BAUAN, Batangas – A 26-year-old welder was arrested on Monday, June 5, for allegedly raping his niece four years ago here. Batangas Police Provincial Office head Police Col. Rainerio de Chavez identified the suspect as Brian Roi Hernandez, a resident of San Pascual, Batangas. Hernandez was...
SANTO TOMAS CITY, Batangas – A member of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) was shot dead on Saturday evening, June 3, in Barangay San Miguel, this city. The Batangas Police Provincial Office (BPPO) identified the victim as Leonardo Caronan, 43, assigned to the BJMP in Cabuyao...
MABINI, Batangas – A 43-year-old Chinese diver drowned during a diving lesson in the sea in Barangay Ligaya in this town on Thursday afternoon, May 25. Police identified the victim as On Ki Ng, a resident of Hong Kong. The drowning incident was reported to the police a day later on Friday,...
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...
CAMP GEN. MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – “Let us be humble in serving our people, but be hard in enforcing the law.” POLICE Col. Pedro Soliba (left), outgoing Batangas police provincial director, turns over the symbolic command flag to Col. Reinero de Chavez in a simple ceremony presided...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed a response team to contain the oil spill that was detected in two municipalities in Batangas on Tuesday morning, May 23. (PCG) The oil spill was spotted in Brgy. 4 in Calatagan and in Brgy. Klamias in Mabini, said Capt. Vic Acosta, commander of PCG Station...
SANTO TOMAS CITY, Batangas – Eight passengers and a driver were hurt in a collision involving three vehicles along Maharlika Highway at dawn on Thursday, May 18, in Barangay San Miguel in this city. The police report identified the injured as Emilda Amis, 23; Romnick Robles, 28; Erica Joy...
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...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – A student died in a motorcycle collision on the Jose P. Laurel Highway on Sunday, May 14, in Barangay Tambo, this city. Police identified the victim as Jonathan Bautista of Barangay Nangkaan, Mataas na Kahoy, Batangas. Investigation said Bautista was driving a motorcycle...
BATANGAS – A 70-year-old widower was arrested in Laurel town in this province on Thursday afternoon, May 11, for allegedly committing three counts of rape. The Batangas police director, Col. Pedro Soliba, identified the accused as alias “Atong,” vendor and a resident of San Nicolas town. The...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Five New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the police on Friday, May 12, in Barangay Bilaran, Nasugbu, Batangas. Police Regional Office 4-A chief Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces, quoting a report from the 2nd Batangas Provincial Mobile Force Company, identified...
Export-oriented locators inside the First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) economic zone in the cities of Santo Tomas and Tanauan in Batangas are hiring over a thousand additional workers. The Lopez-led FPIP posted the employment opportunities during the “Sulong Buhay Job Fair” that FPIP held...