BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office unveiled its third standard Philippine National Station building here on Thursday, December 21. The three-story building in a 500-square meter lot donated by businessman Roy Villa in Barangay Felisa was built for P10 million and funded by the Office...
CITY OF SANTO TOMAS, Batangas – Five persons died and three were injured in a collision between a truck and a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) in Barangay San Miguel, this city, before dawn on Saturday, December 23. Police withheld the identities of the victims. The fatalities and injured were...
The Muntinlupa City government warned the public that the use of firecrackers or any pyrotechnic devices, and open mufflers or pipes that emit loud noise is prohibited especially this Christmas season. “Mahigpit na ipinagbabawal ang paggamit at pagbebenta ng paputok o anumang uri ng...
JEDDAH (AFP) -- Manchester City won the Club World Cup for the first time to end 2023 with five trophies after a 4-0 win over Fluminense in Jeddah on Friday, Dec. 22. Manchester City's Argentine forward Julian Alvarez kicks the ball during the FIFA Club World Cup 2023 football final match between...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Mindanao-Eastern (OPAMINE) aim to build about 180,000 housing units in Davao City following the launching of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s national housing...
Former senator Leila de Lima said the Department of Justice (DOJ) should allow the transfer of 11 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), who previously testified against her in drug cases, from the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm in Occidental Mindoro to the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in...
BACOLOD CITY – An alleged drug personality was gunned down in Ylagan Extension, Barangay 6, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday, December 18. Police identified the victim as Peter Paul Orbita, 39, of Barangay 6. POLICE probe the murder of an alleged drug personality in Barangay 6,...
GAPAN, Nueva Ecija – An alleged Basag Kotse Gang member was killed in an encounter with policemen in Barangay Santo Cristo Norte, Gapan City, Nueva Ecija on Wednesday, December 20. Lawmen conducting an “Oplan: Sita” operation flagged down a man identified as alias “Mulangaw,” 31, driving...
The Muntinlupa City Council passed a resolution congratulating and honoring resident Karl Kevin Argana Quiambao, who won the most valuable player (MVP) award in men’s basketball at the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86. Quiambao, a resident of Barangay...
A man will be spending Christmas in jail after he was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Taguig on Dec. 21. The Taguig police’s Drug Enforcement Unit conducted the buy-bust operation at about 9:10 p.m. on MLQ Street, Barangay New Lower Bicutan, Taguig. The suspect (top) and the...
DAVAO CITY – A representative from the Department of Internal Medicine of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) here said there is no surge in atypical or walking pneumonia within the hospital. Walking pneumonia is a lung ailment caused by mycoplasma pneumonia. It gained attention...
BACOLOD CITY – The Sagay City government is implementing “No Plastic Day” every Tuesday and Friday from January 1 to December 31 next year. Mayor Narciso Javelosa recently signed City Ordinance No. 2023-015 or the Single Use Plastic Regulation Ordinance of Sagay that aims to minimize...