A high-value individual (HVI) wanted for illegal drugs was nabbed in a buy-bust operation led by the City Drug Enforcement Team (CDET) of the Antipolo City Police on early Thursday morning, May 15. The suspect was identified as "Jimboy," 32, a resident of Barangay Bagong Nayon. He was arrested at...
Two people, including a 16-year-old girl and a 62-year-old man, died in a fire that broke out at a residential area in Barangay 81, Caloocan City on Wednesday, May 14. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), five other individuals were injured due to lacerations, abrasions, and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – First district Rep. Khymer Olaso was proclaimed the new mayor here on Tuesday, May 13. REP. Khymer Olaso is proclaimed new Zamboanga City Mayor on May 13. (City Hall PIO) Olaso defeated Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe. Former Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco was elected vice mayor...
BACOLOD CITY – A 48-year-old high school teacher was gunned down inside a computer shop in Purok Lubi, Barangay 3 here on Tuesday, May 13. A 48-year-old high school teacher was shot dead inside a computer shop in Barangay 3, Bacolod City on Tuesday, May 13. (Photo via Llanee Zil Menardo) Police...
BACOLOD CITY – A 19-year-old college student who allegedly stabbed an 18-year-old man to death in a bar in Barangay Mandalagan here on Tuesday, May 13, surrendered to the police on Wednesday afternoon, May 14. Police Capt. Rondyl Tapang, head of Police Station 3, said that Adrian, accompanied by...
CEBU CITY – The losing mayoral candidates from three highly urbanized cities in Metro Cebu are not yet giving up their respective fights. RADAZA (FB) Former Lapu-Lapu Mayor Paz Radaza has filed a petition for disqualification before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against couple Junard and...
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Wednesday seized approximately 101 kilograms of suspected shabu worth P686.8 million in a buy-bust operation in this city. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Isagani Nerez said two high-value suspects – a Chinese national and...
Manila City Engineer Moises Alcantara said that at least 12 truckloads of campaign materials have been collected across the city in recent days, following a directive from Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan to fast-track the cleanup operation. In his report to Mayor Lacuna, Alcantara said that by next week,...
BACOLOD CITY – Police have filed murder and frustrated murder complaints against a barangay captain and three others over a shooting incident where two people were killed and seven others were injured in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Election Day. Police Lt. Col. Joem...
The local governments of Malabon and Valenzuela launched a clean-up drive on Tuesday, May 13, to remove campaign materials left from the recent elections. In Malabon, around 150 personnel from the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) were deployed in different barangays to remove...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should swiftly decide on the disqualification case filed against Marikina City Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said. Pimentel, who ran against Teodoro, made the call on Wednesday, May 14 insisting...
Reelected Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto stressed that he has no plan to run for higher government positions following his landslide victory against his rivals in the recently concluded May midterm elections. Sotto made the statement during a TV interview where he was asked if he has plans to run for...
