Officials from the local governments of Valenzuela and Quezon Cities on Tuesday, Sept. 5, went to different public markets in their respective areas to check if vendors/retailers comply with the new price ceiling on rice as mandated by the national government. In line with the national...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City – Police seized suspected shabu worth P1 million from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Lawis, Barangay Talipan, Pagbilao, this province, on Monday, September 4. Police Col. Ledon Monte, Quezon police chief, identified the suspect as Ronie Rocela Senor,...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police apprehended six individuals posing as employees of a prominent telecommunications company for allegedly stealing underground cable wires owned by a prominent telecommunications company worth P662,000 in Barangay Cotta here on Sunday, September 3. The suspects...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Quezon said 38,015 individuals are running in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections on October 30. Comelec-Quezon chief Allan Enriquez said 2,822 filed Certificates of Candidacy for barangay chairman, 19,868 for councilor or...
The local government units (LGU) of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela (Camanava) and Quezon cities declared the suspension of classes on Monday, Sept. 4, due to heavy rains caused by the typhoon-enhanced southwest monsoon. Navotas City Mayor John Reynald "John Rey" Tiangco and Caloocan...
The Quezon City government said on Sunday, Sept. 3, that a lawyer has filed charges with the Quezon City People's Law Enforcement Board (PLEB) against three local police traffic sector personnel in relation to the road rage incident involving an ex-policeman and a cyclist last Aug. 8. The local...
GUINAYANGAN, Quezon – A 53-year-old sales agent was shot dead allegedly due to a land dispute on Friday evening, September 1, in Barangay Gapas, here. Police identified the victim as Federico Tarusan of Barangay Gapas. Investigation said the victim was about to ride his motorcycle when the...
TAGKAWAYAN, Quezon – The military condemned the ambush of five Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit-Active Auxiliary members on Friday morning, September 1, in Sitio Pag-asa, Barangay Mapulot, here. The Armed Forces-Southern Luzon Command feted the five militiamen – Cesar Sales, Jeffrey San...
Quezon City Police District (QCPD) operatives seized P488,920 worth of alleged shabu and collared 15 drug suspects in a series of buy-busts in the city on Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 30 and 31. The QCPD Holy Spirit Station (PS 14) identified three of the suspects as Marlon Hermosill, Dennis...
Five members of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) were killed following a deadly encounter with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Tagkawayan, Quezon on Friday morning, August 1. Lt. Col. Hector Estolas, spokesperson of the 2 nd Infantry Division (2ID), said the...
TAGKAWAYAN, Quezon – Five members of the Citizen’s Armed Forces Geographical Unit-Active Auxiliary (CAA) were killed and three were wounded, including a soldier, in an encounter with the New People's Army (NPA) on Friday morning, September 1, in Sitio Pag-Asa, Barangay Mapulot, this town. The...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Authorities arrested two suspected drug pushers and seized shabu worth P638,000 in a buy-bust operation here on Thursday, August 31. Quezon police chief Police Col. Ledon Monte identified the suspects as Mark Joseph Campomanes, 40, and Arnel Ibanez, tagged as high-value...