BATANGAS CITY – A 48-year-old driver ran amuck and killed two barangay tanods or watchmen in Barangay Bilogo here on Sunday night, Dec. 11. Police identified the victims as Ruben Torino, 52, and Robinson Torino, 50. The victims tried to pacify the suspect, Reinaldo Barangas of Sitio...
The victims were then ran over by a Toyota Hilux pick-up truck with license plates DBF-2368 driven by Richard Perol, 33, a resident of Tanauan City, this province, from the opposite direction. They were taken to hospitals here and Tanauan City where they were declared dead on arrival by doctors....
BATANGAS CITY – A smartphone thief was gunned down after he resisted arrest and attacked responding police officers on Friday, Dec. 2, in Barangay Santa Clara here. Police identified the suspect as Geronimo Rivera, 47, and a resident of Purok 6, Barangay Santa Clara. Investigation showed that the...
A roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) passenger vessel collided with a motorbanca in Batangas City on Sunday afternoon, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported. (Screenshot via Coast Guard Station Batangas) MV Stella Del Mar, which is being operated by Starlite Shipping, accidentally rammed into an...
Police arrested an incumbent barangay captain in Batangas City for a case of frustrated murder four years ago. Nabbed was Edmar Rieta, barangay captain of San Agapito in Isla Verde. He was arrested at around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5, when the local police served an arrest warrant against him...
And other discoveries on my Batangas food trip When we did our Foodprints show in Batangas, there was your usual bulalo, lomi from Lipa, and a few others I had come across before. If you know where to go, Batangas is also a food trip destination. You just have to Google the most popular lomi house...
Relief assistance was given to 227 families affected by the fire that razed Sitio Bagjaoan, Barangay Wawa in Batangas City, the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) said. (File Photo / Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor) “Ang patuloy na paghahatid ng relief assistance sa mga...
Saying that he already saw the withdrawal from reelection of presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Wednesday, November 10, dismissed the possibility of facing off with her and maintained that the opposition is ready to “fight until the very...
Thinking that they were already late in the game since they decided to run as the country’s top two officials in the 11th hour, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan said they were overwhelmed by the support shown to them when...
Not even the threat of the deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is discouraging drug pushers from selling shabu. On Monday, operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a drug pusher and seized some P384,000 worth of shabu during a buy-bust operation in Batangas. In a Viber...
PBA commissioner Willie Marcial is not ruling out the possibility that Batangas City may end up as a venue for the 46th season. Marcial said in a TV interview that the likelihood of having games in his hometown will depend on the COVID-19 situation and the success of the upcoming PBA practices in...
