ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – Police rescued 43 foreign nationals employed but detained in a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operation (POGO) here on Wednesday, Sept. 14. A Chinese national, Chen Ben, alias “Ayi,” 33, human resources officer of POGO Lucky South 99 and staying at KOA Resort, Clark, this...
BACOLOD CITY – A senior citizen with disability was stabbed dead while watching television inside his house in Barangay Taculing here on Monday, Sept. 12. AN elderly man with disability was stabbed dead inside his house in Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City on Monday, Sept. 12. (Photo courtesy...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested a 67-year-old follower of the late Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leader Ghalib Andang, alias “Commander Robot,” in Indanan, Sulu on Wednesday, Sept. 14, after 13 years of hiding. ARADJI mugshot. Major William Maisog, Sulu Criminal Investigation and Detection Group...
BACOLOD CITY – A 66-year-old man was killed while three others were injured when a truck loaded with sugarcane rammed a house in Barangay Guintubhan, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Monday, Sept. 12. A SENIOR citizen was killed and three others were injured after a truck carrying sugarcane rammed a...
BACOLOD CITY – A woman died after she was electrocuted in front of her two children inside their house in Barangay Calumangan, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Monday, Sept. 12. A WOMAN was electrocuted by this rechargeable radio after she plugged the appliance into an extension cord inside their...
BACOLOD CITY – Six police officers from the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (PPO) were reassigned to the Antique PPO effective Saturday, Sept. 10. Lt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesperson of the Negros Occidental police, said on Monday, Sept. 12, that the Police Regional Office...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Marijuana valued at P3.4 million was destroyed in a joint eradication operation in the boundaries of Ilocos Sur and Benguet. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-La Union Provincial Office (PDEA-LUPO), PDEA-Ilocos Sur Provincial Office (ISPO), Police Regional...
COTABATO CITY – Seven persons, including a minor, were injured in a grenade explosion in a bar here on Sunday, Sept. 11. Authorities have ruled out terrorism as motive in the incident. City Mayor Bruce Matabalao described the incident as isolated, triggered by warring groups who were having...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Police have arrested a top New People’s Army leader in Surigao del Norte. DOLERA mugshot The Surigao del Norte Provincial Police Office (SDNPPO) reported Monday, Sept. 12, that she is Nenita Generalao Dolera, 31, secretary of NPA Guerrilla Front 19, Sub-Regional Committee...
CEBU CITY – A German was wounded after he was shot by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Barangay Danao, Panglao, Bohol on Monday, Sept. 12. Police identified the victim as Pantaleone Voci, 64. The Panglao Municipal Police Station said that the victim was doing his routine morning exercise outside his...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A suspected drug pusher was killed while shabu valued at P408,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bunguiao here on Sunday, Sept. 11. Col. Alexander Lorenzo, acting city police chief, said a police poseur-buyer was transacting with two drug suspects when one of them...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Police on Sunday, Sept. 11, arrested in Barangay Tanglagan, Calanasan, Apayao a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel wanted for the ambush that killed two soldiers in 2009 in Lubuagan, Kalinga. Suspect Victor Mangao, 49, alias “Ka Salas,” of Western Uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga and...