MANILA, 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 […]
Read MoreMALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Authorities recaptured on Tuesday two persons under police custody who escaped in Sual, Pangasinan, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office information officer Capt. Aileen Catugas, in a statement, said the recaptures were Jerry Velasco Calib Jr., 26, in Sitio Madangla, Barangay Caoayan, Sual, Pangasinan, and Reynaldo Dizon, 40, from Domalandan East, Lingayen. “The successful […]
Read MoreKIDAPAWAN CITY — Six armed men made off with about P13 million worth of jewelry and cash after robbing a pawnshop in the city’s public market on Saturday morning, April 11, police said. Lt. Col. Argie Celeste, Kidapawan City police chief, said four of the suspects carried out the 9 a.m. heist inside the pawnshop, […]
Read MoreMANILA – The manhunt for fugitive businessman Charlie “Atong” Ang and former presidential spokesperson lawyer Harry Roque is ongoing, Interior Secretary Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Remulla said Monday. “There was an actionable report of an eyeball contact. That means he was seen in person. Immediately, we conducted follow-up operations. We were in a hurry. But, so […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — A Bacoor court has issued a warrant of arrest against an Italian national and his two Filipino co-accused for serious illegal detention and large-scale illegal recruitment, both non-bailable offenses. Judge Froilan Buenventura Pitpit of the Bacoor City Regional Trial Court found probable cause to hold Italian Adel En Nouri and his co-accused […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Four individuals were arrested in Makati City for allegedly selling counterfeit anti-cancer medicines worth about P102 million, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said Saturday. The CIDG Anti-Fraud and Commercial Crimes Unit, in coordination with the Southern Police District, seized 400 vials of suspected counterfeit anti-cancer drufs worth an estimated P102,577,500 […]
Read MoreMANILA – The Bureau of Customs – Enforcement and Security Service (BOC-ESS) has seized more than PHP2.5 billion worth of illegal drugs in the first quarter of the year. In a news release Saturday, the BOC said its enforcement unit recorded PHP2.52 billion in dangerous drug seizures from 214 operations nationwide from Jan. 1 to […]
Read MoreMANILA – The Quezon City government strongly condemned the violence that marred the clearing operations along NIA Road in Barangay Pinyahan on Thursday, leaving at least 20 police officers injured after being pelted with bottles, stones and other hard objects. “Hindi natin maaaring hayaang manaig ang interes ng iilan laban sa kapakanan ng nakararami. Sa […]
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