CAMP GEN. CAPINPIN, Tanay, Rizal — A soldier was killed while an undetermined number of New People’s Army rebels were seriously wounded in two armed encounters Sunday morning in two sub-villages…
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P4.25-M illegal drugs seized in Cavite buy-bust op
DASMARIŇAS CITY, Cavite — Anti-drug police operatives here arrested two alleged drug pushers and two minor drug peddlers, shortly after the latter yielded some 625 grams of suspected “shabu” (crystal meth)…
Suspected car robber slain in Tagaytay
TAGAYTAY CITY, Cavite – An unidentified suspected “basag kotse” (car-bashing) thief was killed after he resisted arrest and fired at responding authorities who tracked him down along Vilbay Street in Barangay…
Landslide hits Cavite tunnel; classes suspended due to monsoon rains
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna — A landslide hit the Kaybiang Tunnel Road in Cavite’s upland town of Maragondon around 4 a.m. Tuesday, rendering the tunnel impassable to motorists. However, no casualty or…
Batangas guv mourns Tanauan mayor’s death, condemns killing
BATANGAS CITY – Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas mourns the loss of Tanauan City Mayor Antonio Halili, after a stol unidentified assassin gunned down the local city chief executive during Monday’s flag-raising…
2 riding-in-tandem robbers killed in Cavite
IMUS CITY, Cavite – Two suspected car thieves were killed in a shootout with law enforcers along the Alapan Road, Barangay Alapan 2B here early Tuesday morning Superintendent Audie Madrideo, city…
4 wanted persons in Pangasinan nabbed in Baras, Rizal
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City – Four suspected members of the Padilla Largo Organized Crime Group, a notorious gun-for-hire syndicate, were arrested Sunday morning by joint police operatives during an…
Soldier killed, 2 others wounded in Quezon ambush
CAMP GEN. CAPINPIN, Tanay, Rizal – A soldier was killed while two others were wounded in an ambush by New Peoples Army (NPA) terrorist group in Barangay Silang, Lopez, Quezon at…
P2.75-M shabu, imported marijuana seized in Cainta drug bust
CAMP GEN. VICENTE LIM, Calamba City – Joint police operatives have arrested two lady illegal drug traders and seized around PHP 2.75 million worth of illegal drugs during a drug…
4 Reds killed, 5 others captured in 2-day clash in CamSur
CAMP GEN. NAKAR, Lucena City – Three members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) terrorist group were killed while five others were captured by government troops…
PCG recovers 360 kilos of blasted fish off Quezon
REAL, Quezon – Personnel of the Coast Guard and local fisheries council have recovered some 360 kilos of fish from a boat abandoned off the waters of Barangays Ungos and…
Calabarzon heightens ‘watch’ on migratory birds
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has heightening its watch over migratory birds as an offshoot of the avian influenza or the bird flu…
DA launches rehab of Laguna Lake, other major water bodies nationwide
LOS BAŇOS, Laguna — The Department of Agriculture (DA) and its Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources launched on Monday its “BASIL: Balik Sigla sa Ilog at Lawa” program…
2 kilos of ‘shabu’ intercepted at Batangas Port
BATANGAS CITY -– The Batangas police maritime group intercepted around two kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride or “shabu” at the port here, Tuesday. The illegal drug courier-pusher, however, eluded arrest by…
Phivolcs allays fears of ‘Big One’ from Batangas twin quakes
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City — Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Undersecretary and Executive Director Dr. Renato Solidum has allayed fears of Metro Manilans over widespread texts and…
Batangas twin quakes damage schools, hospitals, churches
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City — The twin earthquakes — measuring magnitude 5.6 and 6.0 — which struck Batangas and Calabarzon areas at 3:07 p.m. and 3:09 p.m. respectively on…
Magnitude 5.6 quake temporarily strands passengers, stalls cargoes at Batangas Port
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City – The magnitude 5.6 earthquake that jolted Batangas anew around 3:07 p.m. on Saturday has temporarily stranded passengers and stalled cargoes bound for neighboring Mindoro…