CEBU CITY – More than P600-million worth of illegal drugs, mostly shabu, seized from various operations in Central Visayas were destroyed on Tuesday, July 28. In terms of value and quantity, it was the biggest illegal destruction that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas...
Two men who allegedly posed as police officers and threatened two women with guns were arrested in Quezon City early Friday morning, July 24. The suspects, identified only as “Jon,” 26, of Marikina City, and “Rey,” 26, of Barangay Parang, Marikina City, were arrested by personnel of the...
A 40-year-old man was arrested in Mexico, Pampanga, on Monday night, July 20, after allegedly duping 1,700 overseas jobseekers by claiming that only a “few slots” remained for jobs abroad. Operatives of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Project 4 Station served a warrant for syndicated...
An individual using the alias "Rizal" was among the 13 arrested after authorities seized over P4.5 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in San Mateo, Rizal, on July 22, police said. The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said the operation was conducted at the house...
Two men arrested for illegal gambling are facing more charges after police found an unlicensed firearm and shabu in their possession in Muntinlupa City on July 23. Muntinlupa police were conducting anti-criminality operations when they saw the suspects playing "cara y cruz" at the corner of...
Content creator Boss Toyo has apologized after drawing criticism over social media posts that many netizens viewed as casting doubt on veteran journalist Kara David 's "I-Witness" documentary about an illegal dumpsite in an Aeta ancestral domain in Subic, Zambales. The controversy began after...
BACOLOD CITY – Police apprehended a barangay chairman from Victorias City, Negros Occidental for illegal possession of firearm and explosive on Friday, July 17. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) identified the suspect as Gar, 54, of Hacienda Nasipunan, Barangay 12. PRO-NIR...
TACLOBAN CITY – Suspected illegal drugs were recovered from a 14-year-old Grade 9 student inside a public high school in Javier, Leyte on Thursday. Police identified the child in conflict with the law (CICL) as CMC in compliance with laws protecting the identity of minors. The Javier Municipal...
Five men were arrested in Quezon City after police raided a “cara y cruz” coin-toss game along Everlasting Street in Barangay Payatas shortly after midnight on Thursday, July 16. Operatives of the Payatas Bagong Silangan Police Station (PS 13) responded to an E911 report and caught the...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 found no lawmen linked to illegal quarry operations in Iloilo province in an investigation. PRO-6 Director Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño said the comprehensive investigation conducted by PRO-6 with the assistance of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau-6...
A 24-year-old construction worker was arrested after allegedly chasing and threatening to kill a resident with a switchblade knife in Barangay Bagong Silangan, Quezon City, on Sunday night, July 12. The suspect, identified only by the alias "Christobal," allegedly caused a disturbance by throwing...
ILOILO CITY — Mayor Richard Garin of Miag-ao, Iloilo has not seen the complaint filed before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas for alleged illegal quarrying. “I have not seen the complaint, so indi pa kita maka comment. Let’s just wait,” said Garin on Monday, July 13. Last week, Salvador...
