ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Josefino Ligan is overseeing the investigation of the Aug. 8, Friday, killing of Vice Mayor Julio M. Estolloso of Ibajay town in Aklan province. Ligan inspected on Saturday, Aug. 9, the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) office where Estolloso was shot and killed by SB Member...
ILOILO CITY – Four police officers, including the police chief, in Balasan, a town in northern Iloilo province, were sacked after a prisoner escaped. Police Capt. Renzo Martinez and three other policemen were relieved of their posts on Thursday, Aug. 7. Suspect Jason Navales was on board a police...
ILOILO CITY – The No. 1 most wanted person in Calabarzon region was caught in Maasin town, Iloilo province. The Police Regional Office-6 identified the suspect as Seph who was arrested through a warrant for rape issued by a court in Laguna. The 52-year-old suspect was originally from Sibunag...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized more than P169-million worth of illegal drugs in Western Visayas region in the first half of the year. Data released by the Police Regional Office-6 said 24.55 kilos of suspected shabu worth P166.9 million and 17.315 kilos of marijuana valued at P2 million were...
ILOILO CITY – The police and military arrested one of the most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Western Visayas region. Dario was captured last July 11 in Miag-ao town, southern Iloilo province by the Police Regional Office-6 and 3rd Infantry Division (ID) of the Philippine Army. The...
ILOILO CITY – Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Josefino Ligan said people can call for police assistance at world-famous Boracay Island by dialing 911. Ligan walked on the famous stretch of white sand beach at the country’s most famous beach destination in Malay town of Aklan...
ILOILO CITY – Less than a week after assuming as police chief of Western Visayas region, Brig. Gen. Josefino Ligan led a random drug testing on Friday, June 27. Ligan initially called for a meeting of key commanders of the Police Regional Office-6 in Camp Delgado, the regional police...
ILOILO CITY – New Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Josefino D. Ligan has ordered his men to prioritize the five-minute response policy. “Our aim is to deliver police response in under five minutes, no matter where or when,” said Ligan after his installation over the weekend....
ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Josefino D. Ligan is the new police chief of Western Visayas region after the Philippine National Police amended the order that named Police Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Peñones Jr. as Police Regional Office-6 chief on Thursday, June 19. Peñones was assigned to the...
ILOILO CITY – Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky has been reassigned to head the PRO 4-A (Calabarzon or the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area), ending a stint in font-family: Gilroy; display: inline !important;>Western Visayas that lasted almost a...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested 82 individuals in Western Visayas region for violating the Commission on Elections gun ban that started on Jan. 12 and ended midnight on June 12. The Police Regional Office-6 said majority of the violators of the gun ban were civilians with 78. Four were uniformed...
ILOILO CITY — The Police Regional Office-6 distributed P21-million worth of information and communications technology (ICT) equipment and a vehicle to police units in Western Visayas region. PRO-6 Deputy Regional Director for Operations Police Col. Roland Bulalacao led the distribution on Monday,...
