{"id":18694,"date":"2026-02-13T07:44:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18694"},"modified":"2026-02-13T07:44:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:44:57","slug":"reward-for-atong-angs-arrest-now-at-p20m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/reward-for-atong-angs-arrest-now-at-p20m\/","title":{"rendered":"REWARD FOR ATONG ANG\u2019S ARREST NOW AT P20M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla announced that the reward for information leading to the arrest of fugitive businessman Atong Ang has been doubled from P10 million to P20 million to further expedite his capture.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe are increasing the bounty for Atong Ang to 20 million pesos for information leading to his arrest,\u201d Remulla said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The DILG chief expressed confidence that the increased reward will encourage cooperation from those who may know Ang\u2019s whereabouts. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cKung pumatay ka ng isang-daang tao at may bilyon-bilyong pera kang nakatago, darating din ang araw mo,\u201d Remulla explained, citing that the bounty hike will hasten the due process for Ang to face his charges as the principal suspect in the missing \u201csabungero\u2019s\u201d case.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Remulla said the bounty will be sourced from the intelligence fund of the Department and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to accelerate efforts to arrest Ang who remains at-large despite multiple warrants.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The DILG chief also clarified that Ang is still hiding within the Philippines after the Cambodian government said that the fugitive tycoon is not hiding in their country, noting that there are no records of his entry nor exit in Cambodia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To strengthen the manhunt, the government will be using drones with lidar sensors to conduct precise search and surveillance operations in apprehending the country&#8217;s most wanted individuals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe\u2019re going to be deploying (the drones) in the next few months para sa mga intensive manhunt operation namin kay Bantag, Atong Ang, at para sa paparating na indictment sa mga floodgate scandal (accused),\u201d Remulla said. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla announced that the reward for information leading to the arrest of fugitive businessman Atong Ang has been doubled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18696,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18694\/revisions\/18696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}