The House Quad Committee will resume hearings next week, with Chairperson Robert Ace Barbers announcing Sunday that the focus will be on alleged drug smuggling through ports. Barbers said the hearings are part of the committee’s ongoing investigation into drug smuggling and proliferation in Metro Manila. (We are waiting for a resource person to confirm […]
Read MoreThree minor students were nabbed after they were caught in possession of alleged marijuana at a high school in Balayan, Batangas, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported. In a report, the Balayan Municipal Police Station said the suspects were all 15 years old and residents of barangays Lanatan, Dalig, and Gimalas in Balayan. The municipal […]
Read MoreAuthorities confiscated 2.5 kilograms of shabu worth P17 million from a suspect arrested in a buy-bust operation in Mandaue City, Cebu, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Friday. In a statement, the PDEA said the 22-year-old woman was arrested during the joint operation of its Regional Special Enforcement Team with the Mandaue City Police […]
Read MoreSM Megamall has dismissed the security guard who was seen in a viral video kicking a girl and destroying her sampaguita outside their establishment. “We regret and sympathize with the young girl who experienced an unfortunate incident outside our mall,” SM Megamall said in a statement on Thursday. “We have called the attention of the […]
Read MoreThe Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said 22 active police officers will be placed under restrictive custody after charges were filed against them over the supposed mishandling of the P6.7 billion drug haul in October 2022. In a press briefing, PNP spokesperson Police Brigadier General Jean Fajardo said PNP chief Police General Rommel Marbil […]
Read MoreThe China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel 5901, otherwise known as the “monster ship,” has replaced another Chinese vessel within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and positioned 97 nautical miles off the coast of Zambales, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. Despite this, the PCG said that its vessel, BRP Teresa Magbanua, blocked the attempts […]
Read MoreA warehouse was hit by fire that reached a second alarm on Saturday morning at Barangay Marcelo Green in Parañaque City. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire broke out at 9:18 a.m. at the warehouse in Ireneville 2 subdivision. While no one was reported hurt or killed in the incident, the BFP […]
Read MoreA fire broke out in a residential area in Quezon City on Friday afternoon, the Bureau of Fire Protective (BFP) reported. The fire occurred at 100 Kapiligan St. Barangay Doña Imelda in Quezon City. The first alarm was raised at 4:43 p.m., and it was declared fire out by 4:57 p.m.
Read MoreOne person was injured while P1.2 million worth of properties were damaged in a fire that broke out in a residential area in Sta. Ana, Manila Thursday morning. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the incident occurred along A. Francisco Street, Barangay 790, Zone 85, Sta. Ana, Manila, involving a two-storey house. The […]
Read More*LUCENA* CITY — Three suspected big-time drug traffickers were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday (Jan. 8 and 9) in buy-bust operations in Laguna and Quezon provinces. The operations yielded more than P1.1 million worth of shabu (crystal meth), the police said. Police Regional Office 4A (PRO-4A) reported that anti-narcotics operatives in Lumban, Laguna arrested “Axcel” […]
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