KORONADAL CITY (PNA) – Two gunmen riding a motorbike shot dead a businesswoman and wounded her husband in an ambush in Barangay Fatima here before dawn on Tuesday, March 14. In a report, Col. Jomar Alexis Yap, General Santos City police director, identified the victim as Amelia Tajala of...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered two government bodies to step up and harmonize government and private sector efforts in combating human trafficking, saying it could compromise the country's economy and national security. Marcos said this during his meeting with the Inter-Agency...
CEBU CITY – A man robbed a rural bank of close to P1 million cash in broad daylight in Toledo City, western Cebu on Thursday, March 9. The Rural Bank of Barili on Hinulawan St. in Barangay Poblacion was robbed at around 9:50 a.m., said Lt. Col. Dennis Castillo de Guzman, chief of the Toledo City...
CEBU CITY – A regional special investigation task group was created to solve the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo on Saturday morning, March 4. PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. with Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo during the presidential campaign last year. (President Marcos FB) The...
ILOILO CITY – An express delivery company in Jaro District here was robbed of P623,000 by three men on Wednesday night, March 1. Police have identified two suspects in the robbery of J&T. “We have identified two of the three suspects,” said Major Shella Mae Sangrines, spokesperson of the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has made it clear that the country’s officials aren't neglecting the crime situation. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (far right) leads the meeting with law enforcement officials on Feb. 27, 2023 (Speaker’s office) This, after Romualdez led a high-level meeting...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez wants to help authorities address the spate of high-profile crimes in the country. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) As such, Romualdez is calling the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to an...
TIAONG, Quezon – A woman was beaten to death by a 33-year-old man with an iron pipe in Barangay Lagalag here on Saturday, Feb. 25. Police identified the victim as Joana Palivino. Investigation said a neighbor of the victim and the suspect, Michael Atienza, heard them arguing at 9 a.m....
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito hopes for a win-win solution in introducing proposed amendments to Republic Act (RA) No. 11235, also known as the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act, commonly known as the "Doble Plaka" law. During the public hearing of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Authorities have identified persons of interest in the shooting-to-death of a police officer and a jail personnel and the wounding of a female civilian during a fiesta celebration on Saturday night, Feb. 18, in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. “Just this afternoon, I was in...
A photographer and a technician were shot and wounded in Tanauan City and Lipa City in Batangas on Saturday morning, Feb. 18. Police identified the victims as photographer Larry Laura, 47, widower and resident of Poblacion 4, Tanauan City, and technician Lisa Marrie Cabanhon, 32, single, of...
Police arrested a man on Friday, Feb. 17, for shooting his neighbor in Valenzuela City last Thursday, Feb. 16. Valenzuela City Police Station (VCPS) chief Col. Salvador Destura Jr. identified the arrested suspect as Ronnie Ticson, 33, a resident of Area 4, Pinalagad, Barangay Malinta. According to...
