The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) held a meeting to ensure peace and order on the rallies that would take place during the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power revolt on February 25, an official of the department said Tuesday. Justice spokesperson Polo Martinez said the PNP and the […]
Read MoreMANILA – A Taiwanese national tagged as the mastermind behind the dismemberment of a body found inside a drum in Binondo, Manila on Feb. 15 was arrested Thursday in Parañaque City. National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Maj. Gen. Anthony Aberin said the suspect was arrested around 1:30 p.m. at a hotel along Seaside […]
Read MoreCAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo) has launched a manhunt for two persons of interest (POIs) in connection with the killing of Bhea Yna Balus, a 22-year-old working student whose body was discovered in a boarding house last week. “Our investigators are working in close coordination, tirelessly pursuing […]
Read MoreMore than P138 million worth of alleged smuggled and counterfeit cigarettes were seized in a series of operations at warehouses in Cebu City on Thursday, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday. In a statement, the PNP said police and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) personnel confiscated a total of 135,936 packs of assorted tobacco […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Suspected shabu (crystal meth) worth P1.02 million were confiscated and two individuals were arrested by the police in a Taguig City buy-bust operation, the Southern Police District (SPD) said. The suspects were entrapped along Bambang Nipeles Street in Barangay Santa Ana on Tuesday afternoon, according to the SPD in a statement on […]
Read MoreThe Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recovered four more bodies during its ongoing underwater operations Tuesday, bringing the total number of fatalities from the tragic sinking of M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 to 62. The PCG said that there are 293 survivors and 17 individuals remain missing. “The PCG emphasizes that these figures are consolidated through the joint […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — A murder suspect was killed in a reported shootout with police in Del Gallego, Camarines Sur, prompting authorities to place the four responding officers under restrictive custody over a homicide complaint, the town’s top cop said on Tuesday. The officers were transporting the murder suspect, along with a rape suspect, back to […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed a cyber libel complaint against former broadcaster Jay Sonza and another vlogger Jeffrey Luces Celiz or “Ka Eric Celiz,” for allegedly spreading fake medical records of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. In a statement on Monday, the NBI identified the two social media personalities as […]
Read MoreBAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines — A 33-year-old tricycle driver gave himself up to the police on Friday, Feb. 13, and admitted to killing a 19-year-old girl and burning her body to conceal the crime in Barangay Maddiangat in Quezon town, Nueva Vizcaya. The suspect, identified by the police only as Ernie, is also a caretaker […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) clarified that investigators found no evidence of negligence on the part of both the car driver and Light Rail Transit-1 management following the death of a male student who fell on Edsa from the LRT-1 Fernando Poe Jr. station last Wednesday. The QCPD explained in a […]
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