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ORMOC CITY - Philippine National Police (PNP) chief PGen. Guillermo Eleazar assures the police force will not be "choosy" and will take whatever coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is allocated to them by the Department of Health.

DAGUPAN CITY — The local chief executive here tested positive for COVID-19 today.

BACOLOD CITY – About 500 grams of suspected shabu worth P3.4 million were seized by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Oriental from a senior citizen in a buy-bust operation outside the Dumaguete City port in Barangay Looc Wednesday.

ILOILO CITY — While cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are still manageable in the small island province of Guimaras, the first ward that caters to COVID-19 patients has opened.

DAVAO CITY - Five fishermen from the province of Sarangani were rescued after floating off the open sea for more than a day.

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 TACLOBAN CITY – Four teens and one other drug personality were nabbed in a buy-bust which resulted in the dismantling of a drug den in Tacloban City Monday, May 17. The drug den was maintained by Joshua Ramos, 19, and John Paul Labiran, 19. Also nabbed were Felipe Gayoso, 21; John Verle Barredo, 18; and Remuel Magalona, 19, all visitors of the drug den and residents here. The suspects were arrested around 6:30 p.m. at Quarry District Brgy. 43-A here. Authorities seized more or less six grams of suspected shabu worth P40,800, 0.5g worth of marijuana, buy-bust money, and other drug paraphernalia. The suspects will be facing charges for violation of Sections 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, and 26 of paragraph C, Article 2 of the Republic Act 9165 or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. They are now temporarily detained at PDEA Detention Facility in Palo, Leyte.

BACOLOD CITY – A misunderstanding over a drinking session triggered a man to kill his nephew in Sitio Cabug, Barangay Pandan, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Sunday, May 16.

BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) has launched an investigation into the personnel of E.B. Magalona Municipal Police Station (MPS) who were found sleeping on the job and also failed to maintain the cleanliness of their workplace.

Two Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter (BIFF) militants were killed during a clash with government troops Sunday morning.

Power in Albay town, barangay cut due to unpaid bills

STA. CRUZ, Laguna – A well-known vape master of Laguna, who became a finalist in the defunct television reality show Pilipinas Got Talent (PGT), was arrested by anti-narcotics operatives in an entrapment in Barangay Duhat here Friday.

TACLOBAN CITY – Thirteen vintage bombs were found Friday in the backyard of a barangay chairman’s house in Capoocan, Leyte.

CEBU CITY – The Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) welcomed the holding of the “Dugo Mo, Kinabuhi Ko” mobile blood donation which was launched Saturday in Barangay Pit-os here.

CEBU CITY – A business process outsourcing (BPO) company has assured employees that it will shoulder the vaccination of its employees in Manila and this city.

BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Army and the city government of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental condemned the killing of four civilians by suspected New People’s Army (NPA) members in Sitio Agit, Barangay Trinidad last Friday.

CEBU CITY—A couple was arrested after P3.4 million worth of suspected illegal drugs were seized from their home in Barangay Suba here on Friday morning.

DAVAO CITY – The “Swab Drive-Thru” at the Davao Crocodile Park grounds here has been extended for six months or from May 17 until Nov. 17 as the city government ramped up its community surveillance testing to detect more active COVID-19 cases.