BACOLOD CITY – A couple and a waiter were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 5, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 18. Police withheld the names of the 45-year-old male subject, his 55-year-old live-in partner, and the 21-year-old waiter, who was tagged as the couple’s...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel wanted for robbery was arrested in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 18. MAP of Negros Occidental with Sagay City highlighted. The suspect was apprehended on an arrest warrant dated February 20, 2023 a day after he surrendered to...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Thousands of women in this city benefited from a free medical mission held over the weekend as part of the observance of Women's Month this March. A MEDICAL mission led by Ako Bicol party-list in observance of Women’s Month was held in Legazpi City, Albay over the weekend....
BACOLOD CITY – An elderly man died after he was shot by his nephew following a misunderstanding over a carabao in Crossing Carmen, Barangay Granada here on Monday, March 18. Police identified the victim as 72-year-old Rafael Cahina. POLICE probe the area where a senior citizen was shot dead by...
CEBU CITY – A teacher of a major university here has been fired after a video where he goaded his students to commit self-harm went viral online. UNIVERSITY of Cebu-Banilad campus University of Cebu (UC) Chancellor Candice Gotianuy on Monday night, March 19, announced the firing of the...
BAGUIO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection is holding the 8th National Fire Olympics, one of the highlights of the Fire Prevention Month celebration, at the Melvin Jones football ground at Burnham Park here from March 19 to 21. FIREMEN compete in Tower Blitz scenario during the 8th National Fire...
DAVAO CITY – Rep. Paolo Duterte and his family mourned the death of Barangay Affairs Office head Marius Salvalion Garcia who died at the age of 69 due to acute ulcer. Aside from Rep. Duterte, his father and sister, former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President and Education Secretary Sara...
CEBU CITY – Heritage preservation and protecting natural resources are a top priority in Tagbilaran City, the capital of the province of Bohol. YAP (Photo via Calvin Cordova) Tagbilaran Mayor Jane Yap pointed this out amid the controversy surrounding the construction of a resort within the...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City, Quezon – Four persons of interest have been identified in the killing of a Japanese citizen and her Filipino mother, the Special Investigation Task Group (SITG)-Motegi said on Tuesday, March 19. READ:...
ILOILO CITY – The lawyer known as “Pinoy Aquaman” brought his marine protection advocacy after a 10.8-kilometer swim to Roxas City, the capital of Capiz province. LAWYER Ingemar Macarine, dubbed the ‘Pinoy Aquaman,’ swims to the shore of Roxas City from the island-barangay of Olotayan on...
ILOILO CITY — Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, police chief here, said there is no reason to be alarmed over the big haul of shabu in this city recently. CORONICA (Tara Yap) “We have to consider that Iloilo City is only a transshipment point and not mainly for consumption in the city,” said...
BACOLOD CITY – A 20-year-old pharmacy student of Riverside College here was crowned this year’s Sinigayan Queen during the 28th Sinigayan Festival in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on March 17. ROCHELLE Cabanyog was crowned Sinigayan Queen 2024 during the 28th Sinigayan Festival in Sagay City,...
