CEBU CITY – The suspected drug pusher who fatally shot a policeman in a botched buy-bust operation was killed in a shootout with police in a mountain barangay in Talisay City, southern Cebu, on Wednesday, December 13. Jenecy Rafols, 25, allegedly refused to surrender when police tried to serve an...
BELGRADE (AFP) -- Manchester City's fears that Erling Haaland could miss the Club World Cup later this month have been eased after Pep Guardiola revealed the Norway striker will return to training on Thursday, Dec. 14. Manchester City's Erling Haaland (AFP) Haaland picked up a foot injury during a...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Jeepney operators in this city have no choice but to surrender their franchises and be consolidated into a cooperative or corporation due to lack of time as the government is not extending the deadline for franchise consolidation on December 31. Joel Gabatan, president of...
A SPECTACULAR SUNSET Ormoc scenery graced by the beauty of the setting sun (Photo Serge Ilarina Jr.) I don’t know about you, but I never really have any expectations when I travel. I never really plan and, if I travel with a group, I never really pay attention to the itinerary. If at all, I would...
CEBU CITY – More than 1,350 families were displaced in a fire that hit Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Tuesday, December 12. A FIRE hits Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Tuesday, December 12. (Contributed photo by Nagiel Bañacia) Around 600 houses were razed in the fire that fire broke out...
A woman tagged as the Taguig police’s No. 7 top most wanted person for the fourth quarter of 2023 was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 12. The police identified the suspect as Eloisa Pamero, 49, who was nabbed by personnel from the Taguig police’s Warrant and Subpoena Unit on Camachile Street,...
MARAWI CITY – Hundreds of students held a peace walk inside the Mindanao State University main campus here on Monday, December 11, more than a week after the explosion that killed four persons and injured at least 40 on December 3. Protesters carried placards rejecting the resumption of in-person...
BACOLOD CITY – A pair of twins, both cum laude graduates, from Barangay Taloc, Bago City, Negros Occidental, passed the 2023 Licensure Examination for Teachers conducted last September. The journey of Donabelle and Donnajean Tubal Fernandez was difficult and challenging but they said it was well...
BACOLOD CITY – MassKara Festival dancers here have received invitations to perform abroad next year. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez said on Monday, December 11, that three countries would like to see them perform. BENITEZ (Glazyl Masculino) Benitez said that MassKara dancers from...
CEBU CITY – A 48-year-old man and his 18-year-old daughter were killed when a man went on a stabbing spree in Toledo City, Cebu on Tuesday morning, December 12. Zorovavel Tapao Edoloverio, 48, and his daughter Zyphaniah succumbed to multiple stab wounds. Her lover, Gerley Vertucio Navarro,...
The Taguig police seized suspected shabu and marijuana from three men in Barangay Bagong Tanyag on Tuesday, Dec. 12. According to the police, the suspects were only identified by their aliases Drew, 21; Bryan, 24; and Tim, 23. They were allegedly caught in possession of shabu and marijuana...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Secretary Conrado Estrella III of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) distributed land titles to 2,143 farmers from Panay and Guimaras Islands in a ceremony in Passi City, Iloilo on Monday, December 11. A TOTAL of 2,143 farmers from Panay...
