CEBU CITY –A farmer was arrested after police caught him cultivating marijuana in a mountain barangay in Sibonga town, southern Cebu on Thursday morning, Dec. 5. JOEL Ordiñesa Torres (right) is arrested after he was caught planting marijuana in Sibonga town, Cebu province, on Dec. 5....
ILOILO CITY – A barangay captain and her husband were shot dead in Dueñas town, Iloilo province, on Thursday morning, Dec. 5. The Dueñas Municipal Police Station identified the fatality as Barangay Captain Michelle Lapastora Lamela of Barangay Santo Niño. Investigation said...
Alias Edoy and alias Lea Lou yield P408,000 worth of suspected shabu in Bacoor City on Dec. 3 (Photo from Cavite PPO/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – Authorities arrested two drug suspects and seized P408,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Bacoor City on Tuesday, Dec. 3....
The passage into law of the bill seeking the creation of the Kutawato Province would greatly help advance the government’s goal of achieving long-lasting peace in Mindanao, Sen. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said. At the hearing of the Senate Committee on Local Government on Senate Bill...
TAGKAWAYAN, Quezon – A suspected drug pusher and his live-in partner were arrested and shabu valued at P6 million was seized in a drug buy-bust operation here on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Police identified the suspect as Joel, 33. He was listed as a high-value individual in the illegal drugs trade by...
The city government of Antipolo is enjoining visitors to enjoy the holidays by spending them in the Pilgrimage Capital of the Country. City Mayor Casimiro "Jun" Ynares III said people going to Antipolo City should visit the White Christmas-themed village at Sumulong Park in front of the...
GUMACA, Quezon – An 84-year-old woman drowned and her body was caught in a fish trap or “baklad” in the shoreline in Barangay Villa Padua here on Monday morning, Dec. 2. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office identified the victim as Nelda W. Caballero, a resident of Barangay...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) held a medical and dental mission here on Tuesday, Dec. 3. PCSO Director Imelda Papin (third from left), with Mayor George Suayan (second from right), leads a medical and dental mission in Candelaria, Quezon on Dec....
CAVITE – Authorities collared two of Region IVA’s most wanted persons accused of rape of minors over the weekend. On Saturday, Nov. 30, a joint police operation by the Kawit Municipal Police Station (MPS) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) Cavite Maritime Police Station netted alias...
ATIMONAN, Quezon – A 39-year-old collector was killed and his two back riders were injured after their motorcycle was rammed by a passenger bus in Barangay Malinao Ilaya, this town, on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 1. Atimonan police chief Police Major Marnie Abellanida identified the fatality as...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – A member of a gun-for-hire group tagged in the killing of two prominent online sellers from Pampanga last October was arrested in Barangay Mangga, San Isidro, Nueva Ecija on Saturday morning, Nov. 30. MIRANDA (photo above) and the gun seized from the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Top officials of the House of Representatives are bent on delivering justice to the families of the victims of Pampanga's unsolved series of killings. Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd...
