BATANGAS CITY – A 13-year-old girl died in a fire in Purok 2, Barangay San Carlos, this city, before dawn on Thursday, August 22. Arson investigators said the victim, Meagan May Gabuna, was awakened by thick smoke inside her house at 2:45 a.m. She alerted her and another family staying in the...
Batangas folk can look to draw inspiration from a new bronze statue of the late National Artist Fernando Poe Jr. unveiled in Batangas in time for his 85th birth anniversary. (Photo from the Facebook page of Senator Grace Poe) Senator Grace Poe and her son, Brian Poe Llamanzares, chairperson of the...
SAN JUAN, Batangas – A laborer allegedly stabbed a 59-year-old cook to death during a heated argument in Barangay Mabanoy, this town, on Monday night, August 19. Police identified the victim as Ariel Baña. Investigation said Baña and the suspect, Marcelito Tejada, 57, had an...
LIAN, Batangas – Police recovered a pack of suspected shabu weighing one kilo and worth P6.8 million floating on the shoreline in Sitio Ligtasin, Barangay Luyahan, this town, on Tuesday morning, August 13. A PACK of suspected shabu worth P6.8 million was found on the shoreline of Sitio...
BATANGAS CITY – The province of Batangas was placed under a state of calamity due to African Swine Fever (ASF). A resolution was approved on Monday, August 12, during the 33rd regular session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan with Vice Gov. Mark Leviste as presiding officer. The Provincial...
BATANGAS CITY – The home of a municipal councilor of Lobo, Batangas in Barangay Malibayo, this city, was fired at by a drunken individual on Sunday night, August 11. Police said Councilor Leslee Manalo Aguilar was inside his house with his family when the suspect, Joven, a resident of Barangay...
PADRE GARCIA, Batangas – A 43-year-old man was gunned down in Barangay San Miguel, this town, on Sunday afternoon, August 11. Police identified the victim as Freddie Dizon Obviar of Barangay Arawan, San Antonio, Quezon. Investigation said Obviar was standing in front of a store when a man on...
LOBO, Batangas – This town has been placed under a state of calamity due to the threat of African Swine Fever (ASF). The Sangguniang Bayan or municipal council approved a resolution on Wednesday, August 7, declaring the measure that was revealed in a meeting with over 500 hog raisers here....
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – A 28-year-old New People’s Army rebel surrendered to the police in Cavite on Friday, August 2. The surrenderer was identified as David, single, a resident of Calaca, Batangas. David was a call center agent before he joined the NPA in the Barrio under Platoon Silangan,...
SANTO TOMAS CITY, Batangas – AP Renewables Inc. (APRI), an Aboitiz Power Corp. subsidiary, recently sponsored a basic sewing skills and entrepreneurship training program in Barangay Santa Elena here. GRADUATES of the training with their teachers and representatives from the Aboitiz Group....
BATANGAS CITY – Batangas was placed under a state of calamity due to rains caused by the southwest monsoon or “habagat” and typhoon “Carina” on Tuesday, July 23. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported that several municipalities in the province been flooded...
AGONCILLO, Batangas – A family of four was killed in a landslide in Sitio Manalao, Barangay Subic Ilaya, this town, on Wednesday, July 24. A FAMILY of four was killed in a landslide in Agoncillo, Batangas on July 24. (Magandang Agoncillo Batangas FB) The municipal Disaster Risk...
