CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – The Philippine National Police-Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit 2 arrested two men for allegedly defrauding a woman in Isabela of P370,000 in Calumpit, Bulacan on Monday, Jan. 23. Suspects were identified as 34-year-old Julierey Palencia and Oliver San Diego, 41. Police said...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 31-year-old woman was arrested for large-scale estafa in an entrapment operation in a restaurant in Palo, Leyte on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Authorities identified the suspect as Maria Francesca Macasojot, self-employed, single, and a resident of Canlapwas Poblacion, Catbalogan...
LAGUNA -- An alleged illegal recruiter who victimized three applicants by offering them seafarer jobs in exchange for P150,000 each was arrested in an entrapment operation in Lumban town on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Laguna Police Provincial director Col. Randy Glenn Silvio identified the suspect as a...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police arrested 12 suspected drug personalities in the Cordillera region from Jan. 15 to 21. The Regional Operations Division of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera said the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) arrested five, Kalinga Police Provincial Office (PPO) four,...
CAMP GEN. MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – A man wanted for the murder of a policeman 30 years ago was arrested in Barangay East Valencia, Buenavista, Guimaras on Monday, Jan. 23. Batangas police director Col. Pedro Soliba identified the suspect as Cesar Andal, 61. Andal allegedly killed Senior...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a young hitman in a pension house in Barangay 32 here on Saturday, Jan. 21. The suspect was identified as Jonathan Divinagracia, alias ‘’Atan,’’ 21, of Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 here. Lt. Col. Sherlock Gabana, spokesperson of the Bacolod police, said that...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A former police officer wanted for double murder was arrested in Pulilan, Bulacan on Monday, Jan. 23. Police arrested the suspect, William Reed, 57, in Barangay Poblacion. He was listed as a most wanted person of the Department of Interior and Local...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – A 30-year-old man was arrested while securing police clearance for employment here on Friday, Jan. 20. Lt. Col. Felix Martinez, 1st Zamboanga City Mobile Force Company (1ZCMFC) commander, said Argal Kasim Amirul was arrested at around 2:32 p.m. at the clearance section...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – Police arrested three persons who posed as National Bureau of Investigation employees for extorting P10,000 from a funfair owner in Tumauini, Isabela on Thursday, Jan. 19. A report to Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar, Police Regional Office-Cordillera director, from Col. Charles...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police arrested a 60-year-old pastor wanted for murder in Benguet in Sitio Balantog, Barangay Poblacion, Luba, Abra on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Col. Damian Olsim, Benguet police chief, identified the suspect as Melchor Langbayan Balance, a resident of Barangay Ol-olingen,...
CAMP Francisco S. Macabulos, Tarlac City – Police arrested seven suspected members of a robbery gang in a hot-pursuit operation that started in Barangay Santo Domingo 2nd, Capas, Tarlac and ended in Moncada, Tarlac before dawn on Friday, Jan. 20. Capas police received a report about a...
BAGUIO CITY – Police arrested a 50-year-old technician wanted for frustrated murder in Magalang, Pampanga here on Monday, Jan. 16. Col. Francisco Bulwayan, city police chief, identified the suspect as Antonio Gomez Benigno Jr., a resident of Lower Quirino Hill here. Bulwayan said Benigno was...
