Two separate anti-illegal drug operations in Zamboanga Sibugay on Tuesday led to the arrest of three suspects and the seizure of about P4 million worth of suspected shabu, the police reported. At around 9:03 p.m. on June 30, operatives of the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit-9 (PDEA-9), backed by multiple law enforcement units, conducted a buy-bust […]
Read MoreThe Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday confirmed that additional cases had been recommended against resigned Ateneo de Manila University men’s basketball head coach Thomas Anthony “Tab” Baldwin and eight others. This is in connection with the death due to drowning of basketball players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili during a training activity in Dipaculao, […]
Read MoreA high-value drug suspect was arrested with some P3.4 million worth of suspected ‘shabu’ (methamphetamine) during a joint anti-drug operation in Butuan City, authorities said. In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-13 (PDEA-13) said the buy-bust operation was carried out around 10:38 a.m. on Saturday, June 27, in Purok Liloan, Barangay Agusan Pequeño, Butuan […]
Read MorePolice and military personnel arrested two suspected gunrunners and confiscated from them three firearms, including two high-powered guns, during an entrapment operation in Barangay Cabingan, Marawi City on Monday, the police said. Brig. Gen. Christopher Abecia, Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) director, identified the suspects as Jubidi Andul Jalil, 33, of Binidayan, Lanao del […]
Read MoreA mother and her three children were found gruesomely killed inside their house, shocking residents of Barangay Litapan, Josefina, Zamboanga del Sur, on Monday. Lt. Julito Pamalaran, police chief of Josefina town, said the bodies of the mother and her children, bearing stab wounds, were discovered inside their house. Pamalaran said that police investigators continue […]
Read MoreFive alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to government forces on Sunday in Palanas, Masbate, authorities said. Col. Angelo Lutera, commander of the Army’s 903rd Infantry Brigade, told the Inquirer in a Viber message on Monday that the group included the vice commanding officer and a squad leader of an NPA unit […]
Read MoreThree individuals were arrested in Barobo, Surigao del Sur for failing to present proper documentation for mining activities, the Philippine National Police said on Sunday. “Local police and personnel from the (Department of Environment and Natural Resources or) DENR-Mines and Geosciences Bureau and Monitoring and Information Assistance Center arrested three people for engaging in illegal mining […]
Read MoreFour individuals, including a forest ranger who previously headed the Ka Arlet Group (Pintados Group), were arrested after an armed encounter in Pampanga, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Sunday. According to the PNP, the four were arrested after the Pampanga Provincial Investigation Unit, Provincial Mobile Forces Company, and Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team […]
Read MoreThe Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) has recommended charges against 11 members of the Ateneo de Manila University men’s basketball coaching staff, including former head coach Tab Baldwin, in connection with the June 8 drowning of two student-athletes at a teambuilding in Aurora province. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) […]
Read MorePolice arrested a suspected drug personality and seized P18.36 million worth of “shabu” (crystal meth) in a buy-bust operation in Daet town in Camarines Norte on Thursday. In a belated report on Friday, Camarines Norte Police said that the 33-year-old suspect, identified as “Joy,” sold a knot-tied sachet of shabu to an undercover agent in […]
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