Police authorities and anti-narcotics agents raided a suspected drug den in Purok Anahaw, Timog Avenue in the Visayan Village, this city which resulted in the arrest of three persons.
A village official of Carmen town, in Davao del Norte, was arrested by anti-narcotics operatives during a buy-bust operation in Davao del Norte province.
The sleepy town of Nabunturan was stirred by a bomb explosion late Tuesday afternoon.
Inspector Cosme Masepiquena, head of Tagum’s Traffic Management Office, said the strict implementation of Oplan Sita in Tagum City will put a stop to the increasing number of criminal incidents involving motorbikes and riding-in-tandem groups.
Police here has been placed on full alert status starting on Monday, a week before the nation’s observance of All Saints Day (November 1) and All Souls Day (November 2) or Undas, a police official said.
Ten years ago, three persons were killed and five were wounded in a massacre inside a Manobo community in Kapalong, Davao del Norte.
The removal of Davao City Police Director Senior Superintendent Vicente D. Danao, Jr. in the wake of complaints of physical assault by his wife was not what women’s group Gabriela want.
The military has blamed the bomb explosion on Tuesday in Cotabato City to the terror group, Jema’ah Islamiyah, saying that fragments of the bomb were similar to the signature bomb maker of the group currently believed coddled by a breakaway Moro revolutionary group.
Five civilians were hurt when a bomb exploded Tuesday evening in Cotabato City, a witness said.
As Palparan now faces trial for kidnapping and serious detention, more cases such as those in Mindanao would show how his bloody legacy in Luzon has also cast a long shadow in the country.
