More foreigners are being hunted down in connection with smuggling of around 1.4 tons of shabu which was intercepted in Batangas last month, Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos, Jr. said on Monday, May 20. Abalos issued the statement as he presented Canadian James Toby Martin...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – Over P500,000 worth of suspected Ecstasy tablets were confiscated by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 4-A Special Enforcement Team from a vendor in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Marawoy, this city, on Sunday night, May 19. The PDEA identified the...
TANAUAN CITY, Batangas – The body of a 16-year-old girl was found in a park in Barangay Darasa here on Monday night, May 13. Police identified the victim as Rhean Lopez, single, helper, and a resident of Poblacion, Malvar, Batangas. Investigation showed that the victim went missing and her...
SAN JUAN, Batangas – Two laborers died after they were buried alive while working in a construction site in a private residential and beach resort community on Saturday, May 11, in Barangay Laiya Ibabao here. Police identified the victims as Mark and Anthony. MAP of Batangas with the town...
MALVAR, Batangas – Three foreign nationals were arrested and suspected shabu worth P3.4 million was seized in an encounter with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency here on Thursday afternoon, May 2. THREE foreign nationals were arrested and suspected shabu valued at P3.4 million was...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police seized shabu worth P3.8 million and apprehended a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Santol in Balayan, Batangas on Saturday, April 27. SUSPECTED shabu valued at P3.8 million was seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Santol,...
President Marcos led the inauguration of a new passenger terminal building (PTB) at the Port of Batangas dubbed as the "most modern" inter-island terminal under the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the inauguration of the passenger terminal building...
MABINI, Batangas – A 32-year-old foreign diver drowned during a technical diving activity in the sea of Barangay Solo here on Thursday morning, April 25. MAP of Batangas with the town of Mabini highlighted. Police identified the victim as Chinese Shunyan Li, single, a resident of...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – A high-value individual in the illegal drugs trade was arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Dumantay here on April 20. The Police Regional Office 4-A said the Batangas City Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit seized P340,000 worth of suspected...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, April 19, vehemently condemned the killing of a Grade 8 learner from Agoncillo, Batangas. (DepEd / Manila Bulletin) “We deplore this heartless act of violence against our learners,” DepEd said in a statement. “There is no place for such a brutal...
BATANGAS CITY – A 19-year-old man drowned on a river while being chased by patrolling barangay tanods or watchmen in Barangay Pallocan West here on Thursday, April 18. Police identified the victim as John Louie Aclan, alias “Sampu-Sampo,” 19, who reportedly was suffering from mental...
AGONCILLO, Batangas -- A 13-year-old Grade 8 student was shot dead in Barangay Banyaga here on Wednesday morning, April 17. Police identified the victim as Jenny. A GRADE 8 student was gunned down on April 17 in Barangay Banyaga in Agoncillo, Batangas. (Photo via Danny Estacio) Investigation...
