House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto is pushing for the restoration of cancer control and cancer assistance funds in the proposed 2023 budget in the form of a P1-billion item. Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto (Facebook) "I propose a P1 billion fund for cancer...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) discovered over P1.8 billion worth of local and imported sugar and other items during an inspection in a warehouse in Nasugbu town of Batangas. The BOC has intensified the inspections and operations against smuggling and hoarding of sugar amid reports of...
CAMP BRIG. GEN. VICENTE LIM, Laguna – The Calaca electorate successfully ratified the conversion of its town into a component city through a plebiscite held on Saturday, Sept. 3. Jeweleane M. Vidal, chairperson of the Municipal Plebiscite Board of Canvassers of Calaca, formally proclaimed the...
CAMP BRIG. GEN. VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Charges have been filed against seven men allegedly involved in the abduction and murder of former delivery rider Eugene del Rosario on Aug. 16 in Taal, Batangas. The Taal police led by Police Major Dante Lalap Majadas, family, and witnesses referred the...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) responded to the distressed passengers of a roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel that caught fire in the anchorage area of Batangas port on Friday afternoon, Aug. 26. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) The organization said that it has dispatched three ambulance units and one mobile...
Search and rescue (SAR) personnel were working round-the-clock to find two passengers who remained unaccounted for after a roll-on/roll-off passenger ship caught fire off an anchorage area in Batangas on Friday afternoon, August 26. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Joint teams from the...
A roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) passenger vessel carrying 82 crew members and passengers caught fire off an anchorage area in Batangas on Friday afternoon, August 26. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Commodore Armand Balilo, spokesperson of the Philippine Coast...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna – The leader of a gun-for-hire group and his companion were arrested following an encounter Tuesday, Aug. 23, in Barangay San Roque, Rosario, Batangas. Police Regional Office 4-A director Police Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. identified the suspect as...
(PHIVOLCS) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has recorded a 4.2-magnitude earthquake in Batangas province Monday evening, Aug. 22. Phivolcs said the quake struck 4 kilometers (km) northeast of Tingloy, Batangas at around 10:59 p.m. The earthquake was felt at...
SARIAYA, Quezon – A man abducted in a gasoline station in Taal, Batangas Wednesday, Aug. 17, was found dead on Eco-Tourism Road in Sitio Pontor, Barangay Bignay 2 here Thursday, Aug. 18. A FORENSICS team secures the area where the body of delivery rider Eugene del Rosario was dumped in...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, August 16, has started printing the official ballots for the plebiscite in Calaca, Batangas. The official ballots and accountable forms for the Plebiscite to ratify the conversion of the Municipality of Calaca, Batangas into a component city, is...
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna – A 30-year-old man allegedly shot his 33-year-old live-in partner dead during an argument Sunday, August 14, in Barangay Lalayat, San Jose, Batangas. The San Jose Municipal Police Station identified the victim as Rona May Corañez. Police said that...
