A police officer has been jailed for up to 40 years for the kidnapping and killing of a South Korean businessman during former President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, court documents seen by AFP on Thursday, June 9, show. Jee Ick-joo was abducted from his home in Angeles City in October 2016 by a...
SANTA, Ilocos Sur - - The incumbent president of the Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College (ISPSC) died and six others were injured in a collision between a bus and a pickup truck on the national highway in Barangay Mabilbila Norte here at noon on Saturday, June 3. ARCE Police identified the victim...
CITY OF SANTA ROSA, Laguna – Police rescued an alleged foreign kidnap victim in San Lorenzo South Subdivision, Barangay Malitlit, this city, on Wednesday morning, May 31. A witness, Carlos Delaro, heard a noise outside his house around 10 a.m. and saw a Chinese woman naked, handcuffed, crawling,...
PILA, Laguna – A municipal councilor of Santa Cruz, Laguna accused of rape surrendered to the police here on Wednesday, May 31. Police identified the suspect as Mark Anthony Joven, 41. Joven was accompanied by his lawyer after an alleged warrant of arrest was issued by the Regional Trial...
SANTA Ana, Cagayan – A warehouse at the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) in Port Irene, Barangay Casambalangan here collapsed due to strong winds from typhoon “Betty” (international name “Mawar” on Monday, May 29. Police said nobody was killed or injured in the incident. Initial...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) was gunned down on Tuesday afternoon, May 23, in Barangay Market Area here. Police identified the victim as Cicoroso Lapez Magsalsal, a resident of Barangay Market Area. Initial investigation said the victim was buying in a store at...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A student died while one other was injured after the motorcycle they were riding in fell into a drainage canal in Barangay Nalvo in Sta. Maria town, this province, on Friday, May 12. Police said that Mark Lawrence Canezo, 18, a Grade 11 student, the...
SANTA LUCIA, Ilocos Sur – Four farm-to-market roads and a barangay health center under the 2022 Local Government Support Fund-Support to Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP) projects of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) were formally opened on May 5,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City government held the Fiesta na Isla de Santa Cruz, a summer festival activity under the Zamboanga Verano Festival, on Saturday, April 29. MAYOR John Dalipe thanks participants and guests of Fiesta na Isla de Santa Cruz, a summer festival activity of Zamboanga...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – A school and a computer shop were separately robbed by unidentified burglars that carted away 17 assorted brands of laptops on Thursday, April 27, in this city. A report by the Santa Rosa City police said that Saint Paul and Mark School on Block 1, Lot 3, Panorama...
SANTA BARBARA, Pangasinan – Murder and robbery charges were filed against the suspect in the death of a retired municipal administrator here. Gemalyn Enriquez Fabia, 34, and a resident of Barangay Amansabina, Mangaldan, Pangasinan, was charged with murder and robbery at the Office of the...
LAGUNA – A volunteer firefighter and two others were arrested for selling 500 grams of shabu worth P3,450,000 during a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, April 12, at Santa Rosa-Tagaytay Road, Barangay Don Jose, Santa Rosa City in this province. Authorities identified the suspects as Rommel dela...
