LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Construction of the Hall of Justice here has officially begun. House Deputy Speaker David C. Suarez led the groundbreaking on Thursday morning, Nov. 20, in Barangay Mayao Parada. Attending the event were Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Midas Marquez, SC Associate...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A suspected ‘’salvage’’ or summary execution victim was found in Barangay Ilayang Dupay here on Monday morning, Nov. 16. The victim was approximately 5’7” in height, wearing T-shirt and shorts, and covered in mud. A resident pasturing a cow discovered the body in...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Two toddlers were killed in a fire that destroyed their house in Purok 5, Barangay Dalahican, this city, on All Saints’ Day. Police identified the victims as Francis, one-year-old, and brother Vladimir, two. The fire broke out at the house owned by their auntie Joyce, 26,...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police recovered suspected shabu valued at P17 million from a female drug pusher during a buy-bust operation on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 30, here. Police Col. Romulo Albacea, Quezon police director, identified the suspect as Rica Joy, a high-value individual in the illegal...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Four people were killed and eight others were injured as a cargo truck plowed into 11 vehicles and three houses on the Maharlika Highway in Purok Maulawin, Barangay Isabang, this city, before midnight Saturday. Police identified three of the victims as William Lorilla, 34,...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police caught three suspected gunrunners in a buy-bust operation here Monday afternoon, Sept. 15. Quezon police director Police Col. Romulo Albacea identified the suspects as brothers John Paulo, 29; Jestoni, 33, and CJ, 18, residents of Sariaya, Quezon. The suspects were...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – One person was injured and 56 individuals were homeless in a fire on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 19, in Purok Bagong Paraiso, Barangay 4, this city. The fire started at about 3 p.m. and reached the second alarm. The Bureau of Fire Protection declared the fire under control at...
President Marcos has declared special non-working days in three municipalities and one city in Catanduanes, Zamboanga del Sur, Rizal, and Quezon Province this month. Through Proclamation No. 983, Marcos declared Aug. 15 as a special non-working day in the municipality of Viga in Catanduanes for...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna - A drunken policeman faces criminal and administrative complaints after he was arrested for threatening persons and firing his service firearm in a sari-sari store in Lucena City, an incident caught on surveillance camera and went viral over the weekend. The Police...
The Philippine National Railways has resumed Lucena City-Calamba City and vice versa trips. It is based on the directives of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to ensure the safety and convenient travel of commuters via PNR trains. Loading and unloading stations are Lucena City, San Pablo City, and...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Two vessels sustained damages in a collision at the Port of Lucena here on Thursday morning, July 3. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Southern Tagalog said MV Peñafrancia VI, enroute to Balanacan Port, Marinduque, and FV Senor Fernando 2, returning from Tayabas Bay, Quezon,...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A 31-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly selling her baby to a couple in this city. Police said the baby’s mother approached a 49-year-old midwife of a clinic and asked her if she could help her sell her child. The midwife found a couple willing to purchase the baby...
