BACOLOD CITY – The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines lost copper ground wires worth P660,000 to thieves in Hacienda Aquiles, Barangay San Isidro, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Thursday, June 22. Major Ronald Santillan, Calatrava police chief, said they are now checking junk shops in...
CAVITE – Authorities arrested Naic’s most wanted person for qualified theft on Monday, June 19. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspect as Enrico M. Empleo, 21 years old. He was arrested by virtue of an arrest warrant issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 15 in Naic...
Senator Mark A. Villar on Wednesday May 10, sought a Senate inquiry into alleged continued proliferation of bank-related scams and frauds. This followed the filing by Villar of Senate Resolution 589 which asked the Senate leadership to direct the appropriate committee to conduct the hearing "with...
BACOLOD CITY – Police are probing the P9 million worth of jewelries and cash allegedly robbed from a shopping mall in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Feb. 16. Based on initial investigation, three unidentified persons allegedly forcibly entered the mall by...
A bill seeking to decriminalize qualified theft of coconuts and reclassifying it as “simple theft” has been filed in the Senate. Sen. Risa Hontiveros, in filing Senate Bill No. 1871, said there is a need to decriminalize qualified theft under Article 310 of the Revised Penal Code to simple...
The depiction of Muslim characters in a recent episode of the action television series "Batang Quiapo" has rubbed Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Ziaur-Rahman Alonto Adiong the wrong way. Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Ziaur-Rahman Alonto Adiong (Facebook) "This humble representation is...
ILOILO CITY – Game fowl breeders have expressed alarm over the theft of fighting cocks worth millions of pesos in Panay Island. ROOSTERS fight during a cockfighting match at the San Pedro Coliseum in Laguna. (AFP) “This is a growing concern,” said Ricardo “Ricoy” Palmares, president of...
NEW YORK, United States -- A Russian-born woman was convicted by a US court Thursday of trying to kill her American lookalike with poisoned cheesecake and then stealing her identity. Viktoria Nasyrova, 47, was found guilty of attempted murder by a jury in New York, the district attorney for the...
Two men were arrested by security officers of a mall in Makati City and members of the Makati City Police on Sunday, Jan. 22 for theft (salisi) inside a restaurant in Barangay San Lorenzo, Makati City. The suspects were identified as Wilson De Jose, 22; and Christian Jay Marquez, 22. According to...
AGLIPAY, Quirino -- A former liaison officer of a car company was arrested by joint operatives from Quirino and Aglipay Police at Purok 4, San Leonardo, Aglipay on January 17. Joint operatives from Quirino police led by Major William Agpalza and Aglipay Police Station arrested alias Jun (police...
DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite – Three men were arrested for allegedly stealing telecommunication cables in Barangay San Francisco I on Tuesday, Jan. 3. Dasmariñas City Police Station (CPS) identified the suspects as Ronnie A. Palmones, Jobert S. Martines, and Renz Joseph E. Bernal. Initial...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Three alleged theft suspects, including a 17-year-old boy, were arrested by operatives of Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Kamuning Police Station (PS 10) on Monday, Dec. 26. Lt. Col. Robert Amoranto, PS 10 commander, identified two of the suspects as John Lawrence San Juan,...
