DAVAO CITY — Thirteen Sabah-bound passengers of M/V Ever Queen of Asia were rescued by the joint government agencies at Bongao Port, Tawi-tawi on Friday. Police authorities found that the passengers of the vessel were bound for Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia without travel documents. Police Brigadier General Prexy Tanggawohn, the Bangsamoro Regional Police Office reported that […]
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Farmer ambushed in Basilan
COTABATO CITY — A farmer was ambushed in Lamitan City, Basilan province on Saturday. Police Colonel Arlan Delumpines, police chief of Lamitan, identified the victim as Wahid Jalal, 26 years old and a resident of said city. Jalal died on the spot as bullets hit his head. Delumpines revealed that the ambush was led by […]
Coast Guard rescue two fisherfolks from boat on fire
DAVAO CITY —- Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard stationed in Davao Occidental on Thursday rescued two fishermen after their motorized banca flamed at the water of Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental. A concerned citizen reported to the Coast Guard sub-station in Jose Abad Santos that a motorized boat was on fire in the waters […]
Immigration arrests Chinese facing financial fraud in China
DAVAO CITY —The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced the arrest of a Chinese man wanted by authorities in Beijing for involvement in financial fraud. The report said the Immigration’s fugitive search unit (FSU) identified the captured fugitive as 52-year-old Qiu Jiajian, who was arrested on April 15 along Ongpin Street, Binondo, Manila. The FSU agents […]
Marcos directs gov’t agencies to support crime prevention month
DAVAO CITY — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has directed all government agencies to support the implementation of the 2024 National Crime Prevention Program (NCPP) of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) consistent with the Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028. The directive was issued through aMemorandum Circular No. 46 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas […]
Engineer shot dead in Davao City
DAVAO CITY —An engineer was shot dead by still unknown assailants in Tugbok this city on Friday night. Authorities identified the victim as Rey Pulangas Lumacad, a resident of Deca Homes Subdivision. Police reports indicated that the victim just dropped off his wife and child and was executing to park when the suspect(s) surfaced and […]
200-million worth of ‘Shabu’ concealed in mufflers
DAVAO CITY — The Bureau of Customs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA) intercepted a parcel containing approximately 32 kilograms of shabu with an estimated street value of PhP218,484,000 at the Paircargo Warehouse, Pasay City. The shipment was declared as “machinery muffler” from Zimbabwe and underwent rigorous profiling by the Customs Intelligence and Investigation […]
Abalos insists transparency in inventory of multi-billion peso drug haul
DAVAO CITY — There was complete transparency during the inventory of the multi-billion peso worth of illegal drugs seized by the police during an intelligence-driven checkpoint along a highway at Brgy. Pinagkurusan, Alitagtag, Batangas on Monday. Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos insisted that the inventory was conducted in front of civilian witnesses and […]
Deadliest air tragedy in Philippines 24 years today
DAVAO CITY —- Today April 19 marks the 24th year since the deadliest air tragedy happened in the Philippines. The ill-fated Boeing 737-2H4 of Air Philippines Flight 541 carrying 131 passengers and crew perished in Sitio Bungtod, Barangay San Isidro, Island Garden City of Samal while on approach to the Davao International Airport. The airplane […]
2 patay, 3 naangol sa bangga sa South Cotabato
DAKBAYAN SA DAVAO-–Duha ang patay samtang tulo ang angol sa panagbangga sa tulo ka mga sakyanan sa national highway sa Tupi, South Cotabato, Huwebes sa kadlawon. Sumala ni Emil Sumagaysay, pangulo sa Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, ang bangga nahitabo mga alas 4 sa kaadlawon nga naglambigit sa usa ka pickup truck, usa […]
Army, CCCH defuse tension in BARMM armed conflict areas
DAVAO CITY — The tension has subsided between two armed fighters in Barangay Matilac, formerly part of the Pigcawayan town in North Cotabato after the Philippine Army and the coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) intervened. Army Brigadier General Nasser P. Lidasan PA, Assistant Division Commander of the 6ID and chairman of the […]
P100K reward for information on the ambush of Maguindanao logistics officer
DAVAO CITY — The Police Regional Office in the Bangsamoro region offers one hundred thousand pesos (Php100,000.00) reward money to anyone who can provide vital and concrete information that will lead to the identification and arrest of the suspect/s on the death of Christhia Angela Aragoncillo. Police Brigadier General Prexy Tanggawohn, PRO BAR Regional Director […]
Maguindanao municipal logistics officer shot dead
DAVAO CITY —The logistics officer in the municipality of Datu Odin Sinsuat in the province of the Maguindanao del Norte was shot dead while her companion was still confined at a hospital when unknown assailants ambushed their vehicle late afternoon of April 17, in Barangay Semba in Datu Odin Sinsuat Maguindanao del Norte. Police identified […]