ANGELES CITY — Elements of Angeles City Police Station 1 recovered Wednesday a van in Barangay Calibutbut, Bacolor town that was stolen at the business district of Barangay Santo Rosario on Monday. Chief Inspector Rene Artazo Aspe, Police Station 1 commander, said they were able to recover the carnapped vehicle with the help of an […]
CAMP OLIVAS — Police in Central Luzon have raised the alarm against possible attacks from communist rebels, as the New People’s Army (NPA) observes its founding anniversary. In a statement, Chief Superintendent Alan Purisima reminded police units within the region to be alert and take extra precautions for possible atrocities the rebel group may carry […]
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga — Police filed murder charges against four persons who allegedly shot dead a barangay chief of Pampanga last month. Senior Superintendent Edgar Tinio, Pampanga police provincial director, said the Arayat police filed the case against Romy Sarmiento of Pulong Daga, San Miguel, Quezon; Marilyn Tumpalan of Barangay San Antonio Pantalan, Cabiao, Lito […]
MABALACAT – The Central Luzon Police Intelligence Unit filed at least three criminal cases against a person who survived in the shootout in Barangay Cacutud here on Thursday. Marcos Pangan is now facing illegal possession of firearms, frustrated murder, and violation of the Omnibus Election Code, police said. Pangan’s companion, Ricky Narciso, was killed after […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—Pampanga Gov. Lilia “Nanay Baby” Pineda urged the police on Monday to continue its relentless operations against all forms of criminality following the killing and arrest of alleged members of two notorious gangs in two towns on Sunday. Pineda congratulated the Pampanga police led by the provincial director, Senior Supt. Edgardo Tinio, […]
ANGELES CITY — The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) has found a new lead in the brutal killing of a nursing student here last year. Chief Inspector Randy Glenn Silvio, chief of the Pampanga CIDG based in Barangay Pampang here, said two students of Angeles University Foundation (AUF) saw the victim being accompanied by […]
PORAC — Two riders-in-tandem were arrested by elements of the Porac Municipal Police Station after being found to be carrying a firearm. According to reports, elements of the Porac police conducted an anti-criminality checkpoint along the National Road in Barangay Manibaug Paralaya when the suspects — identified as Christopher Santos, 25, and Vicky Padilla, 30, […]
MEXICO — In two separate venues, Mayor Teddy Tumang and Councilor Rex Calma of this town on Wednesday threw brickbats at each other, while answering accusations and barbs in their long-running feud. Calma was first to hit Tumang anew, this time with additional charges and accusations of alleged corruption from purchases of medicines for municipal […]
MEXICO — A man took his own nephew hostage with a 12-gauge shotgun owned by a guard from the Pampanga Provincial Jail in Barangay San Jose Matulid here on Tuesday. The hostage-taker, identified as Noel Quiroz, was later on arrested by elements of the Mexico Municipal Police Station (MPS) after surrendering peacefully. He took hostage […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines—A Caucasian-looking man committed suicide by jumping from the rooftop of a seven-story hotel in Angeles City, north of this city on Tuesday, the police said. Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Recomono, Angeles City police chief, identified the foreigner by his known alias Tom Miller. His real identity and citizenship could not […]