TUGUEGARAO CITY — Two men allegedly involved in the killing of three Maranaos during a botched P1.2-million gold sale were arrested in a police pursuit operation in Barangay San Juan, Buguey, Cagayan, on Friday, March 13, at around 3 p.m. Police Captain Sheila Joy Fronda, spokesperson for Cagayan police, identified the suspects as alias Fred, […]
Read MoreANGELES CITY, Pampanga— Police arrested eleven Chinese nationals for illegal recycling and processing of lead automotive batteries during a raid at an industrial compound in San Simon, Pampanga. In a statement on Friday, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said some P19.5 million worth of recycled lead products and related hazardous materials were found […]
Read MoreCOTABATO CITY – Anti-narcotic agents, backed by soldiers, neutralized a drug den operator and arrested his patrons during law enforcement operations in a town in the Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Thursday afternoon. Director Edgar Jubay of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-BARMM said a buy-bust […]
Read MoreZAMBOANGA CITY – Government troops recovered 295 grenades from an arms cache believed to be hidden by remnants of the Dawlah Islamiya-Maute Group (DI-MG) in the hinterlands of Lanao del Sur, the military said Thursday. Maj. Gen. Yegor Rey Barroquillo Jr., 1st Infantry Division commander, said troops of the Army’s 55th Infantry Battalion (55IB) discovered […]
Read MoreCOTABATO CITY – Anti-drug operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) seized more than P47 million worth of suspected shabu (crystal meth) and arrested two alleged drug peddlers during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion, Sibuto, Tawi-Tawi on Wednesday, March 11. Edgar Jubay, regional director of […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) confiscated more than P15.6 million in counterfeit footwear in Pasay City. In a statement on Tuesday, the NBI said its Intellectual Property Rights Division seized 13,058 pairs of counterfeit Havaianas in various sizes and designs. NBI agents served multiple search warrants on Thursday, March 5, targeting […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — A man allegedly shot his ex-partner dead in Quezon Province in what police are now investigating as a “crime of passion,” the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. The suspect reportedly killed the victim at his workplace, a clothing shop in Lucena City, on Thursday morning, PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño said […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) intercepted 800 kilograms of suspected high-grade marijuana, known as “kush,” worth ₱640 million on Saturday. The operation took place at the Designated Examination Area, Container Facility Station 3, Manila International Container Port in Tondo, Manila.
Read MoreMANILA — A foreign entity recruited three Filipinos to gather sensitive information related to national security, particularly activities in the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Navy revealed on Friday. The three — one female and two males in their early to late 20s — are civilians and not members of the military, Roy Vincent Trinidad, […]
Read MoreMANILA (2nd UPDATE) — Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday filed a perjury complaint at the Department of Justice (DOJ) against the 18 “ex-Marines” over their claims that he supposedly received of $2 million intended for investigators of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Trillanes also filed cyberlibel complaint and violation of Article 363 of […]
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