TACLOBAN CITY – Six persons were killed and four were injured in a collision between a tricycle and public utility bus on Christmas Eve in Barangay Matobato, Calbayog City, Samar. The tricycle with 10 on board driven by James Castila maneuvered to the opposite lane to avoid the early warning...
BACOLOD CITY – A fire razed six houses in Purok Bolinao, Barangay 1 here on Saturday, December 23. FIREMEN battle a blaze in a residential fire in Barangay 1, Bacolod City on Saturday, December 23. (Photo courtesy of Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade) According to the Bureau of Fire Protection...
BACOLOD CITY – A man wanted for frustrated homicide was killed in a shootout with the police in Barangay Punao, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, December 21. Police identified the suspect as Geraldo Lopez Jr. of Barangay Punao. Police Lt. Col. Jesus Mesahon Jr., San Carlos police...
Another centenarian was given a cash gift of P100,000 by the Taguig City government. Mayor Lani Cayetano personally visited Lola Maria Billones in Barangay Western Bicutan to greet her on her 106th birthday on Dec. 21. During the visit, Billones received a check amounting to P100,000...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested the third most wanted person in Pavia town, Iloilo province in this city on Saturday evening, December 23. The Police Regional Office-6 identified the suspect as Mark Orbidalla, alias “Mark Sunio.” Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, PRO-6 director, in a...
Two shoppers were killed while three others were hurt when a military truck that was apparently taken over by a civilian plowed through a public market in Davao City on Sunday morning, Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. The military's Task Force Davao took responsibility after one of its trucks, a KM450...
BACOLOD CITY – A four-year-old boy was hacked to death by his father in their house in Barangay Camingawan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, December 22. Police withheld the name of the victim. POLICE secure the house where a four-year-old boy was hacked dead by his father in...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Police Regional Office 2 Director Police Brig. Gen. Christopher C. Birung inspected bus and van terminals here on Saturday to ensure the safety of the people going home this Christmas. BIRUNG talks to a passenger in a transport terminal in Tuguegarao City....
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Police arrested on Friday a man for posting false information on social media that an improvised explosive was recovered in a parking area of a shopping mall here. NALUGON Police Capt. Ari Noel Cardos, Police Station 6 commander, said the suspect, Cresinte Nalugon, was...
BACOLOD CITY – Transport groups here and in the province of Negros Occidental called on the government to extend the December 31 deadline for the consolidation of public utility vehicle (PUV) operators. Rudy Catedral, president of the Bacolod Alliance for Commuters Operators and Drivers (Bacod),...
CEBU CITY – Police have enforced tighter security measures as hundreds of passengers begun flocking to piers and terminals here. On Saturday, December 23, Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7), led the inspection of port and bus terminals in...
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...
