ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) is investigating an incident where boys played a game using firecrackers on a dike separating the districts of Jaro and Mandurriao over the weekend. The incident’s video garnered online attention, with Ilonggo netizens comparing it to Harry...
The local governments of Caloocan City and Navotas City reminded residents to follow the ban on the sale and use of prohibited firecrackers as the New Year approaches. The cities said the ban is based on Republic Act No. 7183 and Executive Order No. 28, which regulate fireworks and firecrackers to...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso assured residents of the readiness of all hospitals and medical institutions in the city in responding to firecracker-related injuries and other emergencies this coming New Year. According to him, all six district hospitals in Manila are already...
ILOILO CITY – Two-hundred inmates of the Iloilo City District Jail (ICDJ) benefited from a post-Christmas medical mission over the weekend. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) thanked the True Wellness Medical Group and partner Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) for...
BAGUIO CITY – Police destroyed 500 illegal firecrackers here on Saturday, Dec. 27. Baguio City Police Office Director Police Col. Ruel Tagel, along with city officials, led the destruction ceremony. Tagel said the contraband were recovered from various barangays where they were illegally sold....
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-two families lost their homes in a fire on Bonifacio St., Barangay 3, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Dec. 26. Fire Officer 1 Jesrel Gersalia, arson investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Kabankalan, said that 11 houses were totally destroyed, and...
BACOLOD CITY – The decomposing body of an unidentified woman was found in a grassy vacant lot in Purok Mars, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Sunday, Dec. 28. Police Capt. Greeky Cayao, head of Police Station 8, said that a streetlight installer discovered the remains when he noticed a foul odor...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government of Cadiz in Negros Occidental is offering a P20,000 reward to anyone who can provide vital information leading to the arrest and prosecution of people responsible for the poaching of giant clams near Lakawon Island. Authorities discovered on Christmas Day that...
Three persons were injured and around 100 houses were destroyed in a fire that broke out in a residential area in Pasay City on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 27. The Pasay City Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said about 200 families were affected when the fire happened at around 2:16 p.m. along Virginia...
A fire has hit a residential area in Barangay Addition Hills, Mandaluyong City on Saturday night, Dec. 27, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported. According to the BFP, the fire started at around 6:26 p.m. and has reached the second alarm at around 6:33 p.m. The third alarm was raised at 7:14...
Real property owners in Taguig need to pay a higher tax starting January. The Taguig City government announced that a new city ordinance was approved that imposes an increase of 0.25 percent in real property tax (RPT) that will take effect on Jan. 1 next year. On Dec. 15, the Taguig City...
TACLOBAN CITY — Filipino contemporary artist Dante Enage has been officially selected to participate in the 10th Beijing International Art Biennale (BIAB 2025) in China following a rigorous three-jury review process. He will join an elite group of global artists showcasing their work at the...
