearms were voluntarily...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police arrested three men wanted for rape in the Calabarzon or the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area on All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1. Police Regional Office 4-A director Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. identified the suspects as Randolph Villanueva...
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – A man was arrested in Barangay San Antonio here after allegedly firing a gun on All Saints' Day. Biñan City Police Station (CPS) identified the suspect as Esmeraldo Moreno. Investigation said a concerned citizen sought help from the authorities after Moreno fired...
CEBU CITY – A barangay tanod (watchman) died after he was allegedly stabbed by two minors with a cockfighting gaff or "tari" before dawn on Monday, Oct. 31, in Barangay Tagaguimit, City of Naga, Cebu. Police identified the fatality as Danilo Alerta Sr., 57. Lt. Col. Junnel Caadlawon, chief of the...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police said a 41-year-old man was killed at the house of his girlfriend on Wednesday night, Oct. 26, in Barangay Market View here. Investigators identified the victim as Dennis Delfin Ortega, alias “Pasak,” a resident of Barangay 8, this city. Police said Ortega was...
BUGALLON, Pangasinan – A police intelligence operative was gunned down in Barangay Salasa here on Thursday, Oct. 27. Col. Jeff Fanged, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office officer-in-charge, identified the victim as Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Ignacio, assigned to the local police. Police said Ignacio was...
DATU MONTAWAL, Maguindanao (PNA) – The local government has offered a P300,000 bounty for anyone who could provide information that would help identify the killers of a municipal councilor here. In a statement on Wednesday, Oct. 26, Mayor Otho Montawal said he hopes the reward money would help...
SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao (PNA) – A government nurse survived but his father was killed in an ambush in Barangay Ungap here on Tuesday, Oct. 25. In a report released on Wednesday, Oct. 26, Lt. Col. Julhamin Asdani, municipal police chief, said Gani Singkang, 50, died on the spot, and his son...
TANZA, Cavite – Authorities collared two men for allegedly stealing a bag containing cash and other items from a grocery store on Tuesday, Oct. 25. Tanza Municipal Police Station (MPS) identified the arrested suspects as Nastrodin S. Hadjienor and Mark Levy B. Ocampo. Another suspect,...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded an almost 12 percent decrease in index crimes across the country for the month of September this year. From 3,056 index crimes reported in August this year, PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. said it went down to 2,690 or a decrease of 366...
BACOLOD CITY – Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, Bacolod City police director, declared Monday, Oct. 24, that the MassKara Festival here this year was generally peaceful. MORE than 2,000 security forces received recognition during the culmination of the 43rd MassKara Festival at the Bacolod City...
