A heated argument during a drinking spree in Bagamanoc town last Friday led to the hacking of a 48-year-old abaca stripper. The Bagamanoc police station identified the victim as Eddie…
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Police arrest 3 men for raping minor daughters
A construction worker and two abaca strippers were apprehended by units of the Catanduanes police last week in connection with separate criminal cases of statutory rape and acts of lasciviousness…
Grade 12 victim bled to death 27 days after being raped:
One of two accused in 2019 Virac rape-slay arrested in Taytay, Rizal
More than four years after the case was filed in court, one of the two accused of rape with homicide over the sexual abuse and subsequent death of a 19-year-old…
Fisherman stabbed by Infant son’s babysitter
A jobless woman was detained last week after she allegedly stabbed the father of the one-year-old boy that she was babysitting in a Virac barangay. According to the police, fisherman…
2023 crime situation in Catanduanes:
Index crimes decline by 14% but road accident cases up by a third
The Catanduanes Police Provincial Office has reported that index crimes such as murder, rape and robbery decreased by 13 percent last year compared to 2022 figures. However, it noted that…
Four persons arrested over 2023 murder of Pajo resident
Four men apprehended by the Virac police over the May 2023 slaying of a Pajo San Isidro resident will have to stay behind bars during the trial of their case…
Viga resident arrested in shabu buy-bust op
Personnel from several police units arrested a Viga resident last Saturday in a buy-bust operation that yielded several sachets of shabu. According to an initial report sent by Viga MPS…
Murder rap filed vs. suspect in Virac stabbing incident
Virac police authorities have filed a criminal charge for murder against one of the suspects in the May 15, 2023 stabbing of a resident of Pajo San Isidro. According to…
Police find shabu in brgy. official’s house
A barangay treasurer considered a high value target in the anti-illegal drug campaign was arrested by the police last week after a search of her house yielded shabu. Joint forces…
Drug runners yield P375,000 worth of shabu at Tabaco port
If not for drug-sniffing dogs at Tabaco port, four suspected drug runners bringing P375,000.00 worth of shabu to unidentified personalities in Catanduanes might have slipped by authorities last week. In…