The Muntinlupa Policeapprehended 17 people and seized nearly 7,700 pieces of “boga” and firecrackers in different barangays as they continued the crackdown on prohibited items ahead of the New Year’s Eve celebration. The sale and use of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices, and use of...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – A member of Bureau of Fire Protection was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in front of his house in Barangay Pantay Daya here on Sunday, Dec. 29. Police identified the victim as Senior Fire Officer 1 Anthony T. Manuel, 40, assigned to the BFP-Vigan....
CEBU CITY – Over 200 stick-fighters battle for supremacy in the 2nd Mayor Seth Frederick Jalosjos Handuraw Invitational Arnis Tournament underway on Sunday, Dec. 29 at the Cultural and Sports Center of Dapitan City in Zamboanga del Norte. THE rising Dapitan City Arnis Team is one of the...
DAVAO CITY – Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, son of Davao City Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, distributed Christmas gifts to residents in the first district from Nov. 16 to Dec. 28. RIGO Duterte, son of Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte, distributes Christmas gifts to residents. Over 10,000 people,...
The Taguig City government announced the designated firecracker zones in different barangays ahead of the New Year celebration. Under Taguig City Ordinance No. 87 approved in 2018, it is prohibited for “any person from selling, distributing, discharging, exploding or causing to discharge or...
Singaporean-flagged bulk carrier RTM Zheng He (Courtesy of PCG) A massive search and rescue operation was launched by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to locate a Filipino seafarer believed to have fallen from a Singaporean bulk carrier while traveling in the vicinity waters of Zamboanga City a day...
Police arrested a tricycle driver and a machine operator who were caught in possession of firecrackers in Muntinlupa. The two were arrested for violation of City Ordinance No. 14-092, which prohibits “the manufacture, display, sale, distribution, possession or use of firecrackers or...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Javi Benitez cancelled the New Year’s celebration in Victorias City, Negros Occidental to focus on community service and reinforcing drainage systems following last week's flood. BARANGAY IV in Victorias City, Negros Occidental is flooded due to heavy rain and high...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has ordered the Bacolod City Police Office to investigate the murder of a five-year-old girl after she was reported missing since Dec. 21 in Barangay Handumanan here. Benitez said the city government has taken immediate action on the case which he considered as...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Eleven persons were injured when their passenger van rammed a concrete center island in Barangay Domoit, this city, on Saturday, Dec. 28. Police identified the victims as Francisco Manalo Barbosa, 69, driver; Stella, 5; Ivan, 8; Ellen 7; Mark, 4; Maria, 4; Bernardo...
Police arrested a man for possession of P183,600 worth of shabu during a buy-bust operation in Taguig on Dec. 28. Members of the Taguig Police Drug Enforcement Unit conducted that operation at about 11 p.m. in Barangay Western Bicutan. Arrested during the operation was a suspect...
CEBU CITY – The reelection bid of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes was dealt another major blow after the Commission on Elections junked his appeal to reverse a previous order cancelling his Certificate of Candidacy in next year's elections. The Comelec en banc affirmed the Second...
