Police files
A 21-YEAR-OLD man celebrating his birthday was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in barangay Cantuod, Balamban town, southwest Cebu.
A 21-YEAR-OLD man celebrating his birthday was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in barangay Cantuod, Balamban town, southwest Cebu.
Two gang wars took place in the cities of Parañaque and Pasay just before dawn on New Day’s Day, leaving one gang member dead and four others wounded.

A national operation in China has busted nine child abduction gangs, arresting 355 suspects and rescuing 89 children.
A government doctor warned that sniffing chemical solvents may cause users to go crazy and develop other medical conditions.
The Quezon City Jail operation is back to normal a day after its inmates held a noise barrage in protest for the transfer of leaders and members of the Sigue-Sigue Sputnik Gang to Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig, its warden said Friday.
GANG MEMBERS MAUL 2 BRODS FIVE gang members were arrested by police after they allegedly mauled two brothers in barangay Casuntingan, Mandaue City, at dawn Tuesday. Another suspect, Jay-R Trinidad, 20, remains at large, said police. Arrested were Oliver Buhani, 18; Arturo Valdomar, 20; and three boys aged 17. They were accused of mauling brothers [...]
MMDA dissolves 3 units due to lack of budget Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino has disbanded three units within the agency to streamline operations, saying some of the groups’ functions overlapped. In a statement, Tolentino said he dissolved the MMDA’s construction and equipment maintenance office (CEMO), roadway clearing group (RCG) and roadway [...]

MANILA, Philippines—They may be kept under lock and key in the maximum security compound, but they themselves hold the key to a good life in the national penitentiary, including watching DVDs of the hit US TV series “Prison Break.” Gangs lording it over at the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) control a series of kubol (cubicles) [...]