MANILA, Philippines — Three individuals were arrested after a suspected shabu worth P3.4 million was seized during a joint buy-bust operation on Wednesday in Quezon City, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Thursday. The joint operation conducted by the PDEA, and the Philippine National Police at Alley 10, Barangay Pansol, Quezon City led […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—Acting Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said the police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have deployed patrols and set up checkpoints following tension in Tipo-Tipo town, Basilan. “The PNP intensified peacekeeping and investigative operations in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan, following the successful de-escalation of a rido-related conflict,” […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Police arrested a man in Quezon Province for allegedly pretending to be a Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) agent. The suspect — identified only as a 35-year-old man named “Edgar” — was caught on October 21 after he approached a woman pretending to offer help with filing a complaint but demanded […]
Read MoreLUCENA CITY — A soldier was killed while three others were injured early Monday after two motorcycles they were riding were sideswiped by a bus along the Maharlika Highway in Lopez town, Quezon province. According to a police report, a Goldtrans bus driven by a man identified only as “Robert” was negotiating a stretch of […]
Read MoreDIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur – Following weeks of surveillance, a joint team of police operatives launched a buy-bust operation in Barangay Kapatagan here, resulting in the arrest of four suspects at around 10:49 p.m. on Wednesday. Lt. Col. Peter Glenn Ipong, Digos City acting police chief, identified the suspects through their aliases as Li, […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — More than 880 human skeletal fragments have been found in Taal Lake during the search for the missing sabungeros. In an interview with reporters on Tuesday, October 21, Department of Justice (DOJ) spokesperson Polo Martinez said that search efforts for the alleged remains of the missing cockfight enthusiasts continue. He said that […]
Read MoreTACLOBAN CITY — A public school teacher was shot dead by her husband inside a classroom in Matalom, Leyte, on Wednesday morning, the Police Regional Office 8 (PRO-8) reported. On October 16, a teacher in Tanauan, Leyte, was shot and wounded by her estranged husband but managed to survive. The suspect was immediately arrested by […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Police confiscated a total of P3 million worth of suspected shabu (crystal meth) and arrested five individuals in separate anti-drug operations in Taguig and Pasay cities, the Southern Police District (SPD) reported. In Taguig, authorities seized about P1 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested a woman in a buy-bust operation early […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The charges of multiple murder and serious illegal detention against businessman Charlie “Atong” Ang and more than 60 others over the disappearance of the “sabungeros” (cockfight enthusiasts) have been submitted for resolution following the conclusion of its preliminary investigation on Tuesday. Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Charlie Guhit said the panel of prosecutors […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – The driver of a UV Express van involved in a car crash along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on October 17, which left one dead and three injured, tested positive for shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride), the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) confirmed. In the QCPD’s statement, the suspect’s vehicle crashed into a group […]
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