The country’s crime rate dramatically decreased by 72.33 percent from July to Sept. this year, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. disclosed on Thursday, Dec. 8. In a statement read by DILG Director Marlo Guanzon during a press...
GENERAL TRIAS CITY, Cavite – A minor was collared for "akyat bahay" robbery in Barangay Pinagtipunan on Tuesday, Dec. 6. General Trias City Police Station identified the child in conflict with the law (CICL) as alias Cris, 16. Initial investigation showed alias Cris forcibly entered two...
GENERAL TRIAS CITY, Cavite – Two minors were collared for robbery-holdup with physical injury on Monday, Dec. 5. General Trias City Police Station (CPS) identified the suspects as alias Dante, 17, and alias Tyrone Jay, 15. Another male suspect of legal age, identified as alias Toto, is...
Police in Central Luzon reported a decrease in crime incidents in the region in October and November this year. Regional police chief Brig. Gen. Cesar Pasiwen said they recorded only 136 cases in eight focus crimes – murder, homicide, robbery, theft, physical injury, motorcycle carnapping,...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Two policemen assigned to the Mabalacat City police station were killed in an anti-illegal drugs operation on Saturday, Dec. 3. Initial investigation revealed that Senior Master Sgt. Sofronio Capitle Jr. and Staff Sgt. Dominador Gacusan Jr. were...
BAGUIO CITY – Police arrested a 38-year-old man on Thursday, Dec. 1, for allegedly raping his minor daughter eight times for five years in this city. The suspect, the Baguio City Police Office Station 9’s (Irisan) No. 1 and this city’s fourth most wanted person, was arrested based on a...
CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – A man working in a car wash shop was collared for possession of a loose firearm in Barangay Banlic on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Cabuyao City Police Station (CPS) identified the suspect as alias Dominic, a resident of Cabuyao. The police conducted a follow-up operation after...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. has urged the Philippine National Police to thoroughly probe the brutal killing of his driver in Sitio Bunsod, Barangay Obat, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental on Monday, Nov. 28. TEVES (FB) In a video posted on Facebook, Teves confirmed that...
TIAONG, Quezon – Police are looking at love triangle as the motive in the killing of two women with live-in partners in Sitio Laluses, Barangay Talisay, here on Tuesday, Nov. 29. THE Laguna-Quezon boundary arch in Tiaong, Quezon. (Wikipedia) Police identified the victims as Jessica Prado...
A 40-year-old farmer was hacked to death by his younger brother during a drinking session on Sunday night, Nov. 27, in Barangay Paraiso, Calatagan, Batangas. Police identified the victim as Edecon Obrador. Investigation said Edecon and the suspect, Herman, 32, were having a drinking spree at 9:15...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 42-year-old man stabbed his wife to death then himself in this city on Saturday, Nov. 26, police said. Investigation said victim Susaneth Hasil Leonardo, 38, was leaving her workplace on Veterans Ave. with a lady co-worker when they spotted her husband Ruel waiting...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Four persons were killed and two others were wounded after a shooting and hacking incident allegedly triggered by a land dispute in Sitio Kiabacat, Barangay Songco, Lantapan, Bukidnon on Sunday, Nov. 27. The Bukidnon Police Provincial Office (BPPO) identified the fatalities...