MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has placed all units in the Bangsamoro region on heightened alert to preempt any retaliatory attacks after 10 suspected members of the local Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) were killed in a Lanao del Sur encounter on Friday. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. directed local police forces […]
Read MoreTACLOBAN CITY – A rebel was killed and several firearms were recovered after a series of armed encounters with members of the New People’s Army (NPA) across Samar Island this week, the Philippine Army reported on Saturday. On Friday, the 46th Infantry Battalion (IB) engaged NPA members belonging to the Yakal platoon of the Eastern […]
Read MoreZAMBOANGA CITY – The Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) has seized around PHP3.8 million worth of suspected shabu since April 1, maintaining strong operational momentum in its anti-drug campaign across the Zamboanga Peninsula. Brig. Gen. Edwin Quilates, PRO-9 director, reported Friday that operatives conducted 63 anti-illegal drug operations over the past 17 days, resulting in the […]
Read MoreMANILA – Four suspected kidnappers, including two dismissed police officers, were killed in a rescue operation involving a 78-year-old businessman in Parañaque City on Wednesday night. The victim was safely rescued following an operation led by the Philippine National Police-Anti-Kidnapping Group (PNP-AKG), The victim, an Indian national who had been naturalized as a Filipino citizen, […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Two individuals were arrested by the Philippine National Police – Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) on Thursday in San Mateo, Rizal for traffic violations and transporting undocumented diesel. The authorities also said that the 46 year-old driver from Camarines Sur and an 18 year-old from Valenzuela City failed to provide valid driver’s license […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — A man allegedly bit two police officers while he was being arrested for supposedly causing a disturbance in Marikina City, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) reported. The two police officers, who were patrolmen, were deployed to a home along Dao Street in Barangay Marikina Heights after receiving a call from […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — An Interpol red notice has been issued against fugitive tycoon Atong Ang, Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said Businessman Charlie “Atong” Ang, accompanied by his lawyer Lorna Kapunan, files criminal charges before the Mandaluyong City Prosecutor’s Office on July 3, 2025 against Julie “Dondon” Patidongan and Alan Bantiles for accusations related to the […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — A father and a son on Wednesday surrendered over the killing of a man at a computer shop in Manila, Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced. In his “Talk to the People” livestream, Moreno identified the suspects as Jeffrey, 49; and Jefferson Saludar, 25; and the victim as John John Bacolod, 46. […]
Read MoreCOTABATO CITY — The Cotabato City Police Office (CCPO) seized boxes of suspected smuggled cigarettes worth nearly P3 million in a remote area in Timako, Barangay Kalanganan 2, on Wednesday morning. Colonel Jibin Bongcayao, CCPO director, told the Inquirer that personnel from Police Station 3 received information about the alleged presence of a truck loaded […]
Read MoreBACOLOD CITY – Three police operations in the cities of Bacolod and Himamaylan in Negros Occidental yielded a total of PHP49.3 million in smuggled cigarettes, reports of the Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) showed. “The two were hired by an unidentified individual to transport the cargo from an unknown warehouse. Upon noticing suspicious markings […]
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