LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The Ilocos Norte Tourism Office has reported that 325,000 tourists visited the province during the Holy Week. Ilocos Norte Provincial Tourism Officer Ian Raquel said this was 43.53 percent more than 2022 and 81.28 percent higher compared to 2019. The top most...
BAGUIO CITY – This city logged fewer crimes during the Holy Week compared to last year. Baguio City Police Office chief Police Col. Francisco Bulwayan Jr. said crime volume decreased by 27.77 percent or 10 incidents from April 3 to 9 compared to April 10 to 16, 2022. The BCPO recorded two...
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental police recorded 65 crime incidents during the Holy Week, three fewer than last year with 68. Two homicide cases were reported in the cities of Escalante and San Carlos, one murder in Moises Padilla town, one physical injury in Talisay City, a rape in Sagay...
What was supposed to be a time for reflection turned out to be deadly for some as 78 cases of drowning in different parts of the country were monitored during the Holy Week last week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Wednesday, April 12. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The PCG said the...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police apprehended 13 wanted individuals during the Holy Week in the Cordillera region. Sixty-five municipalities in the region recorded zero crime incidents from April 2 to 8. The Police Regional Office-Cordillera Regional Investigation and Detective Management...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – The Police Regional Office-Cordillera said the observance of the Holy Week in the region was relatively peaceful. PRO-Cordillera chief Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr. said no major security-related incidents were reported and only one drowning incident in Kalinga and...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 has reported that index crimes in the Ilocos region went down by 44 percent during the Holy Week compared to the same period last year. Only nine incidents were reported from April 3 to 9, nine fewer that than the 16 logged from April 11 to...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Philippine National Police in Northern Mindanao described the observance of Holy Week in Region 10 as ‘generally peaceful’ save for some minor incidents. Maj. Joann Navaro, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office 10, told the Manila Bulletin on Monday, April 10,...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas logged more than a million sea passengers during the Holy Week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. PERSONNEL of the Philippine Coast Guard assists a passenger in Iloilo City. (PCG Iloilo) The PCG said 1,045,194 passengers traveled across different ports in Western...
ILOILO CITY – The commemoration of Holy Week in Western Visayas was generally peaceful, the Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said. TWO police officers secure citizens of Iloilo City during the Holy Week. (Tara Yap) The number of crimes decreased during the Holy Week compared to the same period last...
CAMP OLA, Albay – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-5 reported that 15 persons drowned in the Bicol region during the observance of Holy Week. Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, PRO-5 spokesperson, said one person drowned in Albay, four in Camarines Norte, nine in Camarines Sur, and one from Sorsogon...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. shared that his Holy Week vacation was quiet yet good as it gave him time for a much-needed breather. *P* *resident Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo)* Marcos said this as Filipinos end their five-day weekend holiday on Monday, April 10....
