CEBU CITY – Twenty-six individuals have been arrested in Central Visayas since the gun ban for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections next month has been enforced. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said most of the arrests were made during random checkpoints or implementation of search...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 held a simulation exercise to test the capability of police officers assigned to world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. A K-9 unit checks a suspicious box during a simulation exercise on Boracay Island, the country’s most...
CAMP Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-3 arrested seven most wanted persons in manhunt operations in Central Luzon on Monday, September 4. Three were arrested in Nueva Ecija – Jericho Saromenez for two counts of statutory rape; Rolando Fernando for...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police seized smuggled cigarettes worth P10.5 million and arrested suspected smugglers in a buy-bust operation in Balayan, Batangas, on August 30. Police Regional Office 4-A director Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces identified the suspects as Benigno Alvarez,...
CITY of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police recently arrested five most wanted individuals in Central Luzon. Mark Jethro Tabella, Top 1 fugitive of Bulacan wanted for rape with no bail recommended, was taken into custody during an intelligence-driven operation in Calasiao, Pangasinan. Zyrus...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The deaths of two innocent teenagers in the hands of lawmen in Navotas City and Rizal last month could affect the trust rating of the Philippine National Police, said PNP chief Police Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen....
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Two New People’s Army rebels wanted for murder and robbery were arrested and an NPA medic voluntarily surrendered in the Caraga region on Wednesday, August 30. Police Regional Office-13 Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Jennifer S....
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police seized suspected shabu worth P13.6 million from three drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Lipata, Surigao City, Surigao del Norte on Tuesday night, August 29. PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft said two suspects were...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police seized suspected shabu worth P34,000 from two drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte on August 28. The identities of the suspects – an adult and a minor – were temporarily withheld pending the identification and...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft urged the people of Caraga to display the spirit of unity at all times to achieve lasting peace and prosperity. “I encourage our police officers and men and the general public to...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Police Regional Office-5 has created a Special Investigation Task Group to investigate the assassination of Barangay Captain Alex Repato of San Jose, Libon, Albay. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib said that Police Col. Fernando Cunanan, Albay police chief, and...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 is conducting Commission on Elections checkpoints in the Ilocos region in line with the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October 30. Police Brig. Gen. John C. Chua, PRO-1 director, and Comelec-Region 1 Assistant Director Reddy...