CANDELARIA, Quezon – A 47-year-old barangay tanod (watchman) was shot dead while on his way home in Barangay Pahinga Norte here on Monday, June 26. Police identified the victim as Randy Bastida Tapero. Investigation said Tapero was driving his motorcycle when two men appeared and shot him several...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 ordered all mobile force commanders, provincial and city directors, and municipal chiefs of police in the Caraga region on Thursday, June 22, to step up their campaign against loose firearms ahead of the 2023 Barangay and SK...
CEBU CITY – Serve the people sincerely. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma made this call to all candidates who will run in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October. The prelate also called on the public to come out and exercise their right to suffrage. Palma said voters should be...
CEBU CITY – A three-day public hearing will be conducted to determine if this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Negros Oriental will push through or not. LIONEL Marco Castillano, officer-in-charge of the Commission on Elections-Central Visayas (Comelec-7), briefs the...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A barangay kagawad who is allegedly a member of a big criminal group operating in Bulacan was arrested for illegal possession of firearms on Thursday, June 15. The suspect, identified as Edgardo Cruz, 50, barangay kagawad of Barangay Umpucan in...
CONNER, Apayao - A barangay treasurer was arrested after he yielded shabu more than P3,600 during a search warrant operation in his house in Barangay Paddaoan here on Friday, June 9. Police identified the suspect as Johny Lanna, 38, categorized as a high-value individual. The Provincial Drug...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 (PRO-13) has seized 578 loose firearms and 78 explosives from Jan. 1 to the present in line with the intensified crackdown against loose firearms and security measures for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has intensified its anti-criminality campaign by tapping barangay watchmen (tanods) in all 61 barangays here. CHIEF tanods of 61 barangays in Bacolod City receive brand new cellular phones and registered SIM cards from Police Col. Noel...
ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, acting director of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-6, warned the 76 barangay officials in Western Visayas allegedly involved in the illegal drugs trade to cease from their nefarious activities. VILLAFLOR "I urge these elected government officials...
The 2023 PBA Governors’ Cup champion TNT and runner-up Barangay Ginebra are set to represent the country once the East Asia Super League pushes through with the home-and-away tournament slated in October. *TNT and Ginebra will represent the country in the said home-and-away tiff. (File Photo/PBA...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte praised the barangay health workers (BHWs) in Surigao del Norte, highlighting how their hard work and education helped the people in the communities understand health, nutrition, and diseases. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks at the Barangday...
TACLOBAN CITY – A barangay chairman was gunned down while his wife was wounded by two men onboard a motorcycle in Kananga, Leyte, on Wednesday, May 10. Police identified the fatality as Raul Cosinillo, 56, chairman of Barangay Mataloto, the farthest upland village of Leyte, Leyte. Initial...
