MALVAR, Batangas – A 44-year-old driver died after the shuttle bus he was driving crashed into the center island in Barangay San Pioquinto here on Saturday morning, April 22. Police identified the victim as Edgardo Ocampo, a resident of Barangay Banlic, Cabuyao City, Laguna. Investigation...
LOBO, Batangas – A 63-year-old man reportedly drowned while swimming in the sea of Barangay Masaguitsit in this town. Police identified the victim as Nestor Perez, a resident of Barangay Dagatan here. Perez’s body was seen by his relatives floating in the shallow portion of the sea at 12:45 a.m....
SAN JUAN, Batangas – Police arrested a 40-year-old carpenter for allegedly raping his daughter seven times here. The suspect was arrested on a warrant issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 87 in Rosario, Batangas dated Jan. 26, 2023. The victim said she was raped seven time in a span of...
A big tree inside a supermarket in Batangas City is gaining traction among shoppers because it is making the place more alive and connected with nature. Since its establishment in 1986, Citimart has become one of the landmarks in Batangas City, Batangas, that saw the urban area's rapid...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police nabbed seven suspected drug pushers, including a an alleged member of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), and seized 250 grams of shabu in buy-bust operations in Batangas and Laguna on Saturday, April 15. The Police Regional Office 4-A identified the suspects...
MALVAR, Batangas – An 18-year-old student died and his 19-year-old back rider was injured after a commuter van collided with their motorcycle in Barangay Pioquinto here on Friday evening, April 14. Police identified the victim as Nathan Aaron Valeros, single, of Barangay Santiago, Santo Tomas...
ROSARIO, Batangas – A 37-year-old hog raiser was shot and wounded by an unidentified gunman while seated in his owner-type jeep parked on the road shoulder in Barangay Putingkahoy on Friday afternoon, April 14, here. Police identified the victim as Barangay Putingkahoy resident “Ramelito.”...
BATANGAS – A high-value individual and an 18-year-old female yielded P746,580 worth of shabu when authorities arrested them during separate buy-bust operations in Barangay Cuta in Batangas City in this province. In his report to Police Brig. General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., director of the...
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...
The Bureau of Customs, the government’s largest tax agency, has intensified its anti-smuggling campaign in the first quarter of the year resulting in the filing of 65 criminal complaints with the Department of Justice (DOJ). In a statement, Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said Wednesday,...
Three persons drowned in Lian, Nasugbu, and Lemery in Batangas on Good Friday and Black Saturday. The Batangas Police Provincial Office said the victims were a 17-year-old male student, single, resident of FDR, Block 9, Lot 12, Phase 3, GMA, Cavite; Juanito Tiples, 61, resident of Zone 10, Barangay...
LEMERY, Batangas – What was supposed to be a mere stroll along the beach turned tragic as four teenage students, three of them female, and laborer died after they drowned, while their only other companion survived on a sad Black Saturday afternoon, April 8, in this town. The police, who...
