COTABATO CITY – Police in Marawi City have appealed to parents to watch their children closely following a drowning incident that claimed the lives of five children on Thursday. Police Col. Caesar Cabuhat, Lanao del Sur police director, issued the appeal hours after five of six...
Authorities are eyeing unattended rice cooking as the cause of a fire that swept through a residential area in Pasig City on Friday, April 17, displacing around 140 families. According to TXTFIRE Philippines, the fire started at 11:53 a.m. and reached a second alarm at 11:59 a.m. in Pook Maligaya,...
Two police officers were injured, one in the rib area and the other in the ear, after being bitten by a 38-year-old armed man who ran amok in Marikina City on Wednesday, April 15. According to the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), the victims responded to the call from Barangay...
The Quezon City government led the country’s first Urban Heat and Drought Summit to advance coordinated, science-based action against extreme temperatures in urban areas. The initiative was driven by heat indices reaching up to 46°C in the city in 2024 and 2025, underscoring growing risks to...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) is hunting down the suspect in a hit-and-run incident that killed a 21-year-old jeepney driver while he was changing a flat tire along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City early Monday, April 13. Police said the victim was fixing a flat tire of his passenger...
DAVAO CITY – The city government of Davao will implement an expanded package of tax incentives to encourage new investments and strengthen the city’s overall business climate. Councilor Myrna Dalodo-Ortiz, chairperson of the Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Industry, said the new measure will...
Beyond being widely recognized for its shoe industry, the Marikina City government has opened a heritage building to preserve and promote the city’s broader cultural identity and history, ensuring that its traditions are passed on to future generations. On Thursday, April 16, the three-story...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Lamitan City police arrested the second suspect linked to the fatal shooting of a Lebanese national and his Filipino wife during a law enforcement operation in Lamitan, Basilan on Thursday, April 16. The suspect, identified as Salman Najirun, 23, was apprehended in Sitio Libi,...
TACLOBAN CITY – This city will host a part of the 41st Balikatan Exercises next week. The annual military exercise aims to enhance cooperation and defense readiness between the Philippines and United States. Other participating nations are Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, and Japan. Over...
Seven wanted persons, including a rape suspect, were arrested in coordinated “Warrant Day” operations conducted by the Northern Police District (NPD) in Valenzuela City and Malabon City. NPD director Police Brig. Gen. Christopher R. Dela Cruz said the operations resulted in the arrest of one...
The suspect in a viral truck robbery incident, along with two companions, was arrested by members of the Pasay City Police Substation 3 during an “Oplan Galugad” operation on April 16. Pasay City Police chief Col. Joselito De Sesto identified the suspects as Mel, 18; Jeff, 33; and Atan, 34....
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Council pushed ordinances on nutritional transparency and food safety to enable informed consumer choices and help address lifestyle-related diseases typical among Filipinos. Councilor Rachel Zozobrado, chairperson of the Committee on Internal Relations, said these...
