From Roadside Trouble to Safe Trip Home
• PNP Balangiga police responded quickly to stranded motorists with a flat tire on May 1, resolving the problem roadside and allowing safe return home.
• PNP Balangiga police responded quickly to stranded motorists with a flat tire on May 1, resolving the problem roadside and allowing safe return home.
• A grieving mother in Samar seeks justice after her minor child was killed in a clash, demanding accountability for her son’s death.
• PDEA Region 8 intensifies intelligence-driven operations in Eastern Visayas to dismantle drug networks and supply chains, not just street-level suspects, said Director Ortiz.
• Authorities dismantled a drug den and arrested four individuals in Barangay 62A, Sagkahan, on April 13, in a high-impact anti-drug operation.
• Law enforcement and BIR seized over P800,000 in counterfeit seasoning and untaxed cigarettes in an entrapment operation on April 15 in Barangay 74 Nula-tula.
• Philippine Army’s 8th Infantry Division intensified Samar operations, killing a rebel, recovering a high-powered firearm, and finding hidden weapons in coordinated clashes.
• Two were arrested and two fled after citizens intervened to stop an alleged drug session in an abandoned house in Barangay 85, San Jose, on the afternoon of April 17, 2026.
• Philippine and US Army troops trained together on April 14-16 to boost emergency medical skills for Exercise Balikatan 2026, focusing on combat and disaster response.
• Senator Escudero urges quick implementation of fuel subsidy, warning rising oil prices now threaten food security and economic stability in Eastern Visayas.
• A suspected new drug player was arrested by Tacloban police in a buy-bust operation on April 6, 2026, at 9:35 p.m. in Barangay 74, Nula-Tula.