Nineteen members of the New People’s Army (NPA) voluntarily surrendered to Mayor Dario Otaza of Loreto, Agusan del Sur, the local police, and military personnel from the the 26th Infantry Battalion, 4ID of the Philippine Army. According to police reports, the rebels surrendered in two batches. The first batch, composed…

International terrorist and bomb-making expert Abdul Basit Usman is dead, Malacañang confirmed Sunday evening. “Terror suspect Basit Usman was killed in a firefight in Guindulungan, Maguindanao at around noon today,” Palace spokesman Herminio Coloma Jr. said in a statement. But Coloma added that the Palace is still “awaiting the submission of…

Wanted international terrorist and bomb-making expert Abdul Basit Usman, one of the two high-value targets of the ill-fated Jan. 25 Mamasapano operation is dead, Interaksyon.com reported, citing military intelligence sources. In a story published today, the news portal reported that Usman and two comrades were killed in an encounter with…

The owner of the SUV whose driver and passenger were caught on CCTV camera harassing two traffic enforcers in Quezon City on Wednesday has been identified. The Quezon City Police District identified the suspect as Scott Ian L. Yu. Based on LTO records, Yu is the registered owner of the…

A fragmentation grenade exploded in front of a sari-sari store Thursday evening in the town of Aleosan in North Cotabato, hurting three people, police said. Senior Inspector Bernard Tayong, spokesperson of the North Cotabato Police Provincial Office said unidentified men tossed the grenade in front of the store of a…

Soldiers from the Army’s 25th Infantry Battalion arrested on Sunday a member of the New People’s Army (NPA) and seized a cache of weapons and explosives from the captured rebel. According to SecurityMatters sources, Eugenio Piamonte alias Nestor was apprehended inside his hideout in Barangay Casoon, Monkayo town in Compostela…

Authorities seized some P6 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo on Tuesday. Joint operatives of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) and Iloilo Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group (PAIDSOTG) arrested suspects Dennis Paderog and Christopher Paderog during the entrapment operation at Ungka…

The Philippine Coast Guard arrested on Sunday 19 fishermen caught using “likom,” an illegal fishing method that makes use of hollowed tree trunks to drive fishes into nets. The fishermen were identified as Manuel Polistico, Archie Castillon, Carlos Galinato, Arnel Castillon, Benedicto Ali, Wengly Kambel, Ker Bulat-Ag, Apolinario Pakot, Jerom…