An Irish man was arrested after allegedly smashing a tow truck with a hammer during a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) road clearing operation in Quezon City on Wednesday, July 8. According to the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), MMDA traffic enforcers were conducting a clearing...
CAVITE – The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) warned that fake or anonymous social media accounts will not shield users from liability after authorities arrested a suspect behind an online bomb threat targeting several schools in Bacoor City on Wednesday, July 8. In a statement on Thursday,...
Two men were arrested after allegedly stealing electric cables that caused a blackout at an apartment building in Barangay Greater Fairview, Quezon City, early Tuesday morning, July 7. The suspects, identified as alias “Vandamme,” 29, and alias “Jonell,” 27, both residents of Barangay Holy...
Quezon City police want sellers of secondhand cellphones to secure police verification before any sale, under a proposed amendment to a local ordinance aimed at stopping stolen devices from circulating. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said the measure seeks to amend Ordinance No. SP 1679,...
A suspected "Bahala Na Gang" member was arrested for allegedly collecting bets for the numbers game known as "Basketball Ending" during a police anti-gambling operation in Barangay Masambong, Quezon City, late Tuesday night, July 7. Police said the suspect, identified only as alias "Enrico," 26,...
ILOILO CITY – Police Col. David L. Cachumbo Jr. is the new Capiz police chief. Cachumbo took over the post in a turnover ceremony presided over by Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño of Police Regional Office-6 on Monday, July 6, in the provincial capital Roxas City. Cachumbo, who replaced Police...
Authorities are investigating the motive behind the killing of a 42-year-old tricycle driver who was stabbed to death inside his house in Rodriguez, Rizal, on Tuesday, July 7. The Rodriguez Municipal Police Station said the victim, identified as “Melvin,” was inside his house in Barangay...
Police remained on heightened alert Tuesday, July 7, as the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte entered its second day, with security tightened in and around the Senate complex. City police chief Col. Joselito De Sesto said personnel were strategically deployed around the Senate...
A 31-year-old man was arrested on Sunday, July 5, after police caught him allegedly stealing scrap metal from a commercial building in Barangay Talipapa, Quezon City, where his group had carted off more than P6.27 million worth of items. The suspect, identified only as “Raymart,” was caught by...
Four individuals allegedly linked to the illegal drug trade, including one known as “Demonyo,” were arrested in a Makati buy-bust operation that seized P408,000 worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu. The Makati City Police Station said alias “Demonyo,” 36, is listed as a...
Police arrested two men, rescued a minor, and seized shabu worth P508,572 in separate buy-bust operations in Taguig. In Barangay Rizal, operatives from the Station Drug Enforcement Unit conducted an entrapment operation on July 6 using a poseur buyer, which led to the arrest of a man and the rescue...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Norwegian Police Service have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation against online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC), expanding information sharing to help identify offenders, rescue victims, and stop...
