ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas was generally peaceful during the New Year. Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, PRO-6 director, said only 15 crime incidents were recorded in the region from December 31 to January 1. Six of these were physical injury, three murder, three homicide, two theft,...
BUTUAN CITY – The New Year celebration in the Caraga region was generally peaceful. However, four fireworks-related injuries were recorded in the cities of Cabadbaran and Butuan and the municipalities of Las Nieves in Agusan del Norte and San Luis in Agusan del Sur. The Police...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 has recorded 75 fireworks-related incidents in Western Visayas as of New Year’s Eve. A STALL selling firecrackers in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “This is still a running number,” said Police Major Mary Grace Borio, PRO-6 spokesperson, on...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Police Regional Office-2 and the Bureau of Fire Protection-2 destroyed 2,485 pieces of seized assorted firecrackers worth about P31,121 on December 30. POLICE Regional Office-2 chief Police Brig. Gen. Christopher Birung (right) visits a stall selling firecrackers on...
The Police Regional Office-3 apprehended four persons for selling firecrackers and pyrotechnics online in an entrapment operation in Morong, Bataan on Saturday, December 30. FOUR persons were nabbed for selling firecrackers online in Morong, Bataan. (PRO-3 FB) Police said the suspects were...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Five persons, including three children, were injured in five firecracker-related incidents in Central Luzon before New Year’s Eve, the Police Regional Office-3 reported on Sunday, December 31. In Bulakan, Bulacan, a man sustained burns on his legs, chest, and...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 has stepped up security measures for a safe observance of New Year’s Eve in Ilocos provinces. Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista inspected bus terminals, transport hubs, fireworks stalls, and popular gathering places across the region on...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr., Police Regional Office-Cordillera chief, deployed 1,355 policemen to ensure the safety of the people welcoming the New Year in the Cordillera. Peredo said police personnel were strategically deployed in bus terminals, malls, markets,...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 paid tribute to national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal during the 127th anniversary of his martyrdom on December 30 at the police regional headquarters here. PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft lauded the heroism of...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Police Regional Office 4-A destroyed illegal firecrackers confiscated in the five provinces of the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) area in this camp on Saturday, December 30. PRO 4-A Director Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas, who led the...
ILOILO CITY – The official Facebook page of the Philippine National Police (PNP)-Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas) was hacked on Friday, December 29. “We would like to inform the public that the PRO-6 official Facebook page was hacked at around 5 p.m. on December 29, 2023,” the PRO-6...
ILOILO CITY – The ninth most wanted person in Western Visayas was arrested in Tibiao, Antique on Friday, December 29. The Police Regional Office-6 identified the suspect wanted for murder as “Rocky.” ‘ROCKY,’ the ninth most wanted person in Western Visayas. (Tibiao PNP) Rocky...
