DUMAGUETE CITY – Police in Negros Oriental arrested a former member of the New People’s Army (NPA) charged seven years ago with the murder of a peacekeeper in Barangay Nalundan, Bindoy, Negros Oriental. Police Capt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office,...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan — Police arrested a wanted Russian in Barangay Centro, Lal-lo, Cagayan, on Monday, Feb. 9. Police identified the suspect as Andrew, 52, married, businessman, from Valencia, Negros Oriental. Andrew was the sixth month wanted person on the regional...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police arrested a 67-year-old man for allegedly raping his granddaughter 105 times in Allacapan, this province. The suspect, tagged as the No. 3 most wanted person in the Cagayan Valley region, was apprehended on warrants for 105 counts of rape,...
OLONGAPO CITY – Police arrested a wanted foreign national on Thursday, Feb. 5, in Barangay West Bajac-Bajac, this city. The suspect was apprehended on a warrant for multiple violations of the National Internal Revenue Code. The warrant implemented by the Police Station 1 and city police...
A 36-year-old man who had been hiding in Batangas was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing his one-year-old godchild in Pasig City in 2023. The Eastern Police District (EPD) identified the suspect as “Jeff,” listed as the No. 7 Most Wanted Person at the station level in connection with a...
Police arrested the No. 1 most wanted person in Batangas province in Barangay Luntal, Tuy, Batangas, on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 5. The Nasugbu, Batangas Municipal Police Station identified the suspect as Pipoy, single. The 35-year-old was arrested on a warrant for robbery with homicide, dated June...
The Police Regional Office-3 seized illegal drugs valued at P24.2 million in Central Luzon in January. PRO-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio I. Peñones Jr. said 943 drug suspects, including 22 high-value individuals, were apprehended in 659 anti-drug operations. Eight hundred fourteen...
Police arrested 147 wanted persons in Isabela from Jan. 1 to 31. Suspects face rape, murder, statutory rape, sexual assault, qualified theft, and financial fraud cases. Isabela police chief Police Col. Manuel B. Bringas credited their arrest to sustained intelligence gathering, disciplined...
Police arrested a 63-year-old man wanted for murder for 26 years in Barangay Calaocan, Angadanan, Isabela, on Sunday. The suspect, Lucas, was apprehended on a non-bailable warrant issued in 1999 by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 16, City of Ilagan. Lucas was arrested through the combined efforts...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna - The Police Regional Office-Calabarzon arrested 270 wanted persons -- 95 most wanted persons (MWP) and 175 other wanted persons (OWP) -- during a manhunt operation from Jan. 19 to 25. Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas, PRO 4-A director, said the operation was conducted...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday, Jan. 23, ordered all police units down to city and municipal levels to sustain gains in reducing criminal incidents and step up efforts to account for all wanted persons. Police Lieutenant General Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., acting PNP chief,...
Police arrested 446 wanted persons in Bacolod City last year. Police Capt. Rosalino Pugoy, Bacolod police spokesperson, said active public participation contributed to the city police force’s anti-criminality campaign. He said that information provided by people helped authorities strengthen...