BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – Mayor Sol Matugas of General Luna town in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte province on Wednesday, April 19, acknowledged the police for arresting four foreign nationals, including a German police officer, involved in a public display of "lewd and obscene acts" on Sunday, April...
ILOILO CITY – Police nabbed the most wanted person in Western Visayas in Estancia, Iloilo. The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) identified the suspect as Estancia resident Renante A. Cañeso. The 52-year-old fisherman and engine mechanic was caught in a joint operation by several...
CAMP GEN. PACIANO RIZAL, Laguna – Police arrested a man wanted for two counts of statutory rape in San Pedro City, this province, on Monday, April 17. The suspect, “Kambal Liit,” a resident of San Pedro City, was apprehended at 1:30 p.m. in Barangay Nueva, Police Col. Randy Glenn Silvio,...
DAVAO CITY – Mindanao's most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) leader who abandoned his comrades in Davao de Oro province was presented to the media here on Monday, April 17, following his arrest in Malaysia earlier this month. MINDANAO’S most wanted New People’s Army leader is escorted by...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police arrested 18 wanted persons in the Cordillera from April 9 to 15. The Police Regional Office-Cordillera said the Benguet Police Provincial Office arrested eight, followed by the Baguio City Police Office with six, Abra PPO with two, and Ifugao PPO and Mountain...
TIAONG, Quezon – An alleged hired killer was served a warrant of arrest while detained at the custodial facility of the Tiaong Municipal Police Station on Sunday, April 16. The suspect, Dario Maralit, 40, is a suspected member of the Elmer Arrogancia gun-for-hire and drug syndicate operating...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – A police officer was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Surigao City before dawn on Sunday, April 16. His identity was tem porarily withheld pending the arrest of his supplier and companions in the illegal drugs trade. The suspect with the rank of...
LAGUNA – Authorities arrested six drug suspects, including three high-value individuals (HVIs), in a buy-bust operation in San Pedro City on Saturday, April 15. The Laguna Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspects as alias Jairoden, alias Jaimela, alias Sahar, alias Reynalae, alias...
LAGUNA – Authorities collared a man accused of rape and considered the province’s fifth most wanted person during a manhunt operation in San Pablo City on Thursday, April 13. The Laguna Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the accused as alias Jhames. He was arrested by virtue of an arrest...
BATANGAS CITY – Police arrested in this city a 52-year-old man wanted for frustrated murder, child abuse, and illegal drugs on Tuesday afternoon, April 11. Batangas police director Police Col. Pedro Soliba identified the suspect as Calixto Morante. Morante was apprehended by the Batangas City...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police apprehended 13 wanted individuals during the Holy Week in the Cordillera region. Sixty-five municipalities in the region recorded zero crime incidents from April 2 to 8. The Police Regional Office-Cordillera Regional Investigation and Detective Management...
BAGUIO CITY – Police apprehended the fourth and seventh most wanted persons here on Good Friday. Police identified the suspects as Joshua Asuncion, 24, and Noegie Cos Caingas, 29. Asuncion, the No. 4 most wanted person, was arrested in this city for rape by the Baguio City Police Office Station 5...