BATANGAS CITY – The suspect in the murder of a man was found dead and a police officer was wounded during a follow-up operation in a hotel in Barangay Santa Rita Karsada here on Saturday night, September 2. Police received information that the suspect, Aristotle de Chavez, of Barangay Pook...
BATANGAS CITY – A man was gunned down inside a nipa hut in Barangay Balagtas here before dawn on Saturday, September 2. Police identified the victim as Sherwin Matanguihan of Barangay Balagtas. Investigation said the victim was resting when the suspect, Aristotle de Chavez of San Pascual,...
BATANGAS CITY – A 44-year-old drug pusher was apprehended and suspected shabu worth P614,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Alangilan, this city, on Tuesday, August 29. Police identified the suspect as Edsel Melo, alias “Torne,” a high-value individual (HVI) and a resident of...
CAMP MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – Police arrested a 35-year-old man wanted for the murder of a fraternity member in Barangay Santa Rita Karsada, this city, on August 23. The Batangas Police Provincial Office (BPPO) identified the suspect as Felicimo Padilla, a resident of Barangay Santa...
CAMP MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – A 40-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday, August 23, for allegedly raping his daughter in this city last May. Batangas police chief Police Col. Samson Belmonte identified the suspect as “Dulix.” Dulix was arrested for qualified statutory raped based on a...
BATANGAS CITY – Police nabbed three suspected drug pushers and seized shabu worth P510,000 in a buy-bust operation on Friday, July 14, in Barangay Libjo here. Batangas police director Police Col. Samson Belmonte, in a report to Police Regional Office 4-A director Police Brig. Gen. Carlito...
BATANGAS CITY – Five vehicles, including a pickup, a car, two tricycles, and a motorcycle, were engulfed by a fire that broke out in a "sari-sari" or variety store on Friday evening, July 7, in Purok 5, Barangay Pinamucan Proper in this city. Report of the Batangas City police indicated that...
BATANGAS CITY – A 50-year-old nail technician was apprehended after yielding P340,000 worth of shabu to a police poseur-buyer during a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, May 24, in this city. POLICE conduct an inventory of the confiscated shabu weighing 50 grams from drug suspect Jennifer Lopez...
BATANGAS CITY – Two drug pushers, one of them a high-value target, were arrested after selling P88,000 worth of shabu during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Balagtas in this city at dawn on Wednesday, May 17. In his report to Calabarzon police director Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces, Batangas...
BATANGAS CITY – Public schools under the Department of Education Division of City Schools here have switched to blended learning over the extreme heat. Dr. Hermogenes Panganiban, schools division superintendent, said 107 out of 108 schools have resorted to modified classes starting on Monday,...
BATANGAS CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized shabu worth P120,000 during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bolbok here before dawn on Friday, March 3. Batangas police director Col. Pedro Soliba said the suspect was a street-level individual and pinpointed by the Barangay...
BATANGAS CITY – Police arrested a 38-year-old welder and seized P238,000 shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bolbok here on Thursday, Feb. 16. Batangas police director Col. Pedro Soliba said that suspect ‘’Rey’’ was apprehended after he sold 35 grams of suspected shabu to police...