BAGUIO CITY – The City Health Services Office has recorded 37 dengue cases here – 20 in December and 17 in the first two weeks of this month. Dr. Donnabel Panes, chief of the City Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (CESU), said the increase in dengue cases during Christmas and New Year were...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here said that there is no reason to panic or impose a lockdown after this city recorded its first Monkeypox or Mpox case. Magalong said they are conducting contact tracing to determine the patient’s close contacts. However, Magalong said they are having...
President Marcos has declared Monday, Jan. 20, a special nonworking holiday in Tarlac City for the 2025 Kaisa Festival. File photos Proclamation No. 773, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Jan. 17, aims to allow the people of Tarlac City to celebrate the occasion properly. "It is but...
CEBU CITY – Three people were killed and another was wounded when a 40-year-old man allegedly under the influence of drugs went on a shooting spree in Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City on Friday night, Jan. 17. Police identified the suspect as Eduardo Taghoy Jr. Lawmen believe Taghoy was...
CEBU CITY – All is set for the grand Sinulog Festival here on Sunday, Jan. 19. HUNDREDS of vessels pass under the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway during the 460th Fiesta Señor fluvial procession on Saturday, Jan. 18. (CCLEX) Authorities expect millions of revelers to attend as the Sinulog returns...
BACOLOD CITY – Five Visayan leopards were rescued from a suspected wildlife trafficker at the Bredco port here on Thursday, Jan. 16. FIVE Visayan leopards were recovered from a wildlife trafficker at the Bredco port in Bacolod City on Thursday, Jan. 16. (Photo courtesy of Coast Guard SubStation...
(Courtesy of Philippine Navy / Naval Forces West) The Philippine Navy (PN) said Friday, Jan. 17, that it was investigating three of its personnel who were involved in a fistfight outside a bar in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. A video of the brawl went viral on social media on Jan. 16 showing...
A Nigerian national was arrested by the police for possession of illegal drugs and a gun at a Commission on Elections (Comelec) checkpoint in Barangay Ligid-Tipas, Taguig. The unnamed Nigerian was found in possession of 3.83 grams of cocaine, 2.8 grams of dried marijuana leaves, a gun and...
DAVAO CITY – Netizens here disputed the findings of the TomTom Traffic Index that traffic in this city is heavier than in Manila. TRAFFIC in Davao City during Christmas in 2022. (Keith Bacongco) They admitted traffic congestion here but asserted that it is significantly lighter than the...
CAMP PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – Police nabbed a man wanted for rape in San Pedro City, Laguna on Thursday, Jan. 16. The suspect was identified as Alexander. Alexander was arrested on a warrant issued by San Pedro City Regional Trial Court Branch 169 Presiding Judge Nida C....
A 48-year-old man, tagged by the police as the No. 7 most wanted person in Muntinlupa, was arrested on Jan. 16. The Muntinlupa Police Warrant and Subpoena Unit conducted an operation and arrested alias Edwin in Barangay Poblacion. He was nabbed based on a warrant of arrest issued by...
BACOLOD CITY - The Diocese of Bacolod warned the public about a fake missionary priest from the Chaplaincy of the Holy Trinity in Bago City, Negros Occidental. In an advisory released on Thursday, Jan. 16, the Diocese said that a certain Rev. Fr. Mario D. Divina is not an authorized priest of...
