Provincial News

Apat na miyembro ng NPA sa Paquibato, Davao City sumuko sa militar; IEDs, war materials isinuko rin

DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Boluntaryong sumuko sa 16th Infantry (Maglilingkod) Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division ng Philippine Army ang apat na miyembro ng Militia ng Bayan (MB)  ng terrorist group na New People’s Army (NPA) na nag-o-operate sa hinterlands ng Paquibato District, Davao City. Base sa report, kanila ring isinuko ang 30 piraso na anti-personnel Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), apat na cal .38 revolver na may live ammunition, at 17 na assorted two-way commercial radio transceivers. […]

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Albayalde: Probers looking at politics behind killing of Tawi-Tawi town vice mayor

(Eagle News)–The police are looking at politics  behind the killing of Sapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi Vice Mayor Alrashid Mohammad Alih. In a television interview, Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said Alih’s father was on his third term as mayor and he was being groomed to replace him in next year’s elections. Albayalde also noted the proximity of the polls. “Hindi natin alam ang kadahilanan kung bakit yung mga kandidato, yung mga kumakandidato, yung natalo at nanalo, during before […]

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Just in: Vice-mayor of Tawi-tawi town shot dead in Zambonga City ambush

  (Eagle News) — The vice-mayor of the town of Sapa-Sapa in Tawi-Tawi province was shot repeatedly by an unknown gunmen on Wednesday, at around 5 pm, and was later declared dead after being brought to the hospital. Vice-mayor Haji Al-Rashid Mohammad Ali Lipae was shot in Zamboanga City while trapped in rush hour traffic along Gov. Alvarez Avenue, just a kilometer away from downtown Zamboanga City, according to reports. Four caliber 45 bullets hit […]

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UPDATED: Vehicle allegedly used by suspects in killing of Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Lubigan found

(Eagle News)–Police on Wednesday, July 11, recovered the vehicle allegedly used by suspects in the killing of Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan. A police report said the Maragondon municipal police recovered the metallic black or dark green Toyota Hilux on the Mabacao-Pantihan Bridge in Barangay Tulay B at 6:55 a.m. The suspects had reportedly planned to dispose of the vehicle, which had no plate number nor conduction sticker, off the cliff. Lubigan was […]

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UPDATED2: Suspects in killing of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Bote arrested

(Eagle News)–Two suspects in the killing of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote have been arrested. The police said Florencio Suarez, 48, and Robert Gumacay, 35, were arrested around 9:30 a.m.  after a vehicle they were on was flagged down in a checkpoint  in Barangay Cabasag, Del Gallego, Camarines Sur on Wednesday, July 11. Police earlier said Gumacay  was not a suspect nor a person of interest. A police report said a a caliber .45 pistol […]

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SC junks Imee Marcos, Ilocos 6 petition

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has junked the petition of Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos and the so-called Ilocos 6 against the contempt order issued against them by the House of Representatives and the detention of the six provincial officials. “The Court dismissed the omnibus petition for habeas corpus, prohibition, injunctive relief, and Amparo as against the show cause order issued by respondent Committee of the House of Representatives,” the SC said on Tuesday, […]

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Authorities search for two men swept away by raging waters in Rodriguez, Rizal

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Authorities in Rodriguez, Rizal are searching for two men who were swept away by raging river waters early Tuesday, July 10. Charlie Labez of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said authorities were searching for Eben Selga and Lander Ranara, both 21 years old, who were at that time crossing the river in San Jose on board a motorcycle. Their companion, Joric Velasco, managed to jump off […]

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12 drug suspek timbog sa buy-bust operations sa Laguna, Cavite 

(Eagle News) — Arestado ang 12 drug suspek sa ikinasang magkakahiwalay na buy-bust operation sa Laguna at Cavite. Batay sa ulat ng Regional Police Office, target ng operasyon ang drug suspek na si Angela Borigas sa bahagi ng Barangay Canlalay sa Biñan, Laguna. Bukod kay Angela, huli rin sa akto ang 10 pang kasamahan nito sa isinagawang drug transaction ng isang pulis na nagsilbing poseur-buyer. Nakuha mula sa mga ito ang may dalawang gramo ng […]

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Mahigit 78% ng mga barangay sa Pangasinan, drug-cleared na ayon sa PDEA

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Aabot na sa mahigit 78% sa buong lalawigan ang drug-cleared na ayon sa Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office 1. Ayon kay Bismarck Bengwayan, Public Information Officer at Chief Preventive Education and Community Involvement Section, sa inilabas na pinakahuling drug clearing statistics sa Pangasinan ng PDEA, mula sa kabuuang 1,271 na drug affected sa lalawigan, 78.36% nito ay drug cleared na. Nasa 275 na lamang aniya ang bilang ng […]

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PNP: Trece Martires mayor among those to be invited for questioning in Lubigan slay probe

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Trece Martires, Cavite Mayor Melandres De Sagun will be among those to be invited for questioning in the investigation into the killing of Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan on Saturday, July 7. Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, Calabarzon regional director, noted, however, that De Sagun, who is abroad, was not considered a person of interest and that it was but natural he be invited. “Incumbent mayor siya kaya..inherent na makunan ng […]

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Año: Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Lubigan killed a day after he announced plan to run for mayor

(Eagle News) — Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan was killed a day after he announced his intention to run for mayor in the next polls. This is according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, who spoke in a television interview on Monday, July 9. According to Año, they were therefore looking at politics as a possible motive behind his killing. He said this was also one of the motives they were looking into in the killing […]

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