DAVAO CITY – Months after this city was filled with tension over the search for Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, Davao City was ranked the third safest in Southeast Asia in the 2024 Numbeo Safety Index with a safety index of 72.5. A ELECTION checkpoint in Davao City implemented by the local police. (DCPO...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City third district Rep. Isidro Ungab maintained on Monday, Jan. 20, that the observed discrepancies in the bicameral conference committee report on the 2025 national budget are not fake news and emphasized the blank items in the annual expenditure. A copy of the report was...
A fire razed a warehouse and destroyed P350,000 worth of properties in Barangay Cupang, Muntinlupa on Jan. 20. In a report by the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire started at about 2:28 p.m. at a warehouse of RBC-MDC Corporation at the RBC Building on Don Jesus Boulevard in Alabang Hills...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong said on Monday, Jan. 20, that the patient who was reported to have died of monkeypox here is not a resident of this city. Magalong also said that the victim cannot be considered the first case here as he had not lived in this city for a long time. The city...
CEBU CITY – An organization of real estate brokers disputed recent reports highlighting an alleged oversupply of condominiums in the Philippines. CHRIS Malazarte (second from left), national president of the Accredited Real Estate Salespersons of the Philippines Inc., has questioned recent...
ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P9.3 million was seized in this city one week before the highlight of the 2025 Dinagyang Festival. SUSPECTED shabu valued at more than P4 million and a gun were recovered by the police in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City. (PNP/ICPO-CDEU) The Iloilo...
(Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship accidentally collided with a motor tugboat during the fluvial parade procession for the 460 th “Fiesta Señor” celebration in Cebu City over the weekend. A report from the PCG said that BRP Cape San Agustin (MRRV-4408) was hit...
BAGUIO CITY – The city government and the Baguio Filipino-Chinese community launched activities for the Spring Festival 2025 celebration under the Year of the Wooden Snake at the City Hall on Monday, Jan. 20. DRAGON dancers perform as the Filipino-Chinese community and the city...
TACLOBAN CITY – Interfaith leaders gathered in the groundbreaking ceremony of the Tacloban City Philippines Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints here on Saturday, Jan. 18. LOCAL officials and interfaith leaders attend the groundbreaking of the first temple of The Church of...
Former Taguig mayor Lino Cayetano expressed elation over the inclusion of his name in the list of candidates for the May 12 national and local elections. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) posted the list of candidates for congressman in the National Capital Region (NCR). For the...
Scoot, the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, is launching direct flights to Iloilo City, aiming to enhance connectivity and bolster tourism in the region. In a statement, Leslie Thng, Scoot chief executive officer, said the new service is part of the airline's commitment to...
Police arrested a 41-year-old man for allegedly beheading his 60-year-old father and dismembering his body inside their house in Barangay Madaum, Tagum City, Davao del Norte on Sunday morning, Jan. 19. THE bloodied suspect is loaded into a police patrol car after his arrest. (Dan Casinto FB)...
