By Marita Moaje | July 2, 2024 MANILA (PNA) – The release of one of the country’s oldest persons deprived of liberty (PDL) spells a hope of liberty for other inmates, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday. In a news release, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said the release of Gerardo dela Peña, 85, whose… Read More DOJ: Release of one of PH’s oldest PDLs signals hope for other inmates

By Zorayda Tecson | November 23, 2023 CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Authorities arrested the alleged leader and two members of a notorious criminal group in an anti-drug operation that resulted in the seizure of some PHP2 million worth of shabu in Subic, Zambales on Wednesday night. In a report on Thursday, Police Regional Office-Central Luzon… Read More Criminal group leader, members fall in Zambales; yields P2-M shabu

By Zorayda Tecson | June 27, 2023 CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – More than PHP4 million worth of illegal drugs were seized and some 227 drug suspects were arrested in Central Luzon as a result of weeklong operations conducted by the Police Regional Office-3 (PRO-3).  Data from PRO-3 showed that from June 19 to 25, there… Read More C. Luzon police ops net 227 suspects, over P4M illegal drugs 

By Ferdinand Patinio | May 17, 2023 MANILA – An overstaying American wanted by federal authorities in Nevada, USA for sex crimes has been arrested in Zambales by operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI). Fugitive Eduardo Rojas Minas, 60, was arrested in Sta. Cruz, Zambales on Monday by operatives of the BI’s fugitive search unit (FSU),… Read More US fugitive wanted for sex crimes arrested in Zambales – BI

By BENJAMIN PULTA | Philippine News Agency MANILA / June 21, 2022 – A former Zambales town mayor already serving time at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City for falsification of documents was fined by the Sandiganbayan in connection with irregularities in the management of public funds. The anti-graft court’s Second Division ruled that former… Read More Ex-mayor Lonzanida fined by Sandiganbayan

CANDELARIA, Zambales — Elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police recovered on Tuesday some P3.4-billion worth of illegal drugs after swooping down in a beach resort here following a buy-bust operation. Three Chinese nation were killed in the ensuing firefight at about 11:30 a.m. after authorities cornered them at… Read More PDEA-PNP raid yields P3.4-B shabu in Candelaria; 4 Chinese killed in firefight

By JONAS REYES SUBIC BAY FREEPORT, August 4, 2021 – A joint operation by members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Zambales and investigators from the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) led to the arrest recently of a most wanted person (MWP) in the province of Zambales. According to a report forwarded to the… Read More PNP, SBMA operatives nab Zambales’s most wanted

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A suspected drug pusher was arrested here on Sunday after authorities conducted an entrapment operation at the Central Business District in this Freeport. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Intelligence and Investigation Office (IIO) chief Rodel del Rosario identified the suspect as Robert Balajadia y Pascual, a 53-year-ld resident of Barangay New… Read More Drug suspect nabbed in Freeport buy-bust