CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police arrested 147 fishermen for illegal fishing in the Caraga region last week. The Police Regional Office 13-Regional Operations Division said that troops seized P112,060 worth of fish and illegal fishing paraphernalia -- unregulated fishnets, fishing...
BAGUIO CITY – Twenty-eight illegal Small Town Lottery (STL) bookies have been convicted for illegal bet collection in the province of Benguet. The Regional Trial Court of Benguet said 27 illegal bet collectors were sentenced from August to December 2023. The 28th was convicted on January 26,...
Presidential Adviser on Poverty Alleviation Larry Gadon came to the defense of President Marcos, saying the latter is not addicted to illegal drugs but is addicted to working and to his love for the Philippines. Photo from Larry Gadon/Facebook Gadon said this after former president Rodrigo Duterte...
President Marcos suspects that former president Rodrigo Duterte's claim that he was into illegal drugs may have been brought about by the fentanyl that his predecessor has reportedly been taking. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (right) and former president Rodrigo Duterte (left) (Noel...
ALFONSO Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya – Police nabbed a suspected illegal logger in a checkpoint in Purok 5, Barangay Lublub, this town, Friday, January 26. AN illegal logger was nabbed in Nueva Vizcaya on January 26. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) Seized from the suspect, Luis, 62, of Nagtipunan,...
Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) officer-in-charge Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac leads the closure of the Quezon City office of legal Connect Travel Consultancy Services, Inc. on Jan. 23, 2024 for allegedly engaging in illegal recruitment. (photo: Mark Balmores) The Philippine office of...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-13 seized 5,402.63 board feet of illegally cut logs worth P245,000 in 20 anti-illegal logging operations in the Caraga region from January 12 to 18. “At least 11 illegal poachers and...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested 17 individuals for illegal gambling and illegal logging in the Caraga region from January 1 to 10. The Police Regional Office 13-Regional Operations Division said 15 persons were nabbed for cockfighting, card games, illegal numbers games, and other forms of...
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – Police destroyed 9,006 pieces of illegal firecrackers and 269 “boga” or improvised cannon worth P52,690 seized in this province during the holidays in a ceremony here on Friday. POLICE Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, Police Regional Office 1 director, and Police...
SANTA FE, Nueva Vizcaya – Police and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) intercepted a truck loaded with hot lumber worth P1 million here on January 5. HOT lumber worth P1 million was seized in Nueva Vizcaya on January 5. (Photo via Liezle Inigo) Truck helper “Sam,” 30,...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police seized hot lumber worth P8.2 million in anti-illegal logging operations in the Cordillera from January 1 to December 31 last year. The Police Regional Office Cordillera-Regional Operations Division said 272 anti-illegal logging operations were conducted which...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Shabu and marijuana valued at P4.62 billion were seized and 341 drug personalities were arrested in the Police Regional Office-Cordillera’s anti-illegal drugs campaign in 2023. Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr., PRO-Cordillera director, said that based on records from...
