LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Suspected robbers shot and killed a 53-year-old high school principal in her house in Barangay Napo, Polangui, Albay before dawn on Wednesday, Oct. 12. CABALTERA (From Polangui Mayor Adrian Salceda FB) Lt. Col. Maria Luisa Calubaquib, Police Regional Office (PRO)-5...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – A barangay chairman was gunned down in Sultan sa Barongis, Maguindanao, police said on Monday, Oct. 10. Town police chief Major Michael Ameril identified the victim as Norson Utto, chairman of Barangay Panadtaban in adjacent Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao. Investigation showed...
DAGUPAN CITY – A 34-year-old woman has been charged for stealing tablets owned by the Department of Education (DepEd) here. A report from the office of Col. Jeff Fanged, officer-in-charge, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, identified the suspect as Jenny Aguila of San Juan, La Union. Jimmy de...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – A Grade 8 student and an 18-year-old vulcanizing shop employee were gunned down by two men in Barangay Poblacion here on Saturday, Oct. 8. Candelaria police chief Lt. Col. Dennis de Leon identified the victims as Jimber Villarin Perez and Alexander Taliente Perez,...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tangub here on Thursday, Oct. 6. Major Joery Puerto, head of the Police Station 8, said the suspect, Ma. Glosita Guilaran, 52, of Barangay Tangub, is a street-level individual and yielded 27 grams of...
ILOILO CITY – An inmate stabbed his tormentor to death at the Iloilo District Jail (IDJ) in Pototan, Iloilo on Friday, Oct. 7. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-6 identified the victim as Melvin Gemio, 39. Atty. Anthony Dogelio, BJMP-6 spokesperson, said that the suspect, Elbert...
TACLOBAN CITY – A former vice mayor of Calbiga, Samar was gunned down on the national highway in Barangay Timbanagan, Calbiga on Friday, Oct. 7. POLICE interview witnesses after former Calbiga, Samar Vice Mayor Miguel Abaigar was shot dead on the national highway in Barangay Timbangan,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police on Wednesday, Oct. 5, filed murder and frustrated murder charges against three suspected New People's Army (NPA) for killing a barangay chairman and wounding his son in Pambujan, Northern Samar. Col. Alfredo Tadefa, Northern Samar police chief, identified the suspects as...
A Chinese woman has been rescued by the authorities in Batangas after she was allegedly abducted by her foreign kidnappers, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed Friday, Oct. 7. (Photo from PNP-PIO) PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said the 28-year-old victim was found by elements of...
LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – Police arrested a 30-year-old construction worker on Wednesday, Oct. 5, for allegedly killing a private high school teacher in Claveria, Masbate on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Police identified the suspect as Alvin Yanzon. Initial investigation showed that the victim, Jessabel Mangubat,...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police here arrested two policemen assigned to the Davao City Police Office and their two civilian cohorts for allegedly robbing a businessman in this city on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, Police Regional Office-12 director, identified the suspects as...
For Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, the moral damage and criminal effects inflicted by Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) do not justify its economic benefits to the country. Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO) READ:...
