CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The first day of the campaign period for senatorial and party-list candidates on Feb. 11 in the Caraga region was generally peaceful, the Police Regional Office-13 said. “No untoward incidents or unlawful campaign violations were reported in the five...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A Pakistani restaurant owner and his compatriot were arrested for allegedly raping a 28-year-old restaurant employee in Olongapo City on Feb. 9. The Police Regional Office-3 identified the suspects as Moon, 22, a tourist, and Elias, 34,...
SAN MARCELINO, Zambales -- A tricycle driver was arrested for allegedly running over a police officer in a Commission on Elections checkpoint in Barangay Nagbunga here on Feb. 9. THE suspect Bert. The suspect was identified as Bert, 25, of Barangay Cawag, Subic, Zambales. Investigation said Bert...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – A private armed group surrendered unlicensed firearms to the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office on Feb. 7 in Barangay Papaya, San Antonio, Nueva Ecija. POLICE process the surrender of illegal guns in Nueva Ecija on Feb. 7. (PRO-3 FB) Turned over were five...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – One-thousand, seven-hundred sixty-eight police officers from Region 2 or Cagayan Valley were promoted on Thursday, Feb. 6. PRO-2 chief Police Brig. Gen. Antonio P. Marallag Jr. inducted the promotees – 38 police commissioned officers composed...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested 131 suspected drug pushers and confiscated shabu and marijuana valued at P4.3 million in the Caraga region from Jan. 1 to 31. “All the arrested suspects are now charged in the different courts in the region for violation of Sections 11 and 12, Article 2, Republic...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Eight-hundred seventy-eight Police Regional Office-13 (Caraga) personnel were promoted and sworn in on Thursday, Feb. 6. NEWLY promoted police officers are inducted in Camp Col. Rafael C. Rodriguez, Butuan City, on Thursday, Feb. 6. (Mike U. Crismundo)...
CEBU CITY – As a result of an intensified campaign, at least 430 unlicensed firearms were confiscated last month in various areas in Central Visayas. POLICE Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of PRO-7, shows a cache of seized firearms to Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – One-thousand, seven-hundred seventy-seven police officers from the Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) were promoted on Thursday, Feb. 6. PRO-1 chief Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista led the mass oathtaking, donning, and pinning of ranks at the PRO-1 Grandstand in this...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Police Regional Office-9 on Wednesday, Feb. 5, led the signing of a peace covenant and solidarity pact with stakeholders in the Zamboanga Peninsula region for the May elections in Camp Romeo Abendan, Barangay Mercedes, this city. PRO-9 Director Police Brig. Gen. Roel Rodolfo...
ILOILO CITY – Police confiscated P45-million worth of illegal drugs from 344 suspected drug pushers in Western Visayas in January. The Police Regional Office-6 said P43.2 million was suspected shabu and P1.8 million was marijuana. "These figures reflect our dedication to our campaign to...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Police Regional Office-5 seized shabu and marijuana valued at over P17 million in the Bicol region in January. PRO-5 chief Police Brig. Gen. Andre Dizon said they confiscated P17,274,637.28 worth of illegal drugs in 119 anti-drug operations and...