ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Some 40 people trooped to the National Bureau of Investigation regional office here on Monday, June 9, to file a complaint against a travel and tours agency for allegedly scamming Hajj pilgrims. A complainant whose identity was withheld for security reasons said more than 1,000...
A 15-year-old child in conflict with the law (CICL) was arrested by the police after being caught gambling and in possession of illegal drugs in Barangay Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City. The teenager was identified as "Jan." According to the police, several officers conducting routine foot patrol in the...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay led the distribution of free school supplies and uniforms to the city 's public school students, as well as laptops to teachers and teaching-related personnel, at the Nemesio I. Yabut Elementary School. Binay, together with her husband, Makati 2nd District Rep....
Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto on Tuesday, June 10, said the city government will fully support the Eastern Police District (EPD) when the Philippine National Police (PNP) starts to implements its five-minute response time program for public safety and order in the community. Sotto made the statement...
The building of Makati Medical Center (MakatiMed) turned red on Tuesday night, June 10, as it called on the public to donate blood after the hospital recorded a low supply in its blood bank. "The hospital is currently low on blood supply. We urgently need donors to save lives. If anyone wishes to...
The Muntinlupa City government has started the distribution of free Balik Eskwela packages to public school students. Mayor Ruffy Biazon visited schools to distribute the free school supplies and shoes, which will benefit nearly 100,000 public school students from early education to senior high...
Property giant Megaworld Corp. has embarked on the almost total renovation of its pioneering township Eastwood City, which will include a facelift of the mall and other commercial areas, hotel, and office buildings. The ₱2.5-billion redevelopment of the 28-year-old Eastwood City, the company’s...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Authorities successfully negotiated with a man who is apparently suffering from a mental disorder from jumping off a housing building here on Tuesday, June 10. The drama unfolded at around 5 p.m. on Monday and ended Tuesday morning after Allen Dave Morales, 28, was spotted at the...
ILIGAN CITY -- A missing eight-year-old girl was found dead in Purok 13, Timoga, Buru-un, this city, on Monday afternoon, June 9. Police said the victim was reported missing on June 5 after visiting her godfather near her home and in the company of another child to swim in a creek. Her family...
BACOLOD CITY – Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Monday he hopes the fatal Election Day shooting incident in Silay City, Negros Occidental would serve as a lesson not only in the involved barangay, but also in the entire region. “Sana yung nangyaring kaso...
TACLOBAN CITY – A woman died on the spot when a passenger van crashed into a light post on the San Jose National Highway near the Tacloban DZR Airport in Barangay 88 here on Tuesday afternoon, June 10. The Utility Vehicle Express from Ormoc City bound to this city was driven by Alex and had...
BACOLOD CITY – A 17-year-old teenage boy is the third and latest fatality of leptospirosis in this city this year, the City Health Office (CHO) said. Dr. Grace Tan, head of the CHO Environment and Sanitation Division, said the victim, a resident of Barangay Bata here, had a history of swimming...
