The suspect in the killing of a 24-year-old computer science student in Dasmariñas, Cavite, has been arrested, the Cavite Police Provincial Office (CPPO) said Saturday.
Two young siblings were killed and their grandmother wounded in a heist that was pulled off on Monday by a former manager of the victims' farmland in Cagayan province.
Several index crimes, particularly theft, have increased since certain areas in the country were placed under Alert Level 1, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said on Sunday.
Crime incidents in the National Capital Region decreased by approximately 17% from November 2021 to January 2022, the Philippine National Police said Sunday.