ILOILO CITY – Police arrested two drug pushers and seized P1.3-million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Pavia, Iloilo Wednesday, Aug. 24. DEQUIÑA and TIPAWAN mugshots. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 identified the suspects as 34-year-old Jerome Barcarlos Dequiña and...
ILIGAN CITY – City police chief Police Col. Dominador N. Estrada is targeting “kamote” or motorcycle riders violating road rules and figuring in accidents that can be avoided. ESTRADA (Bonita L. Ermac) Estrada made the move as he has expressed alarm over the rising number of road accidents in...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Sixteen lawbreakers were arrested and 60 illegal firearms were confiscated in a day-long Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Wednesday, Aug. 24. GUYGUYON (FB) Police Brig. Gen. John...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police arrested a New People's Army (NPA) member tagged as Eastern Samar's most wanted person Wednesday, Aug. 24, in Borongan City. The suspect was identified as Marcos Lombendencio, alias “Mar-Mar,” 39, of Barangay Balingasag, Oras, Eastern Samar. A composite team from the...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a dispatcher and 32 grams of suspected shabu worth P217,600 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Purok Masanag 1, Barangay 26 here Wednesday, Aug. 24. A POLICE buy-bust operation in Barangay 26, Bacolod City Wednesday, Aug. 24, netted a dispatcher and...
PENABLANCA, Cagayan – A lady cop provided temporary shelter to victims of severe tropical storm “Florita” in Barangay Sisim here Tuesday, Aug. 23. Police Corporal Margarita Mabborang was patrolling with other members of the police in this town when she received a call from her daughter...
NUEVA VIZCAYA -- Police are investigating a shooting incident involving two policemen that happened at a checkpoint on Tuesday evening, Aug. 23, in Purok 2, Brgy. Bakir, in Bagabag town here. The lifeless body of PMSg Jefferson Bartolomeo. (Via Liezle Inigo) According to a police report, Police...
CAGAYAN -- Police Colonel Renell Sabaldica, the outgoing provincial director of the Cagayan Provincial Police Office, has been transferred to his new assignment as part of the reshuffle in the Philippine National Police organization. Photo via Liezle Inigo Col. Sabaldica’s transfer to Camp Crame...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna – The leader of a gun-for-hire group and his companion were arrested following an encounter Tuesday, Aug. 23, in Barangay San Roque, Rosario, Batangas. Police Regional Office 4-A director Police Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. identified the suspect as...
KAMPO HENERAL PACIANO RIZAL, Sta. Cruz, Laguna – A suspected drug pusher was arrested and shabu valued at P340,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in San Pedro City, Laguna Tuesday, Aug. 23. Newly designated Laguna police director Police Col. Randy Glenn Silvio identified the suspect as...
CEBU CITY – A stern warning was issued against personnel of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) after one of their colleagues was allegedly caught engaged in illegal drug activities. Police Patrolman Apollo Baisac Concepcion, 41, was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two drug suspects were killed in a shootout with police in Barangay Semmut, Akbar, Basilan Tuesday, Aug. 23. Police Col. Pedro Martirez Jr., Basilan police chief, said the suspects – Mascud Cuevas Sarael, of Bohe Lebbung, Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, and Dasman Kilala of...