CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Thirty-five families were homeless in a fire in Barangay Lingga, this city, on Sunday afternoon, June 16. A FIRE hits Barangay Lingga, Calamba City, Laguna on June 16. (Photo via Danny Estacio) The fire started at 2:57 p.m. and reached the third alarm afterwards. It...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A suspected drug pusher was killed in a shootout with the police during a buy-bust operation in Mampang, this city, on Saturday, June 15. The fatality was identified as Jabar Pidlasi, alias Jabal, 38. Police said Pidlasi jumped out of the window of his house to escape lawmen...
The Malabon City local government held the “Reyna ng Bulaklakan” Grand Parade for the members of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) community in the city on Sunday evening, June 16. Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval together with Representative Ricky...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded all local government units (LGUs) to insure with the General Insurance Fund (GIF) of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) all their property, plant and equipment (PPE) to assure indemnification for damages or losses on account of...
BACOLOD CITY – The house and ancestral home of the family of Mayor Renato Gustilo on Ylagan St., Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental were destroyed in a fire on Friday, June 14. MAYOR Renato Gustilo’s house and ancestral home were gutted in a fire in Barangay 5, San Carlos City,...
BACOLOD CITY – A 60-year-old farmer held his 51-year-old live-in partner hostage at gunpoint after she refused to sign documents for a land transfer in Barangay Prosperidad, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Saturday night, June 15. Police Lt. Col. Nazer Canja, San Carlos police chief, said...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – A 38-year-old nurse was killed in a motorcycle accident on the bypass road in Barangay Parioc 1st, this city, before dawn on Sunday, June 16. Police identified the victim as Jay Lord Briones, a resident of Barangay Bagani Campo, Candon City. Investigation said...
BACOLOD CITY – An employee was injured in a fire that hit the kitchen of a restobar in Barangay 5 here on Saturday, June 15. A FIRE razed five business establishments in Barangay 5, Bacolod City on Saturday, June 15. (Photo courtesy of Bacolod City Fire Station) Fire Supt. Jenny Mae...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 36-year-old housemaid fell to her death from the fifth floor of her employer's house on Saturday afternoon, June 15, in Barangay Ibabang Dupay, this city. HOMICIDE investigators process the body of a 36-year-old housemaid who plunged to her death from the fifth floor of...
BAGUIO CITY – Consul and Head of Post Ren Faqiang, Consulate of China in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte; Mayor Benjamin Magalong here, city officials, and officials and members of the Baguio Filipino-Chinese Community celebrated the 23rd Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day at the Filipino-Chinese...
In celebration of Father's Day, the Muntinlupa City government hosted its annual fun run “Takbo, Tatay, Takbo” on June 15 at the Muntinlupa Sports Center. This year’s event began with warm-up exercises followed by the gun start at 5:15 a.m. that sent runners into the 10K and 5K races. The...
Two construction workers and a driver were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Taguig on June 15. The operation was conducted in Barangay Rizal by the Southern Police District (SPD) Drug Enforcement Unit, District Intelligence Division, District Mobile Force Battalion, Philippine Drug...
