BACOLOD CITY – Around 200 policemen have been deployed to secure this year’s Bacolaodiat Festival from Jan. 28 to Feb. 2. THE Bacolod City Police Office has 200 policemen to secure the 20th Bacolaodiat Festival from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2. (Photo courtesy of Bacolod City Police Office) Police Col....
CEBU CITY – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was very busy during his visit here on Thursday, Jan. 30. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. attends the Regional Development Council-Central Visayas Meeting at the DepEd Ecotech Center in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City on Thursday, Jan. 30. (Pool photo)...
BACOLOD CITY – Filipino-Chinese business tycoon Hans T. Sy was warmly welcomed during the 20th Bacolaodiat Festival here on Thursday, Jan. 30. Sy, accompanied by his son Harvey and daughter Hanna Carinna during their visit at the Bacolod City Government Center, was named Honorary Mayor and...
TACLOBAN CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P7 million was seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Police identified the suspect as high-value target Budoy, 37, of Palompon, Leyte. Budoy yielded 1.38 kilograms and a transparent plastic sachet of...
The signing of the agreement with the Bases Conversion and Development Authority and Science Park of the Philippines, Inc. (BCDA photo) The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has inked a 50-year lease agreement with Science Park of the Philippines, Inc. (SPPI) to develop an...
ILOILO CITY – Marivic Mabilog, wife of former Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, was irked by the contradicting statements made by Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa following the presidential pardon of her husband. SEN. Ronald dela Rosa and former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog during...
Authorities arrested five individuals, including a high-value drug pusher, in two separate buy-bust operations in Rizal, and seized P1,230,800 worth of shabu and firearms. High-value drug pusher arrested during a buy-bust operation in Antipolo City on January 29. (Photo from Rizal PPO) In Antipolo...
A woman died and four other people were injured when a fire engulfed a residential area in Muntinlupa on Jan. 30. In a report, the Muntinlupa City Fire Station said the fire started about about 10:20 a.m. from a house in Marquez Compound, Putatan Itaas, Summitville in Barangay Putatan,...
A drunk tenant was arrested after stabbing a woman to death following a heated argument over a P5,000 unpaid rent in Antipolo City on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Before the stabbing incident, the suspect, identified as "Jes," went to the victim's house while drunk to confront her. He cursed and tried to...
CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – A 35-year-old contractor was shot dead by while playing billiards in Purok 3, Barangay Marinig, this city, on Wednesday night, Jan. 29. Police identified the victim as Joselito Barquio. Investigation said the victim was playing billiards with friends when a man...
Two high-value individuals (HVIs) on illegal drugs were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mayamot, Antipolo City on Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said. Rizal PPO director Col. Felipe Maraggun identified the suspects as "Ry" and "Urqia." Ry is a resident...
(Photo from Makati Fire Department) Six senior high school students were injured in an alleged chemical explosion inside a science research center in Barangay San Antonio, Makati City on Wednesday, Jan. 29, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported. According to the BFP, the explosion occurred...
