The Police Regional Office-3 has activated disaster response mechanisms and intensified preparedness measures in Central Luzon as tropical cyclone “Opong” is about to make landfall early Friday morning. The Regional Community Affairs and Development Division (RCADD) spearheaded the simultaneous...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Police Regional Office-3 reported Monday that demonstrations commemorating the 53rd anniversary of martial law on Sept. 21 in Central Luzon were generally peaceful. PRO-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio I. Peñones Jr. said authorities maintained close...
Around 10 police officers from Region 3 or Central Luzon were injured by protesters in Manila on Sunday. Around 500 Police Regional Office-3 policemen were deployed to assist in maintaining peace and order in Mendiola. The protest started peacefully but escalated when some rallyists engaged in...
The Police Regional Office-3 mobilized more than 500 personnel to assist in securing the martial law anniversary in Manila on Sunday, Sept. 21. The contingent was composed of personnel from Regional Mobile Force Battalion 3 and the provincial and city police offices of Bulacan, Nueva Ecija,...
The Police Regional Office-3 fully supports the ongoing inspection of major flood-control projects led by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Central Luzon. PRO-3 chief Police Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio I. Peñones Jr. said they are fully committed to securing these endeavors. Flood...
DAGUPAN CITY – A Korean wanted for fraud in his home country was arrested Friday morning in San Fernando City, Pampanga. The Fugitive Search Unit-Bureau of Immigration, Field Legal Service-Regional Intelligence Division 3, San Fernando City Police Station, and Pampanga Police Provincial Office...
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Police arrested the most wanted person in Central Luzon in Lubao, Pampanga on Tuesday morning. The suspect, Kurt Jayson Claudio, 27, was apprehended in Barangay Bancal Pugad. Claudio was nabbed on warrants issued by Judge Merideth D. delos Santos-Malig of the Guagua,...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga — Police seized illegal drugs worth ₱836.4 million, arrested hundreds of wanted persons, and recovered unlicensed firearns in Central Luzon from Aug. 1 to 31. Police Regional Office-3 Director Police Brig.Gen. Ponce Rogelio I. Peñones Jr. said these...
Police recovered six sacks of suspected floating shabu valued at P802 million in the shoreline of Barangay Sisiman, Mariveles, Bataan. Inside were 118 packs weighing a kilo each. The contraband was discovered near a lighthouse following information from a concerned citizen. An inventory was...
CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Pampanga – Authorities thwarted an international drug smuggling attempt Wednesday after intercepting a high-value parcel containing more than five kilograms of ketamine — an illegal party drug — valued at over P25.3 million here. In a statement, Police Regional...
The Police Regional Office-3 has rolled out its “Libreng Sakay” (free ride) initiative to assist commuters in Central Luzon stranded due to heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon. In a statement Tuesday, PRO-3 Director Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Peñones Jr. said he has ordered police units...
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – Police Regional Office-3 Director Police Brig. Ponce Rogelio I. Peñones Jr. said two policemen were relieved from their posts after a viral confrontation with a truck driver on MacArthur Highway in Angeles City last week. “We do not condone any form of unprofessional...
