SAMPALOC, Quezon – A 53-year-old farmer allegedly stabbed his 49-year-old live-in partner to death during a heated argument in Barangay San Isidro here on Friday, September 8. Police identified the victim as Lorena Maglaya. Initial investigation said that Maglaya and the suspect, Josue...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Two Quezon congressmen asked retailers in this province to comply with the rice price cap under Executive Order No. 39 issued by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. last month. First district Rep. Mark Enverga and second district Rep. David Suarez, House Committee on...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The Census of Agriculture and Fisheries 2022 in this province conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority is underway. About 62,000 respondents involved in farming, fishing, and aquaculture are the target of the census, PSA-Quezon officer Airene Pucyutan said....
CANDELARIA, Quezon – The body of a 14-year-old teenager with a bullet wound in the head was found in Barangay Malabanban Sur, this town, on Tuesday night, September 5. Police identified the victim as Alexander Bas Yap Jr., a resident of Barangay Malabanban Sur. The victim’s body was found on...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City – Police seized suspected shabu worth P1 million from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Sitio Lawis, Barangay Talipan, Pagbilao, this province, on Monday, September 4. Police Col. Ledon Monte, Quezon police chief, identified the suspect as Ronie Rocela Senor,...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police apprehended six individuals posing as employees of a prominent telecommunications company for allegedly stealing underground cable wires owned by a prominent telecommunications company worth P662,000 in Barangay Cotta here on Sunday, September 3. The suspects...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Quezon said 38,015 individuals are running in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections on October 30. Comelec-Quezon chief Allan Enriquez said 2,822 filed Certificates of Candidacy for barangay chairman, 19,868 for councilor or...
GUINAYANGAN, Quezon – A 53-year-old sales agent was shot dead allegedly due to a land dispute on Friday evening, September 1, in Barangay Gapas, here. Police identified the victim as Federico Tarusan of Barangay Gapas. Investigation said the victim was about to ride his motorcycle when the...
TAGKAWAYAN, Quezon – The military condemned the ambush of five Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit-Active Auxiliary members on Friday morning, September 1, in Sitio Pag-asa, Barangay Mapulot, here. The Armed Forces-Southern Luzon Command feted the five militiamen – Cesar Sales, Jeffrey San...
Five members of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) were killed following a deadly encounter with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Tagkawayan, Quezon on Friday morning, August 1. Lt. Col. Hector Estolas, spokesperson of the 2 nd Infantry Division (2ID), said the...
TAGKAWAYAN, Quezon – Five members of the Citizen’s Armed Forces Geographical Unit-Active Auxiliary (CAA) were killed and three were wounded, including a soldier, in an encounter with the New People's Army (NPA) on Friday morning, September 1, in Sitio Pag-Asa, Barangay Mapulot, this town. The...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Authorities arrested two suspected drug pushers and seized shabu worth P638,000 in a buy-bust operation here on Thursday, August 31. Quezon police chief Police Col. Ledon Monte identified the suspects as Mark Joseph Campomanes, 40, and Arnel Ibanez, tagged as high-value...