Cavite, Philippines

Camp Vicente Lim — Cavite and Laguna are still considered the most crime prone areas in the five provinces comprising the Calabarzon region, official data from the Philippine National Police shows.

Statistics obtained by People’s Tonight from the office of PRO4-A police director Chief Supt. Ricardo Ilagan Padilla, revealed that from January alone, Cavite, under Senior Supt. Hernando Zafra, has recorded the highest number of index crime cases at 259,  followed by Laguna, under Senior Supt. Felipe Rojas, with 225 cases.

Coming closely on third spot is Rizal, under Senior Supt. Ireneo Dordas with 196 cases, followed by Quezon, under Senior Supt. Fidel Posadas with 176 and Batangas, under Senior Supt. David Quimio with 159. By: Paul M. Gutierrez

Journal Online

FROM May 28 to June 12, Cavite will celebrate its Kalayaan Festival 2008 with the theme “Isang Cavite: Makasaysayan, Matapang, Maunlad!”

An extraordinary feat will be staged on the first day of the festival as Cavite attempts to set a record for the longest line of flag wavers assembled along Aguinaldo Highway from SM Bacoor to SM Dasmariñas on May 28 at 4 p.m.    Over 8,000 people are expected to join.

From May 29-June 11, the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation will stage different performances at the three SM Supermalls in Cavite. The highlight on June 12 will be the renowned artists re-enacting the declaration of Philippine Independence at the Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit.

Journal Online

A suspected big-time drug dealer operating in southern Metro Manila has fallen into government hands following an operation by anti-narcotics agents in Cavite province.

On Monday, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency announced the arrest of Ronelo Trinidad who was nabbed in a sting operation on May 15.

Trinidad reportedly operates in the cities of Manila and Pasay.

Government agents were able to seize from Trinidad about 100 grams of metamphethamine hydrochloride or shabu during the operation, said PDEA director general Dionisio Santiago.

The seized illegal substance is said to be worth P360,000.

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An American fugitive, long wanted by federal authorities in the United States for a string of fraud cases and money laundering, was arrested recently by Bureau of Immigration and National Bureau of Investigation agents.

Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan identified the suspect as Oscar de Leon Noblejas, 65, who was arrested last Tuesday in his residence at the Sta. Catalina Village in Dasmariñas, Cavite by joint operatives of the BI and the NBI.

Noblejas was arrested on the strength of a mission order that Libanan had issued upon request of the US Embassy in Manila which sought the bureau’s help in locating and arresting the fugitive.

Libanan said Noblejas had been hiding in the Philippines for 10 years since he fled the US to evade prosecution for his alleged crimes.

His capture should serve as notice to other foreign fugitives from justice who are hiding in the country that the long arm of the law will eventually catch up with them wherever they are and however long it takes,” Libanan said.

Libanan vowed that “we will never allow the Philippines to be used as a sanctuary by these foreign criminals.” By Sandy Araneta

PhilStar

A 65-year-old American fugitive long wanted by U.S. federal authorities  for a string of fraud cases and money laundering was nabbed by Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents.

Oscar de Leon Noblejas was arrested in his residence at the Sta. Catalina Village in Dasmariñas, Cavite, by operatives of the BI and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on the strength of a mission order issued against him by BI Commissioner Marcelino Libanan.

The order was issued upon the request of the U.S. Embassy in Manila which sought the bureau’s help in locating and arresting Noblejas, who had been hiding in the Philippines for 10 years now. “His capture should serve notice to other foreign fugitives from justice hiding in the country that the long arm of the law will eventually catch up with them wherever they are and however long it takes,” said Libanan.  By: Itchie G. Cabayan

Journal Online