Police Probe Death of Construction Worker in Catbalogan
• A 33-year-old construction worker in Catbalogan City was found unresponsive at home early May 6. He was declared dead on arrival at the hospital.
• A 33-year-old construction worker in Catbalogan City was found unresponsive at home early May 6. He was declared dead on arrival at the hospital.
• PNP Balangiga police responded quickly to stranded motorists with a flat tire on May 1, resolving the problem roadside and allowing safe return home.
• 500 low-income families in Tacloban City receive rice aid from the national government as rising food and fuel prices from the energy crisis hit households.
• Barangay councilor “Queen,” 52, a high-value target, was arrested in a buy-bust in Villareal, Samar, on April 25.
• A 25-year-old suspect fatally stabbed his 40-year-old sister in Caibiran, Biliran, on April 20.
• Three young girls were rescued from Higatangan Island after a foreign national allegedly took them. Police responded swiftly, rescuing the victims.
• 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.
• 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.
• Ahead of Dagami’s annual fiesta celebration, local police urge public vigilance, stressing that peace and order require joint effort from authorities and the community.