CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City – The Armed Forces Southern Luzon Command said on Saturday, Jan. 3, that the three consecutive encounters with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Mamara, Barangay Cabacao, Abra de llog, Occidental Mindoro, on New Year’s Day were legitimate military operations against...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines asserted that its security operations against suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, were a legitimate response to armed threats despite criticisms from human rights groups and progressive...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Military troops clashed with remnants of the communist dismantled New People’s Army (NPA) Komiteng Larangang Gerilya-Island Committee Mindoro (KLG-ICM) in Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro on New Year’s Day, resulting in the wounding of a soldier. Troops from the...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Oriental Mindoro Police Provincial Office has activated a special investigation task group to probe a road rage shooting incident that wounded two individuals, one of them a minor, in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday, Dec. 23. Police Col. Edison V. Revita,...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A couple and their 10-year-old son were killed while a bystander was injured when a speeding van bumped the victims’ motorcycle on Friday, Dec. 19, in Pola town, this province. Police Major Florante M. Sugian II, chief of the Pola Municipal Police Station, said...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Two municipalities in this province have decided to cancel Christmas parties as a gesture of sympathy to their constituents who experienced hardship after successive typhoons hit the province last month. Puerto Galera was the first to skip year-end gatherings...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Vice Mayor Alma C. Mirano of Bansud town, this province, said she will appear before the National Bureau of Investigation to explain her side regarding the case of a Department of Public Works and Highways engineer who was arrested last Nov. 23 in her rented...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The owner of the apartment building where a Department of Public Works and Highways engineer was arrested by National Bureau of Investigation agents said she is willing to cooperate with the authorities to shed light on the presence of the suspect in her property....
More than 40 individuals involved in flood control anomalies in Bulacan and Oriental Mindoro would likely stay in jail as early as November this year, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon disclosed on Thursday, Nov. 13. Dizon said criminal charges related to the...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Authorities seized almost a ton of hot meat in this city on Tuesday night. A driver is facing criminal charges for transporting the contraband weighing 763 kilos and worth P350,000 from Batangas to this city in a jeepney. Police said a jeepney with license plates...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The town council of Puerto Galera has urged Congress to reapportion the current first congressional district for the creation of a new district to achieve focused legislation and equitable resource distribution. In a one-page resolution, the Sangguniang Bayan...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The lone suspect in the shooting of a former policeman on Thursday, Oct. 30, in Bansud, this province, is now under the custody of the police after he voluntarily gave himself up to local authorities. Major Clyde B. Kalyawen, chief of the Bansud Municipal Police...
