ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Marine Battalion Landing Team-3 (MBLT-3) bade goodbye to Thursday after almost three years of service in the province of Sulu. The MBLT-3 troopers sailed to their new destination aboard BRP-Davao del Sur following a send-off ceremony around 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the local port. Lt. Gen. Arnel dela Vega, Western Mindanao Command […]
TESDA director arrested with bomb materials
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Police arrested a government official and seized bomb-making materials in a law enforcement operation in Basilan province Tuesday. Maj. Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) information officer, identified the arrested official as Muida Hataman, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) provincial director of Basilan. Galvez said Hataman was arrested after a […]
PNP asks porn site to remove students’ sex videos
MAMBAJAO, Camiguin – The Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Anti-Cybercrime Group-10 (ACG-10) on Saturday said it has already requested a pornography-streaming website to remove from its server self-made videos of teenage students of a private school allegedly doing sexual acts that have been circulated online. ACG-10 investigator Staff Sgt. Ritchel Tesoro said they have forwarded the request […]
Cop, 4 others nabbed in Pagadian City drug bust ops
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — Four people, including a policeman and barangay councilor, were arrested and PHP3.4 million worth of suspected shabu were seized in an anti-drug operation here on Friday. Agent Cesario Judilla Jr., Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Zamboanga del Sur head, identified the arrested suspects as Police Senior Master Sgt. Ricky Usman Sabturani […]
Davao biz meet draws more foreign delegates
DAVAO CITY — The two-day Davao Investment Conference (Davao ICon) drew more participation from foreign businessmen with half of the 600 total delegates, particularly the European Union member countries and members of the diplomatic community. Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCCI) president Arturo Milan said this only indicates that Davao City has become an […]
Group lauds panel for return of trash back to SoKor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY–Environmental group EcoWaste Coalition has welcomed the agreement reached by the governments of the Philippines and South Korea for the repatriation of 5,177 tons of wastes. In a statement Saturday, EcoWaste National Coordinator Aileen Lucero lauded the firm stand of Customs and Environmental officials in Northern Mindanao to have the wastes shipped back […]
DOJ places Kapa execs under immigration watchlist
MANILA–Incorporators and officers of Kapa Community International Ministry International Inc. and three officers of Alabel Maasim Credit Cooperative (Alamcco) have been placed on the immigration watchlist, an official of the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday. In a statement, Justice Undersecretary and spokesperson Markk Perete said Secretary of Justice Menardo Guevarra has asked the Bureau […]
S. Korean officials to meet with gov’t panel on waste shipment
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Representatives of the South Korean government are scheduled to meet Filipino officials and private sector representatives Thursday morning (June 13) at the Phividec Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental Province, where the remaining 5,000 metric ton wastes have yet to be sent back. Misamis Oriental 2nd District Rep. Juliette Uy said she […]
PNP-12 warns illegal investment operators anew
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The Police Regional Office (PRO) 12 (Soccsksargen) on Thursday warned various entities and individuals operating illegal investment schemes to stop their activities or face the “full force of the law”. The police issued the warning in the wake of the ongoing crackdown by the national government against various pyramiding or Ponzi-like investment schemes […]
3 women with four minors yield P1.3-M shabu in Cotabato City buy-bust
COTABATO CITY – Three women, with four minor children in tow, were arrested by anti-narcotics operatives after they handed over 200 grams of shabu to a poseur-buyer during a drug buy-bust operation here Wednesday morning. Director Juvenal Azurin of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) identified the suspects as Raihana M. […]
10 arrested for disrupting Independence Day rites
KAWIT, Cavite — Police operatives here arrested 10 suspects, including 3 minors, who were in the act of disrupting the 121st Independence Day celebration at the Aguinaldo Shrine, in Kaingen village here at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. In a spot report from Kawit Municipal Police Station sent to the PNA, policemen from various units arrested 10 suspects […]
Army discovers BIFF gun factory in Maguindanao
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao — Joint military and police personnel stumbled upon a gun factory in General Salipada K. Pendatun, Maguindanao as they were to serve a warrant against a wanted person in the area Tuesday. Acting on a tip from civilians, the arresting team swooped down on the pinpointed safe house of Sukarno Buka, a sub-leader […]
200 foreign traders to join Davao investment conference
DAVAO CITY — Around 200 foreign investors have already confirmed their attendance to the 5th Davao Investment Conference (Davao ICon) slated on June 20. John Carlo Tria, executive vice president of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) bared this Tuesday, saying the number is increasing and that the total number of domestic […]